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Piston

Piston ranks #17,759 out of 55,875 dog names in our data (the #1 dog name is Bella). Across all 3 places, 2 dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #8,967 for cats.
Piston's popularity trend

Piston's share of dogs, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank.

0.001%0.002%0.003%200720102013201620192021
Dogs in our data
2
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#17,759
of 55,875 dog names
5-year rank move
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2020 → 2025
Gender split
63% girls
63% girls37% boys
What does Piston mean?
/ˈpɪstən/

Piston is also an everyday word (noun): “A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an…”.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Piston shows up

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

PlayfordAustralia0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America0.0%

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