Doug
Boy · DUG · Scottish
Doug is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “dark water”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Doug mean?
Scottish: short form of Douglas, from Gaelic dubh glas
“dark water”
A short form of Douglas, a Scottish surname and place name from Gaelic dubh glas, 'dark stream'.
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Is Doug a girl's or a boy's name?
Doug is a boys' name.
How popular is Doug in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.
Doug in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Doug in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1962, with 1,843 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Doug in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
Doug in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 45 | #1,484 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 50 | #1,313 |
| 1982 | 40 | #1,538 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,133 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,089 |
| 1979 | 90 | #926 |
| 1978 | 84 | #945 |
| 1977 | 100 | #856 |
| 1976 | 114 | #776 |
| 1975 | 125 | #747 |
| 1974 | 176 | #603 |
| 1973 | 197 | #567 |
| 1972 | 255 | #492 |
| 1971 | 340 | #445 |
| 1970 | 437 | #385 |
| 1969 | 512 | #350 |
| 1968 | 581 | #314 |
| 1967 | 625 | #292 |
| 1966 | 684 | #280 |
| 1965 | 1,028 | #227 |
| 1964 | 1,409 | #199 |
| 1963 | 1,689 | #174 |
| 1962 | 1,843 | #170 |
| 1961 | 1,817 | #172 |
| 1960 | 1,704 | #182 |
| 1959 | 1,701 | #179 |
| 1958 | 1,393 | #201 |
| 1957 | 882 | #254 |
| 1956 | 404 | #366 |
| 1955 | 222 | #493 |
| 1954 | 178 | #544 |
| 1953 | 132 | #623 |
| 1952 | 112 | #652 |
| 1951 | 141 | #583 |
| 1950 | 183 | #493 |
| 1949 | 254 | #425 |
| 1948 | 324 | #379 |
| 1947 | 378 | #350 |
| 1946 | 310 | #369 |
| 1945 | 222 | #404 |
| 1944 | 202 | #428 |
| 1943 | 243 | #390 |
| 1942 | 229 | #401 |
| 1941 | 79 | #691 |
| 1940 | 85 | #653 |
| 1939 | 76 | #681 |
| 1938 | 62 | #779 |
| 1937 | 45 | #932 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,118 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,425 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
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