Bob dog name

We found 326 dogs named Bob in the public pet registers of 20 places. Combining all places, Bob is the #297 dog name. Almost all dogs named Bob are male.

🐱 Bob is also a cat name (#146 for cats, 38 cats).

Bob as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #561 of 51,228 115 2.8 2003–2026
New York City United States #654 of 34,500 84 2.5 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #315 of 10,500 25 5.0 2019
Seattle United States #585 of 8,191 7 2.7 2026
Playford Australia #117 of 4,586 22 13 2015
Cambridge United States #671 of 4,375 3 2.4 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #393 of 4,602 5 4.1 1999–2026
Noosa Australia #119 of 3,045 14 15 2017
Maple Ridge Canada #335 of 2,440 3 4.7 2026
Victoria Canada #314 of 2,588 3 4.9 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #128 of 1,974 8 14 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #65 of 2,062 12 23 2016
Burnside Australia #121 of 1,888 7 13 2015
Framingham United States #580 of 1,965 1 2.3 2020
Richmond United States #310 of 2,347 2 4.7 2018
Tacoma United States #478 of 1,917 1 2.8 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #57 of 1,161 8 30 2023
Port Moody Canada #188 of 1,280 2 8.4 2019
Villavicencio Colombia #214 of 717 1 5.9 2026
Adelaide Australia #70 of 958 3 19 2014

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 Bob. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

98% male

6 female and 266 male dogs named Bob, in the places that record sex.

Bob over the years

Toronto – falling
2012
2015
2020
2025
Allegheny County
2007
2010
2015
2020
2025
New York City – falling
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025

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

Breeds of dogs named Bob

Compared to all dogs, Bob is especially common among Kelpies (10.3×).

Based on 270 dogs named Bob with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Bob

Bob the Railway Dog – Folk icon
Bob – dog that served in the Second World War
Bob “Bobba” Heeler – character in “Bluey” (2018)

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Bob as a baby name

Elsewhere it ranks #221 for boys in Netherlands, #277 for boys in Sweden, #293 for boys in Belgium (Flanders) and #443 for boys in Belgium (City of Brussels). See Bob as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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