Bob

Boy name

Bob ranks #504 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 165 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #180 for cats.

Bob's popularity trend

Bob'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: 2007.

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Year	Share
2025	0.03%
2024	0.031%
2023	0.028%
2022	0.024%
2021	0.021%
2020	0.022%
2019	0.022%
2018	0.027%
2017	0.027%
2016	0.028%
2015	0.031%
2014	0.03%
2013	0.027%
2012	0.024%
2011	0.026%
2010	0.032%
2009	0.029%
2008	0.033%
2007	0.036%

Licensed dogs in our data

165

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#504

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

+124

2020 → 2025

Gender split

99% boys

1% girls99% boys

Where Bob shows up

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


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

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