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Its wave through time Rare in the records
In the United States 0 10 20 30 40 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2004 per million babies of that sex 407 babies given this name since 2001 At its height in 2004, about 1 in 29,600 boys 7 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Douglas Boy From a Scottish place and clan name, Gaelic dubh 'dark' and glas 'stream'. Victorian · peak 1942 Dakota Girl or boy From the name of the Dakota people, from a Dakota word for 'allies, friends'; it is not a traditional personal name. Modern · peak 1995 Diego Boy Uncertain. Often traced to Santiago through a misdivision of Sant Iago; the Latin form Didacus was later linked to… Middle Ages · peak 2006 Tucker Boy From an English occupational surname for a fuller of cloth, from Old English tucian. Modern · peak 2014 Dixie Girl From Dixie, a nickname for the American South; the origin of that nickname is uncertain. Modern · peak 1938 · forgotten Declan Boy An Anglicized form of Irish Deaglán, the name of an early Irish saint; its meaning is unknown, and the popular 'full… Early Medieval · peak 2019 Teagan Girl From the Irish surname Ó Tadhgáin, from Tadhgán, a diminutive of Tadhg, a name traditionally glossed 'poet'. Modern · peak 2016 Doug Boy A short form of Douglas, from Gaelic dubh 'dark' and glas 'stream', originally a place name. Modern · peak 1962 · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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