Hope dog name

We found 477 dogs named Hope in the public pet registers of 21 places. Combining all places, Hope is the #394 dog name. Almost all dogs named Hope are female.

🐱 Hope is also a cat name (#704 for cats, 14 cats).

Hope as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #274 of 51,228 251 6.1 2003–2026
New York City United States #362 of 34,500 150 4.5 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #330 of 10,500 24 4.8 2019
Seattle United States #585 of 8,191 7 2.7 2026
Playford Australia #714 of 4,586 3 1.8 2015
Cambridge United States #998 of 4,375 2 1.6 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #666 of 4,602 3 2.4 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #309 of 5,788 4 4.0 2025
Noosa Australia #1,022 of 3,045 1 1.0 2017
Laval Canada #237 of 2,965 6 7.1 2017–2026
Worcester United States #233 of 2,906 5 6.8 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #463 of 2,440 2 3.1 2026
Basel Switzerland #463 of 3,446 2 3.2 2026
Victoria Canada #314 of 2,588 3 4.9 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #677 of 1,974 1 1.8 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #216 of 2,062 4 7.6 2016
Burnside Australia #585 of 1,888 1 1.9 2015
Framingham United States #237 of 1,965 3 6.9 2020
Richmond United States #585 of 2,347 1 2.4 2018
Corangamite Shire Australia #374 of 1,161 1 3.8 2023
Port Moody Canada #126 of 1,280 3 13 2019

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

Female or male?

97% female

420 female and 12 male dogs named Hope, in the places that record sex.

Hope over the years

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

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

Breeds of dogs named Hope

Compared to all dogs, Hope is especially common among Terriers (1.9×).

Based on 374 dogs named Hope with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Hope as a baby name

Hope was the #352 girls' name in the US in 2025 (868 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #146 for girls in Scotland, #180 for girls in England and Wales, #205 for girls in Northern Ireland and #241 for girls in New Zealand. See Hope as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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