Douglass
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DUG-lus
- Origin
- Scottish
Douglass is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “dark stream”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Douglass mean?
Scottish: spelling of Douglas, a Scottish surname and place name
“dark stream”
Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist and writer, chose this spelling of his surname after escaping slavery.
Is Douglass a girl's or a boy's name?
Douglass is a boys' name.
How popular is Douglass in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 137 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Douglass in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
Douglass in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 57 | #1,495 |
| 1989 | 38 | #1,914 |
| 1988 | 52 | #1,462 |
| 1987 | 43 | #1,610 |
| 1986 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1985 | 51 | #1,353 |
| 1984 | 43 | #1,457 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,253 |
| 1982 | 42 | #1,486 |
| 1981 | 51 | #1,294 |
| 1980 | 74 | #1,047 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,221 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,060 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,079 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,304 |
| 1975 | 60 | #1,084 |
| 1974 | 73 | #953 |
| 1973 | 77 | #914 |
| 1972 | 97 | #813 |
| 1971 | 121 | #742 |
| 1970 | 137 | #709 |
| 1969 | 132 | #687 |
| 1968 | 106 | #726 |
| 1967 | 67 | #875 |
| 1966 | 72 | #853 |
| 1965 | 64 | #926 |
| 1964 | 79 | #854 |
| 1963 | 84 | #825 |
| 1962 | 103 | #749 |
| 1961 | 89 | #807 |
| 1960 | 94 | #787 |
| 1959 | 101 | #755 |
| 1958 | 97 | #746 |
| 1957 | 118 | #699 |
| 1956 | 114 | #691 |
| 1955 | 99 | #731 |
| 1954 | 116 | #668 |
| 1953 | 105 | #695 |
| 1952 | 122 | #633 |
| 1951 | 117 | #650 |
| 1950 | 109 | #667 |
| 1949 | 132 | #589 |
| 1948 | 113 | #635 |
| 1947 | 101 | #690 |
| 1946 | 84 | #711 |
| 1945 | 64 | #767 |
| 1944 | 71 | #735 |
| 1943 | 81 | #714 |
| 1942 | 116 | #575 |
| 1941 | 53 | #870 |
| 1940 | 55 | #850 |
| 1939 | 56 | #811 |
| 1938 | 75 | #700 |
| 1937 | 46 | #922 |
| 1936 | 41 | #972 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,057 |
| 1934 | 47 | #917 |
| 1933 | 42 | #980 |
| 1932 | 52 | #888 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,078 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,007 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,272 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,248 |
| 1926 | 50 | #963 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,144 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,071 |
| 1923 | 42 | #1,101 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,058 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,020 |
| 1919 | 49 | #959 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,152 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,058 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,306 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
Nicknames for Douglass
Names like Douglass
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Donald Kenneth Dennis David Thomas Roy Robert Dean Richard Don James Donnie
Names related to Douglass
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Douglass: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/douglass, updated 20 October 2026.