A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Douglas
timbered · utilitarian · sensible
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenThe name derives from the Scottish Gaelic Dubhghlas, meaning dark river or stream. Scottish families used it as a surname for centuries before it crossed the Atlantic as a given name in the nineteenth century. American registries recorded it steadily through the late 1800s before midcentury parents made it a fixture of postwar birth wards.
Also answers toDoug, Dougie
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025
SSA Data 1880 peak: 16,765 souls, A.D. 1957 2025
2025: 308 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
60 yrs
Most Douglass were born around 1962 — taped songs off the radio and timed it well.
Peak Reign
1957
№30 that year
Generation
Boomer, 48%
then Gen X 29% · Millennial 13%
Rarity
Top 500 all-time
≈562K ever born · now falling
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Douglas grew up with
SSA Dataslot cars·the moon landing on a living-room TV·G.I. Joe and Barbie
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Douglas peaked in 1957.
Estimated average age: 60.
What people think
Opinion LedgerAwaiting human data — cast the first votes.
Douglas sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
AI Seed · Votes Override at n=30 Vintage Modern
Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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In your mind, Douglas sounds more like a —
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Public Opinion Ledger
Ledger Opens Soon
The public has not yet weighed in on Douglas. Early ballots carry the most weight.
* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenA Douglas is rarely encountered on an elementary school roster without an older relative standing nearby. The name calls to mind someone who keeps spare fuses in a coffee can and knows how to bleed radiator valves. Nearly half of all living bearers belong to the baby boomer cohort, placing the typical Douglas right around age sixty. He is almost invariably called Doug before the first meeting concludes.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name reached its high-water mark in 1957, when around 17,000 newborn boys carried it to rank thirty nationwide.
Field Note 02
More than 560,000 Americans have received the name since 1880, though it fell to rank 807 in 2025 with just 308 births.
Field Note 03
Baby boomers and Generation X make up more than three-quarters of all living bearers, leaving only 13 percent to the millennial generation.
Notable Douglass
AI-WrittenDouglas MacArthurmilitary commander, b. 1880
Douglas Fairbanksactor, b. 1883
Douglas Engelbartinventor, b. 1925
Douglas Adamsauthor, b. 1952
Ephemera — If Douglas were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Tacoma, Washington
Color
Forest service green
Job
County surveyor
Object
Steel folding ruler
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