Pepper

Unisex

Pepper ranks #31 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 1,529 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #21 for cats.

Pepper's popularity trend

Pepper'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	0.29%
2024	0.29%
2023	0.29%
2022	0.31%
2021	0.32%
2020	0.28%
2019	0.27%
2018	0.27%
2017	0.25%
2016	0.26%
2015	0.26%
2014	0.26%
2013	0.28%
2012	0.29%
2011	0.31%
2010	0.32%
2009	0.34%
2008	0.36%
2007	0.4%

Licensed dogs in our data

1,529

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#31

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

±0

2020 → 2025

Gender split

69% girls

69% girls31% boys

Where Pepper shows up

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


TorontoCanada	0.7%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.5%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.4%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.3%
BurnsideAustralia	0.3%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.3%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.3%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.2%
PlayfordAustralia	0.2%
AdelaideAustralia	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.1%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.1%

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