George dog name

We found 1,949 dogs named George in the public pet registers of 26 places. Combining all places, George is the #101 dog name. Almost all dogs named George are male.

🐱 George is also a popular cat name (#39 for cats, 438 cats).

George as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #202 of 51,228 339 8.3 2003–2026
New York City United States #92 of 34,500 471 14 2014–2025
South Australia Australia #65 in top 100 818 25 2025
Toronto Canada #90 of 10,500 81 16 2019
Seattle United States #82 of 8,191 39 15 2026
Playford Australia #108 of 4,586 24 14 2015
Cambridge United States #214 of 4,375 9 7.1 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #64 of 4,602 21 17 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #607 of 5,788 2 2.0 2025
Noosa Australia #40 of 3,045 29 30 2017
Worcester United States #110 of 2,906 10 14 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #174 of 2,440 6 9.4 2026
Basel Switzerland #297 of 3,446 3 4.7 2026
Victoria Canada #41 of 2,588 18 30 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #32 of 1,974 21 38 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #74 of 2,062 11 21 2016
Burnside Australia #51 of 1,888 15 29 2015
Framingham United States #82 of 1,965 8 18 2020
Richmond United States #71 of 2,347 7 17 2018
Tacoma United States #478 of 1,917 1 2.8 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #93 of 1,161 5 19 2023
Port Moody Canada #63 of 1,280 5 21 2019
Miranda Colombia #233 of 758 1 5.6 2024
Adelaide Australia #70 of 958 3 19 2014
Prospect Australia #231 of 518 1 9.5 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 George. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

97% male

28 female and 937 male dogs named George, in the places that record sex.

George over the years

South Australia
2022
2024
Toronto
2012
2015
2020
2025
New York City
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025

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

Breeds of dogs named George

Compared to all dogs, George is especially common among Great Pyreneess (3.3×), Basset Hounds (3.1×), Puggles (2.5×), Havaneses (2.1×) and Pugs (1.9×).

Based on 916 dogs named George with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named George

George – New Zealand dog (died 2007)

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

George as a baby name

George was the #126 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,848 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #4 for boys in New Zealand, #7 for boys in England and Wales, #7 for boys in Wales and #21 for boys in Australia (Victoria). See George as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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