Ginger dog name

We found 2,471 dogs named Ginger in the public pet registers of 24 places. Combining all places, Ginger is the #56 dog name. Almost all dogs named Ginger are female.

🐱 Ginger is also a popular cat name (#36 for cats, 387 cats).

Ginger as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #33 of 51,228 1,309 32 2003–2026
New York City United States #41 of 34,500 811 24 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #59 of 10,500 108 22 2019
Seattle United States #60 of 8,191 51 20 2026
Playford Australia #251 of 4,586 10 6.0 2015
Cambridge United States #55 of 4,375 28 22 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #39 of 4,602 28 23 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #36 of 5,788 19 19 2025
Noosa Australia #194 of 3,045 8 8.4 2017
Laval Canada #147 of 2,965 9 11 2017–2026
Worcester United States #67 of 2,906 15 20 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #126 of 2,440 8 13 2026
Basel Switzerland #134 of 3,446 6 9.5 2026
Victoria Canada #124 of 2,588 8 13 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #424 of 1,974 2 3.6 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #651 of 2,062 1 1.9 2016
Burnside Australia #168 of 1,888 5 9.6 2015
Framingham United States #47 of 1,965 12 27 2020
Richmond United States #36 of 2,347 11 26 2018
Tacoma United States #35 of 1,917 11 30 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #374 of 1,161 1 3.8 2023
Port Moody Canada #63 of 1,280 5 21 2019
Adelaide Australia #110 of 958 2 13 2014
Burlington United States #28 of 641 3 34 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 Ginger. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

97% female

2,196 female and 57 male dogs named Ginger, in the places that record sex.

Ginger over the years

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

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

Breeds of dogs named Ginger

Compared to all dogs, Ginger is especially common among Brittanys (3.8×), Vizslas (2.9×), Peekapoos (2.8×), Chow Chows (2.7×) and Collies (2.3×).

Based on 1,990 dogs named Ginger with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Ginger as a baby name

Ginger is also a human name. See Ginger as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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