Frank dog name

We found 515 dogs named Frank in the public pet registers of 20 places. Combining all places, Frank is the #304 dog name. Almost all dogs named Frank are male.

🐱 Frank is also a cat name (#264 for cats, 26 cats).

Frank as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #331 of 51,228 206 5.0 2003–2026
New York City United States #262 of 34,500 198 5.9 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #330 of 10,500 24 4.8 2019
Seattle United States #159 of 8,191 24 9.4 2026
Playford Australia #407 of 4,586 6 3.6 2015
Cambridge United States #170 of 4,375 11 8.6 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #322 of 4,602 6 4.9 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #1,075 of 5,788 1 1.00 2025
Noosa Australia #194 of 3,045 8 8.4 2017
Worcester United States #390 of 2,906 3 4.1 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #255 of 2,440 4 6.3 2026
Basel Switzerland #297 of 3,446 3 4.7 2026
Victoria Canada #251 of 2,588 4 6.6 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #233 of 1,974 4 7.2 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #651 of 2,062 1 1.9 2016
Burnside Australia #364 of 1,888 2 3.9 2015
Framingham United States #133 of 1,965 5 11 2020
Corangamite Shire Australia #214 of 1,161 2 7.5 2023
Adelaide Australia #110 of 958 2 13 2014
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 Frank. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

97% male

13 female and 445 male dogs named Frank, in the places that record sex.

Frank over the years

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

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

Breeds of dogs named Frank

Compared to all dogs, Frank is especially common among Pugs (6.5×), Dachshunds (4.9×), English Bulldogs (4.7×), French Bulldogs (4.3×) and Boston Terriers (2.4×).

Based on 428 dogs named Frank with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Frank

Frank the Pug – fictional character in the Men in Black franchise (1997)
Frank – character in Go, Dog. Go!

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Frank as a baby name

Frank was the #513 boys' name in the US in 2025 (584 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #60 for boys in Sweden, #176 for boys in New Zealand, #186 for boys in England and Wales and #286 for boys in Ireland. See Frank as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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