Names and Numbers

Just because I'm currently name obsessed I thought I'd share something I stumbled across recently. It's a web site that has a way you can look up the breed of your fur-baby then check how many other dogs of the same breed have the same name. It's a great tool to give insight into popularity of certain names. Obviously the numbers in the database are based on "registered" fur-babies as well as purebreds. No mixed breeds were included in the numbers.

Here's some of the numbers for Havanese:

I listed the number then the name next to the number. For example, 60 Havanese dogs named Rocky. I only listed names with 25 or more Havanese dogs walking around with that name. Anything lower than 25 is not listed.

26 Baxter's
27 Izzy's
28 Loki's
34 Gizmo's
35 Sammy's
36 Shadow's
39 Oliver's
50 Oscar's
51 Milo's
56 Bentley's
60 Rocky's
66 Cooper's
85 Charlie's
95 Bailey's
125 Buddy's
140 Max's

Since it's breed specific, I found it extra intriguing! A great tool when it comes to naming a new furry. There's 140 registered little Havanese's with the name Max, definitely stay away, way too common. I'm not sure what people's obsession is with the name Loki? He's not exactly a good character in the Thor movies.

Just for comparison...here are the numbers for pugs:

25 Leo's
26 Winston's
26 Gunner's
27 Tyson's
36 Pepper's
38 Diesel's
53 Bear's
53 Toby's
59 Jack's
66 Harley's
69 Rocky's
113 Buddy's
128 Max's

To my husband...look honey, there are 25 pugs named Leo. So it is a "dog" appropriate name for some. He told me the name Leo wasn't appropriate for a dog only a human or cat name. LOL!


Additionally, I know some people that frequent this blog that are poodle owners, so lets look at the numbers for poodles. Toy and Miniature were grouped together on the web site!

32 Cody's
33 Oliver's
38 Riley's
44 Teddy's
45 Pepper's
48 Oscar's
47 Bear's
49 Toby's
53 Bentley's
58 Coco's
59 Cooper's
60 Harley's
63 Jack's
92 Bailey's
129 Buddy's
135 Max's

As you can see there's some similarities for 3 different breeds as well as a few names that are ranked high for only one breed. Cody is only ranked for poodles, there's 32 registered poodles named Cody. Their human's are clearly brilliant!

I told Brad the name Bentley was popular and I wanted to stay away from it. Once I got him past weird superhero names he settled on Bentley for a few days. He also mentioned Cooper, which was quickly vetoed by me based on Piper's name. Cooper and Piper...a little too similar in my opinion! I could deal with same ending like Piper and Tyler but not the exact same syllable like Piper and Cooper. Confusing!

Anyway, for what it is worth, useless or otherwise. But most likely leaning towards "useless" info on names for dogs! LOL!