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Doug

Short form of Douglas.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2023)#10,821

Meaning and history

Doug is a short form of Douglas.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20042004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 7 births, rank #9,788
2008: 6 births, rank #11,037
20092009: 10 births, rank #7,692
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
2011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: 8 births, rank #8,864
2013: 7 births, rank #9,655
20142014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: 6 births, rank #10,644
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: 7 births, rank #9,696
2018: 6 births, rank #10,760
20192019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: no US SSA record for this spelling
2021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
20232023: 6 births, rank #10,821

Doug rose from #946 to #926 for boys between 1978 and 1979. Its highest annual birth count came in 1962, with 1,843 births.

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