Baxter dog name

We found 1,748 dogs named Baxter in the public pet registers of 24 places. Combining all places, Baxter is the #113 dog name. Almost all dogs named Baxter are male.

🐱 Baxter is also a cat name (#259 for cats, 28 cats).

Baxter as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #100 of 51,228 609 15 2003–2026
New York City United States #152 of 34,500 319 9.6 2014–2025
South Australia Australia #98 in top 100 572 17 2025
Toronto Canada #127 of 10,500 58 12 2019
Seattle United States #105 of 8,191 33 13 2026
Playford Australia #125 of 4,586 21 13 2015
Cambridge United States #90 of 4,375 18 14 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #110 of 4,602 15 12 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #607 of 5,788 2 2.0 2025
Noosa Australia #86 of 3,045 18 19 2017
Laval Canada #928 of 2,965 1 1.2 2017–2026
Worcester United States #126 of 2,906 9 12 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #108 of 2,440 9 14 2026
Victoria Canada #105 of 2,588 9 15 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #100 of 1,974 10 18 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #171 of 2,062 5 9.5 2016
Burnside Australia #71 of 1,888 11 21 2015
Framingham United States #133 of 1,965 5 11 2020
Richmond United States #71 of 2,347 7 17 2018
Tacoma United States #100 of 1,917 5 14 2021
Port Moody Canada #63 of 1,280 5 21 2019
Villavicencio Colombia #115 of 717 2 12 2026
Adelaide Australia #70 of 958 3 19 2014
Prospect Australia #88 of 518 2 19 2016

Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Baxter. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

98% male

22 female and 1,022 male dogs named Baxter, in the places that record sex.

Baxter over the years

South Australia
2022
2024
Toronto – falling
2012
2015
2020
2025
Allegheny County – falling
2007
2010
2015
2020
2025

Dogs named Baxter per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.

Breeds of dogs named Baxter

Compared to all dogs, Baxter is especially common among Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers (3.8×), Basset Hounds (3.4×), Boston Terriers (3.0×), Cockapoos (2.7×) and Beagles (2.4×).

Based on 988 dogs named Baxter with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Baxter

Baxter – former first dog of Maine (2005)

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Baxter as a baby name

Baxter is also a human name. See Baxter as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

Similar dog names

Daxter

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