Baxter

Boy name

Baxter ranks #141 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 590 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #156 for cats.

Baxter's popularity trend

Baxter's share of Allegheny County'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. Peak year by share: 2009.

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Year	Share
2025	0.15%
2024	0.14%
2023	0.15%
2022	0.15%
2021	0.17%
2020	0.17%
2019	0.17%
2018	0.17%
2017	0.17%
2016	0.16%
2015	0.17%
2014	0.16%
2013	0.17%
2012	0.17%
2011	0.16%
2010	0.16%
2009	0.17%
2008	0.15%
2007	0.16%

Licensed dogs in our data

590

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#141

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−21

2020 → 2025

Gender split

98% boys

2% girls98% boys

Where Baxter shows up

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


BurnsideAustralia	0.2%
TorontoCanada	0.2%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.1%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.1%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.1%
PlayfordAustralia	0.1%
AdelaideAustralia	0.1%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.1%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.1%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.0%

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