Buster dog name

We found 5,074 dogs named Buster in the public pet registers of 26 places. Combining all places, Buster is the #53 dog name. Almost all dogs named Buster are male.

🐱 Buster is also a cat name (#154 for cats, 48 cats).

Buster as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Sweden Sweden #48 in top 100 2,163 20 2025
Allegheny County United States #37 of 51,228 1,233 30 2003–2026
New York City United States #75 of 34,500 543 16 2014–2025
South Australia Australia #75 in top 100 752 23 2025
Toronto Canada #99 of 10,500 75 15 2019
Seattle United States #165 of 8,191 23 9.0 2026
Playford Australia #18 of 4,586 90 54 2015
Cambridge United States #245 of 4,375 8 6.3 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #43 of 4,602 26 21 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #1,075 of 5,788 1 1.00 2025
Noosa Australia #35 of 3,045 31 33 2017
Laval Canada #281 of 2,965 5 5.9 2017–2026
Worcester United States #90 of 2,906 12 16 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #108 of 2,440 9 14 2026
Basel Switzerland #219 of 3,446 4 6.3 2026
Victoria Canada #195 of 2,588 5 8.2 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #41 of 1,974 18 32 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #29 of 2,062 21 40 2016
Burnside Australia #51 of 1,888 15 29 2015
Framingham United States #112 of 1,965 6 14 2020
Richmond United States #134 of 2,347 4 9.5 2018
Tacoma United States #40 of 1,917 10 28 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #26 of 1,161 12 45 2023
Adelaide Australia #31 of 958 5 32 2014
Prospect Australia #88 of 518 2 19 2016
Burlington United States #122 of 641 1 11 2022

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

Female or male?

98% male

33 female and 1,960 male dogs named Buster, in the places that record sex.

Buster over the years

Sweden
2018
2020
2022
2024
South Australia
2022
2024
Allegheny County – falling
2007
2010
2015
2020
2025

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

Breeds of dogs named Buster

Compared to all dogs, Buster is especially common among Boston Terriers (3.4×), Puggles (2.7×), Staffordshire Bull Terriers (2.6×), Basset Hounds (2.5×) and Parson Russell Terriers (2.4×).

Based on 1,810 dogs named Buster with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Buster

Buster – dog
Buster – spaniel dog (1998–2015) (1998)

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Buster as a baby name

Elsewhere it ranks #452 for boys in Sweden. See Buster as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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