Fun Facts and Stats About Names Dog names, cat names, and humans too: Dog Names - 2025 Facts and Stats from 27K+ adoptable Dogs across the U.S. that need homes Now! data last updated: 04/23/25 - Dig In There are currently 27,027 Adoptable Dogs Across 6,999 shelters in the U.S In need of homes This is a decrease of 19% 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 24.1% live in California 17.3% live in Texas 7.3% live in Florida Select your state for local stats Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming The majority of Dogs in the USA are in the other group About 53.5% of all adoptable Dogs in the United States are male whereas only 46.5% are female. FEMALEMALE 11.78% of all adoptable Dogs arePit Bull Terrier 11.28% are Labrador Retriever 8.14% are German Shepherd Dog 4.39% are Terrier 4.32% are American Pit Bull Terrier Most popular male Dog names in the USA in the last month Rank Name #1 max #2 rocky #3 charlie #4 buddy #5 duke #6 bear #7 bruno #8 toby #9 zeus #10 milo #11 jack #12 cooper #13 blue #14 lucky #15 teddy #16 jasper #17 archie #18 oso #19 buster #20 hank #21 beau #22 maverick #23 king #24 bandit #25 apollo #26 leo #27 diesel #28 moose #29 scooby #30 loki #31 oreo #32 ace #33 rusty #34 tucker #35 tyson #36 jax #37 oliver #38 oscar #39 gus #40 bentley #41 bruce #42 benji #43 finn #44 benny #45 cash #46 simba #47 buck #48 shadow #49 sammy #50 koda #51 ollie #52 scout #53 joey #54 chase #55 luke #56 brownie #57 romeo #58 ghost #59 otis #60 odin #61 henry #62 tommy #63 jake #64 axel #65 rex #66 cody #67 dexter #68 casper #69 sam #70 bo #71 kobe #72 winston #73 louie #74 rufus #75 chance #76 ranger #77 levi #78 walter #79 ziggy #80 odie #81 hershey #82 parker #83 tank #84 roscoe #85 rocket #86 theo #87 jackson #88 peter #89 junior #90 rudy #91 chester #92 spike #93 ruger #94 prince #95 george #96 clyde #97 blaze #98 marley #99 arlo #100 mateo 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 stella #7 molly #8 roxy #9 sadie #10 nala #11 nova #12 lady #13 penny #14 coco #15 princess #16 piper #17 honey #18 bonnie #19 athena #20 lily #21 rosie #22 willow #23 poppy #24 sasha #25 ruby #26 chloe #27 rose #28 hazel #29 pepper #30 sugar #31 millie #32 bailey #33 gracie #34 maggie #35 dixie #36 ginger #37 sky #38 ellie #39 holly #40 dolly #41 fiona #42 cinnamon #43 roxie #44 diamond #45 cookie #46 petunia #47 lilly #48 mia #49 star #50 raven #51 buttercup #52 freya #53 harley #54 lulu #55 missy #56 annie #57 dottie #58 autumn #59 ella #60 candy #61 peaches #62 maya #63 daphne #64 xena #65 zoey #66 misty #67 evie #68 alice #69 josie #70 brandy #71 hope #72 sally #73 winnie #74 pebbles #75 ava #76 sophie #77 delilah #78 clover #79 leia #80 mila #81 pearl #82 gypsy #83 iris #84 aurora #85 sandy #86 angel #87 panda #88 penelope #89 abby #90 mabel #91 maddie #92 lacey #93 phoebe #94 amber #95 layla #96 sabrina #97 charlie #98 sophia #99 betty #100 sunny
