Dog name lists / Pop Culture & Themes
Anime Dog Names
Anime names show up all over the license rolls — and the single best data point on this site might be Ein, Cowboy Bebop's corgi, who over-indexes 80× among actual corgis. From Dragon Ball to Ghibli, every name below is carried by real licensed dogs.
| Name | Gender | Trend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spike Bebop's bounty hunter — and a classic dog name since forever. | Boy | ||
| 2 | Levi Attack on Titan's clean-freak captain — top-300 dog name. | Boy | ||
| 3 | Eevee Evolution's cutest option — 10× over-indexed among corgis. | Girl | ||
| 4 | Luffy One Piece's rubber captain. | Boy | — | |
| 5 | Haku Spirited Away's river spirit. | Boy | — | |
| 6 | Nami The navigator. | Girl | ||
| 7 | Goku Dragon Ball's saiyan — always hungry, always training. | Boy | ||
| 8 | Pikachu The electric mouse that conquered Earth. | Either | ||
| 9 | Ein Cowboy Bebop's data corgi — 80× over-indexed among real corgis. | Boy | ||
| 10 | Sakura Cherry blossom, ninja edition. | Girl | ||
| 11 | Ponyo The fish girl who loves ham. | Either | — | |
| 12 | Zoro Three swords, zero sense of direction. | Boy | ||
| 13 | Totoro The forest spirit — for big grey gentle giants. | Boy | — | |
| 14 | Gohan Goku's studious son — also just means 'rice.' | Boy | — | |
| 15 | Deku My Hero Academia's underdog. | Boy | — | |
| 16 | Mikasa The strongest soldier. | Girl | — | |
| 17 | Akamaru Kiba's ninja dog — the deep cut for Naruto fans. | Boy | ||
| 18 | Naruto The knucklehead ninja — believe it. | Boy | — | |
| 19 | Sasuke The brooding rival. | Boy | — | |
| 20 | Ichigo Bleach's substitute soul reaper — also 'strawberry.' | — | — | |
| 21 | Chihiro Spirited Away's heroine. | — | — | |
| 22 | Kenshin The wandering swordsman. | — | — | |
| 23 | Vegeta The proud prince, perpetually second. | Boy | ||
| 24 | Eren The boy who wanted freedom. | — | — | |
| 25 | Killua Lightning-fast best friend. | — | — | |
| 26 | Gon Hunter x Hunter's sunshine child. | — | — | |
| 27 | Kakashi The copy ninja — canonically a dog person. | — | — |