Bruce

Boy name

Bruce ranks #144 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 566 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #268 for cats.

Bruce's popularity trend

Bruce'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: 2024.

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Year	Share
2025	0.075%
2024	0.084%
2023	0.073%
2022	0.071%
2021	0.08%
2020	0.062%
2019	0.054%
2018	0.046%
2017	0.044%
2016	0.038%
2015	0.045%
2014	0.036%
2013	0.029%
2012	0.019%
2011	0.015%
2010	0.015%
2009	0.013%
2008	0.013%
2007	0.015%

Licensed dogs in our data

566

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#144

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

+41

2020 → 2025

Gender split

99% boys

1% girls99% boys

Where Bruce shows up

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


TorontoCanada	0.3%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.1%
PlayfordAustralia	0.1%
BurnsideAustralia	0.1%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.1%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.1%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.1%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.0%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.0%

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