Festus

Boy name

Festus ranks #9,019 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 2 places, 4 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: 1 licensed cats.

Festus's popularity trend

Festus'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.

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Year	Share
2025	0.003%
2024	0.003%
2023	0.003%
2022	0.003%
2021	0.002%
2020	0.001%
2019	0.001%
2018	0.001%
2017	0.002%
2016	0.001%
2015	0.002%
2014	0.002%
2013	0.004%
2012	0.003%
2011	0.003%
2010	0.004%
2009	0.003%
2008	0.003%
2007	0.003%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 2 places

Popularity rank

#9,019

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

+5,057

2020 → 2025

Gender split

100% boys

0% girls100% boys

Where Festus shows up

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


Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%

Names like Festus

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