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Balu

Boy name

Balu ranks #1,148 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 5 places, 67 licensed dogs carry the name.

Balu's popularity trend

Balu's share of Zürich's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs.

0.2%0.4%0.6%2014201620182020202220242025
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YearShare
20250.26%
20240.28%
20230.3%
20220.38%
20210.41%
20200.35%
20190.34%
20180.3%
20170.3%
20160.31%
20150.21%
20140.21%
Licensed dogs in our data
67
across 5 places
Popularity rank
#1,148
of 53,930 names in our data
5-year rank move
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2020 → 2025
Gender split
98% boys
2% girls98% boys
Where Balu shows up

Balu's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.

Basel-StadtSwitzerland0.4%
ZürichSwitzerland0.3%
CambridgeUnited States of America0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America0.0%

Names like Balu

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