Maltese

Unisex

Maltese ranks #943 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 3 places, 86 licensed dogs carry the name.

Maltese's popularity trend

Maltese's share of New York City'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
2024	0.01%
2023	0.016%
2022	0.064%
2021	0.047%
2020	0.058%
2019	0.052%
2018	0.027%
2017	0.044%
2015	0.003%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 3 places

Popularity rank

#943

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

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2020 → 2025

Gender split

72% boys

28% girls72% boys

Where Maltese shows up

Maltese'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 America	0.0%

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