Boo dog name

We found 572 dogs named Boo in the public pet registers of 22 places. Combining all places, Boo is the #290 dog name. 43% of dogs named Boo are female.

🐱 Boo is also a popular cat name (#60 for cats, 67 cats).

Boo as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #248 of 51,228 281 6.9 2003–2026
New York City United States #268 of 34,500 194 5.8 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #315 of 10,500 25 5.0 2019
Seattle United States #447 of 8,191 9 3.5 2026
Playford Australia #286 of 4,586 9 5.4 2015
Cambridge United States #401 of 4,375 5 3.9 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #494 of 4,602 4 3.3 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #309 of 5,788 4 4.0 2025
Noosa Australia #174 of 3,045 9 9.4 2017
Laval Canada #569 of 2,965 2 2.4 2017–2026
Worcester United States #233 of 2,906 5 6.8 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #255 of 2,440 4 6.3 2026
Victoria Canada #251 of 2,588 4 6.6 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #677 of 1,974 1 1.8 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #290 of 2,062 3 5.7 2016
Burnside Australia #269 of 1,888 3 5.8 2015
Framingham United States #580 of 1,965 1 2.3 2020
Richmond United States #191 of 2,347 3 7.1 2018
Tacoma United States #478 of 1,917 1 2.8 2021
Port Moody Canada #352 of 1,280 1 4.2 2019
Miranda Colombia #114 of 758 2 11 2024
Adelaide Australia #110 of 958 2 13 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 Boo. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

43% female
57% male

230 female and 300 male dogs named Boo, in the places that record sex.

Boo over the years

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

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

Breeds of dogs named Boo

Compared to all dogs, Boo is especially common among Cockapoos (2.8×), Bichon Frises (2.2×), Pugs (2.1×) and Cocker Spaniels (1.9×).

Based on 462 dogs named Boo with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Boo

Boo – Pomeranian that became an Internet sensation (2006)

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

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