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Tanuki

Girl name

Tanuki ranks #4,645 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 6 places, 11 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #6,571 for cats.

Tanuki's popularity trend

Tanuki'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.

0.02%0.04%0.06%0.08%201420162020202220242025
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YearShare
20250.006%
20240.005%
20220.005%
20200.004%
20160.003%
20140.065%
Licensed dogs in our data
11
across 6 places
Popularity rank
#4,645
of 53,930 names in our data
5-year rank move
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2020 → 2025
Gender split
81% girls
81% girls19% boys
Where Tanuki shows up

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

Basel-StadtSwitzerland0.0%
SeattleUnited States of America0.0%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America0.0%

Names like Tanuki

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