Cheese

Unisex

Cheese ranks #1,702 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 6 places, 42 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #1,044 for cats.

Cheese's popularity trend

Cheese'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: 2025.

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Year	Share
2025	0.01%
2024	0.009%
2023	0.007%
2022	0.007%
2021	0.007%
2020	0.005%
2019	0.005%
2018	0.003%
2017	0.003%
2016	0.003%
2015	0.003%
2014	0.003%
2013	0.002%
2012	0.002%
2011	0.002%
2010	0.002%
2009	0.002%
2008	0.002%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 6 places

Popularity rank

#1,702

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

+857

2020 → 2025

Gender split

71% boys

29% girls71% boys

Where Cheese shows up

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


CambridgeUnited States of America	0.0%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.0%

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