Max

Boy name

Max ranks #4 out of 54,454 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 4,485 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #7 for cats.

Max's popularity trend

Max'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: 2007.

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Year	Share
2025	0.68%
2024	0.75%
2023	0.79%
2022	0.81%
2021	0.84%
2020	0.87%
2019	0.9%
2018	0.95%
2017	0.98%
2016	1%
2015	1%
2014	1.1%
2013	1.1%
2012	1.2%
2011	1.2%
2010	1.2%
2009	1.2%
2008	1.2%
2007	1.2%

Licensed dogs in our data

4,485

across 12 places

Popularity rank

of 54,454 names in our data

5-year rank move

−5

2020 → 2025

Gender split

98% boys

2% girls98% boys

Where Max shows up

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


TorontoCanada	1.5%
AdelaideAustralia	1.5%
PlayfordAustralia	1.4%
BurnsideAustralia	1.3%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	1.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.9%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.8%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.7%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.4%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.4%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.4%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.3%

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