Fun Facts and Stats About Names Dog names, cat names, and humans too: Dog Names - 2026 Facts and Stats from 23K+ adoptable Dogs across the U.S. that need homes Now! data last updated: 04/16/26 - Dig In There are currently 22,868 Adoptable Dogs Across 6,999 shelters in the U.S In need of homes This is a decrease of 34% from last month Here's the trend Nowadays, homes are needed as never before. In the past few years, the number of adoptable dogs has spiked Where are these adoptable Dogs 25.4% live in California 16.6% live in Texas 6.5% live in Florida Select your state for local stats Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin The majority of Dogs in the USA are in the other group About 53.0% of all adoptable Dogs in the United States are male whereas only 47.0% are female. FEMALEMALE 12.52% of all adoptable Dogs arePit Bull Terrier 10.23% are Labrador Retriever 8.59% are German Shepherd Dog 5.14% are Terrier 4.18% are Chihuahua Most popular male Dog names in the USA in the last month Rank Name #1 rocky #2 charlie #3 max #4 buddy #5 zeus #6 duke #7 milo #8 bear #9 bruno #10 apollo #11 toby #12 bubba #13 jack #14 blue #15 cooper #16 buster #17 jax #18 ranger #19 ace #20 jasper #21 bruce #22 leo #23 shadow #24 bandit #25 hank #26 lucky #27 tucker #28 roscoe #29 moose #30 teddy #31 scooby #32 ghost #33 tank #34 jake #35 thor #36 luke #37 rambo #38 scout #39 oliver #40 benny #41 ollie #42 loki #43 winston #44 king #45 chance #46 casper #47 tyson #48 chester #49 prince #50 oreo #51 koda #52 kevin #53 diesel #54 hudson #55 archie #56 copper #57 eddie #58 benji #59 rocco #60 axel #61 ozzy #62 walter #63 bentley #64 buck #65 simba #66 goose #67 chase #68 cash #69 brownie #70 mack #71 oso #72 murphy #73 dexter #74 barney #75 rudy #76 brutus #77 blaze #78 levi #79 henry #80 finn #81 fred #82 drake #83 bo #84 sam #85 coco #86 beau #87 petey #88 rex #89 harry #90 maverick #91 george #92 frankie #93 theo #94 andy #95 red #96 lincoln #97 lucas #98 junior #99 arlo #100 odin Most popular female Dog names in the USA in the last month Rank Name #1 daisy #2 luna #3 lola #4 bella #5 lucy #6 honey #7 penny #8 nala #9 sadie #10 willow #11 poppy #12 athena #13 stella #14 hazel #15 maggie #16 roxy #17 rosie #18 molly #19 sasha #20 cookie #21 nova #22 millie #23 ruby #24 lady #25 sugar #26 princess #27 bailey #28 mia #29 layla #30 xena #31 angel #32 pearl #33 winnie #34 darla #35 sally #36 gracie #37 zoey #38 diamond #39 mabel #40 lily #41 violet #42 peaches #43 chloe #44 lulu #45 opal #46 rose #47 bonnie #48 ellie #49 dolly #50 lilly #51 sage #52 piper #53 sandy #54 annie #55 coco #56 star #57 ember #58 reba #59 hope #60 trixie #61 gigi #62 misty #63 holly #64 phoebe #65 betty #66 missy #67 olive #68 ginger #69 pixie #70 josie #71 ivy #72 dixie #73 sophie #74 penelope #75 dottie #76 emma #77 clover #78 delilah #79 baby #80 birdie #81 goldie #82 sunny #83 queenie #84 fiona #85 tina #86 dahlia #87 ava #88 lexi #89 oreo #90 maple #91 iris #92 jade #93 jasmine #94 mila #95 skye #96 petunia #97 autumn #98 maya #99 sassy #100 callie
