UK boy's name
Dougie
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Dougie is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Dougie popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #361, with 120 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2022, with 156 births.
This profile covers 1,667 England and Wales registrations across 26 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 77% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 1,677 living people in the UK are called Dougie. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Dougie ranked #361 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 120 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2022, when 156 boys were registered as Dougie.
- • Dougie ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #619 in 2024.
- • About 1,677 living people in the UK are estimated to have Dougie as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#361
2024
Births in 2024
120
Latest year
Peak year
2022
156 births
Estimated living
1,677
2026
Popularity
Dougie over time
The chart below shows babies named Dougie registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Dougie, the clearest high point is 2022. The latest England and Wales figure is 120 births in 2024, compared with 156 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Dougie by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Dougie was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #332 | 672 | 5 |
| 2010s | #575 | 925 | 10 |
| 2000s | #2366 | 67 | 10 |
| 1990s | #2863 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Dougie is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Dougie. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Dougie ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #619 in 2024.
Across the UK
Dougie in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#619 in 2024
5 years of NRS records, 19 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Dougie
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Dougie Wilson
association football player
British footballer (born 1994)
1994-
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Dougie Fife
rugby union player
Scottish rugby union player
1990-
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Dougie Poynter
singer; bassist; musician; songwriter; guitarist; model
English musician, songwriter, fashion model, clothing designer, author, actor and philanthropist
1987-
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Dougie Hill
association football player
Footballer (born 1985)
1985-
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Dougie Cameron
association football player
Scottish footballer (born 1983)
1983-
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Dougie Imrie
association football player
Scottish footballer (born 1983)
1983-
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Dougie Hall
rugby union player
Scottish rugby union player
1980-
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Dougie Ramsay
association football player
Scottish footballer (born 1979)
1979-
Related
Names similar to Dougie
- Daniel 120,900
- Dylan 60,836
- David 37,852
- Dominic 20,480
- Declan 11,657
- Dexter 11,627
- Danny 8,434
- Dean 5,329
- Dillon 4,113
- Douglas 3,773
- Dominik 3,494
- Damian 3,486
FAQ
Dougie: questions and answers
How popular is the name Dougie in the UK right now?
In 2024, Dougie was ranked #361 for boys in England and Wales, with 120 births registered.
When was Dougie most popular?
The peak year on record was 2022, with 156 babies registered as Dougie in England and Wales.
How many people are called Dougie in the UK?
A total of 1,667 babies have been registered as Dougie across the 26 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 19 more in Scotland.
Where is Dougie most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Dougie ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #619 in 2024. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.