Goober

Boy name

Goober ranks #3,185 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 5 places, 18 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: 1 licensed cats.

Goober's popularity trend

Goober'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: 2008.

View as table

Year	Share
2025	0.003%
2024	0.003%
2023	0.006%
2022	0.003%
2021	0.002%
2020	0.001%
2019	0.001%
2018	0.002%
2017	0.003%
2016	0.003%
2015	0.004%
2014	0.005%
2013	0.004%
2012	0.004%
2011	0.007%
2010	0.006%
2009	0.007%
2008	0.008%
2007	0.005%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 5 places

Popularity rank

#3,185

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

+5,427

2020 → 2025

Gender split

85% boys

15% girls85% boys

Where Goober shows up

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


Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%

Names like Goober

Goose Gooch Timber Saber Bomber Thurber Webber Goofy Goodwin Google Good Amber