Boy
Douglass
Rooted in Scottish Gaelic, Douglass is a boy's name that means "Scottish Gaelic dubh glais, black/dark stream". It has not kept pace since its 1950s peak. In the current registry, it is a real rarity. The name's best year yet was 1970.
EtymologyVariant of Douglas
Scottish GaelicScottish Gaelic "dubh glais" – "black/dark stream"
Births by decade
1900s
26
1910s
247
1920s
413
1930s
486
1940s
874
1950s
1,103
1960s
891
1970s
798
1980s
489
1990s
267
2000s
105
2010s
55
Peaked in the 1950s · 5,754 total U.S. births since 1900