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Unisex name

Dog

Dog ranks #344 out of 55,875 dog names in our data (the #1 dog name is Bella). Across all 9 places, 260 dogs carry the name.
Dog's popularity trend

Dog's share of dogs, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2022.

0.02%0.04%0.06%0.08%200720112015201920232025
Dogs in our data
260
across 9 places
Popularity rank
#344
of 55,875 dog names
5-year rank move
−192
2020 → 2025
Gender split
52% boys
48% girls52% boys
What does Dog mean?
/dɒɡ/

Dog is about as literal as a pet name gets, straight from the English word for the domesticated mammal itself. The word's own deeper origin is famously murky; it eventually displaced the older English word "hound" for reasons linguists still debate.

Blunt and a little tongue-in-cheek, it's the name for an owner with a sense of humor: simple, universal, and impossible to overthink.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Dog shows up

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

New York CityUnited States of America0.1%
DarwinAustralia0.1%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America0.0%
PlayfordAustralia0.0%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia0.0%
Noosa ShireAustralia0.0%

Names like Dog

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