Shiba Inu names

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The most common names among 5,539 Shiba Inus (and Shiba Inu crosses) in public pet registers.

Top Shiba Inu names

Names typical of Shiba Inus

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

Name	Shiba Inus	More common than average
Shiba	127	118.6×
Kitsune	21	86.5×
Hiro	25	48.0×
Koji	12	44.2×
Kenji	19	41.6×
Aiko	12	38.2×
Haru	15	35.6×
Keiko	18	33.2×
Kuma	45	31.8×
Hachi	24	29.2×
Uni	12	28.5×
Yuki	49	25.1×
Yoshi	52	20.7×
Akira	15	19.3×
Miso	20	15.2×
Miko	16	14.3×
Nikko	15	12.6×
Sushi	13	12.1×
Mochi	46	10.9×
Foxy	30	10.9×
Momo	21	9.1×
Mika	19	7.4×
Suki	14	7.3×
Kai	18	7.0×

Where Shiba Inus are most common

Place	Shiba Inus	Share of dogs	Breed rank
Vancouver	164	1.3%	#17
New York City	3,869	1.2%	#22
Port Moody	23	1.0%	#29
Laval	74	0.9%	#27
Seattle	180	0.7%	#30
Cambridge	75	0.6%	#35
Tacoma	20	0.6%	#36
Maple Ridge	27	0.4%	#51
Worcester	31	0.4%	#41
Allegheny County	1,048	0.3%	#62
Framingham	10	0.2%	#67

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