Shepherd names

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The most common names among 4,446 Shepherds (and Shepherd crosses) in public pet registers.

Top Shepherd names

Names typical of Shepherds

These names are much more common for Shepherds than for dogs in general.

Name	Shepherds	More common than average
Bear	41	2.6×

Where Shepherds are most common

Place	Shepherds	Share of dogs	Breed rank
Vancouver	653	5.3%	#2
Burlington	22	2.5%	#7
Maple Ridge	154	2.4%	#9
Seattle	269	1.1%	#21
Framingham	43	1.0%	#27
Worcester	61	0.8%	#27
Port Moody	14	0.6%	#37
Allegheny County	1,955	0.5%	#41
New York City	1,260	0.4%	#42
Cambridge	11	0.1%	#106

Only places whose registers record breed. Breed names are matched across languages and spellings as well as we could.