Dougal was the #4,275 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (4 babies).
Dougal as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
2025
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#4,275 (4)
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2024
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#5,120 (3)
#619 (4)
2023
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#4,992 (3)
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2022
—
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#522 (5)
2020
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#3,848 (4)
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2019
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#2,728 (7)
#516 (5)
2018
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#4,749 (3)
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2017
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#3,449 (5)
#532 (5)
2016
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#4,810 (3)
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2015
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#3,373 (5)
#588 (4)
2014
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#2,964 (6)
#680 (3)
2013
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#3,822 (4)
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2012
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#3,039 (6)
#568 (4)
2011
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#2,039 (10)
#544 (4)
2010
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#2,629 (7)
#426 (6)
The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2007 at #1,756.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.
How common is it?
about 1 in 67,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.