Dougie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DUG-ee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #298 for boys
Dougie is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “dark stream”. In 2025 it ranked 298th for boys in the UK (168 babies).
What does Dougie mean?
Scottish: pet form of Douglas
“dark stream”
A pet form of Douglas, long used in Scotland.
Is Dougie a girl's or a boy's name?
Dougie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 168 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dougie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 298th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 168 about 1 in 1,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 168 boys in the UK were named Dougie, making it the 298th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 338th.
2025 had the most boys named Dougie of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Dougie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 277th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Dougie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | #298 |
| 2024 | 124 | #382 |
| 2023 | 121 | #386 |
| 2022 | 160 | #319 |
| 2021 | 134 | #371 |
| 2020 | 149 | #338 |
| 2019 | 121 | #404 |
| 2018 | 117 | #411 |
| 2017 | 115 | #419 |
| 2016 | 123 | #405 |
| 2015 | 120 | #400 |
| 2014 | 106 | #432 |
| 2013 | 90 | #484 |
| 2012 | 94 | #466 |
| 2011 | 40 | #833 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Nicknames for Dougie
Names like Dougie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Ronnie, Finn, Lochlan, Finley, Reggie, Rowan, Kayden, Frankie, Albie, Cody, Logan
Names related to Dougie
More Scottish names
Isla, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Reid, Lachlan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dougie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dougie, updated 20 October 2026.