Velvet

Girl name

Velvet ranks #2,575 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 8 places, 25 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #779 for cats.

Velvet's popularity trend

Velvet'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: 2009.

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Year	Share
2025	0.01%
2024	0.009%
2023	0.01%
2022	0.007%
2021	0.006%
2020	0.01%
2019	0.01%
2018	0.007%
2017	0.007%
2016	0.011%
2015	0.008%
2014	0.009%
2013	0.013%
2012	0.016%
2011	0.015%
2010	0.017%
2009	0.02%
2008	0.016%
2007	0.016%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 8 places

Popularity rank

#2,575

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−117

2020 → 2025

Gender split

99% girls

99% girls1% boys

Where Velvet shows up

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


Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%
PlayfordAustralia	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%

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