Buddy

Boy name

Buddy ranks #12 out of 54,454 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 2,784 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #11 for cats.

Buddy's popularity trend

Buddy'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	0.7%
2024	0.72%
2023	0.77%
2022	0.82%
2021	0.87%
2020	0.96%
2019	1%
2018	1.1%
2017	1.1%
2016	1.2%
2015	1.2%
2014	1.3%
2013	1.3%
2012	1.4%
2011	1.4%
2010	1.4%
2009	1.4%
2008	1.4%
2007	1.4%

Licensed dogs in our data

2,784

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#12

of 54,454 names in our data

5-year rank move

−6

2020 → 2025

Gender split

99% boys

1% girls99% boys

Where Buddy shows up

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


PlayfordAustralia	1.3%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	1.0%
TorontoCanada	0.9%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.7%
BurnsideAustralia	0.7%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.5%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.4%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.4%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.3%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.2%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.2%
AdelaideAustralia	0.1%

Names like Buddy

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