Silk

Unisex

Silk ranks #9,870 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 6 places, 4 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #6,236 for cats.

Silk's popularity trend

Silk'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.

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Year	Share
2024	0.001%
2023	0.001%
2022	0.001%
2018	0.001%
2017	0.002%
2016	0.001%
2015	0.002%
2014	0.003%
2013	0.002%
2012	0.003%
2011	0.002%
2010	0.003%
2009	0.003%
2008	0.003%
2007	0.002%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 6 places

Popularity rank

#9,870

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

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2020 → 2025

Gender split

54% boys

46% girls54% boys

Where Silk shows up

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


BurnsideAustralia	0.0%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%

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