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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.
NameGenderTrend
1Spike

Bebop's bounty hunter — and a classic dog name since forever.

Boy
2Levi

Attack on Titan's clean-freak captain — top-300 dog name.

Boy
3Eevee

Evolution's cutest option — 10× over-indexed among corgis.

Girl
4Luffy

One Piece's rubber captain.

Boy
5Haku

Spirited Away's river spirit.

Boy
6Nami

The navigator.

Girl
7Goku

Dragon Ball's saiyan — always hungry, always training.

Boy
8Ponyo

The fish girl who loves ham.

Either
9Pikachu

The electric mouse that conquered Earth.

Either
10Ein

Cowboy Bebop's data corgi — 80× over-indexed among real corgis.

Boy
11Sakura

Cherry blossom, ninja edition.

Girl
12Zoro

Three swords, zero sense of direction.

Boy
13Totoro

The forest spirit — for big grey gentle giants.

Boy
14Gohan

Goku's studious son — also just means 'rice.'

Boy
15Deku

My Hero Academia's underdog.

Boy
16Mikasa

The strongest soldier.

Girl
17Akamaru

Kiba's ninja dog — the deep cut for Naruto fans.

Boy
18Naruto

The knucklehead ninja — believe it.

Boy
19Sasuke

The brooding rival.

Boy
20Ichigo

Bleach's substitute soul reaper — also 'strawberry.'

21Chihiro

Spirited Away's heroine.

22Kenshin

The wandering swordsman.

23Vegeta

The proud prince, perpetually second.

Boy
24Eren

The boy who wanted freedom.

25Killua

Lightning-fast best friend.

26Gon

Hunter x Hunter's sunshine child.

27Kakashi

The copy ninja — canonically a dog person.

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