Lucky dog name

We found 5,791 dogs named Lucky in the public pet registers of 29 places. Combining all places, Lucky is the #27 dog name. It is a top-ten name in Switzerland, Vancouver and Basel. 12% of dogs named Lucky are female.

🐱 Lucky is also a popular cat name (#28 for cats, 347 cats).

Lucky as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Switzerland Switzerland #7 in top 34 2,292 42 2026
Allegheny County United States #30 of 51,228 1,318 32 2003–2026
New York City United States #13 of 34,500 1,521 46 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #21 of 10,500 215 43 2019
Seattle United States #73 of 8,191 46 18 2026
Playford Australia #49 of 4,586 48 29 2015
Cambridge United States #147 of 4,375 13 10 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #3 of 4,602 101 82 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #18 of 5,788 26 26 2025
Noosa Australia #78 of 3,045 20 21 2017
Laval Canada #14 of 2,965 53 63 2017–2026
Worcester United States #42 of 2,906 21 29 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #88 of 2,440 10 16 2026
Basel Switzerland #10 of 3,446 26 41 2026
Victoria Canada #124 of 2,588 8 13 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #74 of 1,974 13 23 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #90 of 2,062 9 17 2016
Burnside Australia #65 of 1,888 12 23 2015
Framingham United States #96 of 1,965 7 16 2020
Richmond United States #56 of 2,347 8 19 2018
Tacoma United States #124 of 1,917 4 11 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #214 of 1,161 2 7.5 2023
Port Moody Canada #52 of 1,280 6 25 2019
Miranda Colombia #233 of 758 1 5.6 2024
Villavicencio Colombia #76 of 717 3 18 2026
Adelaide Australia #110 of 958 2 13 2014
Fusagasugá Colombia #65 of 498 2 21 2021–2025
Burlington United States #55 of 641 2 22 2022
Nariño (municipality) Colombia #57 of 353 2 26 2020

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

Female or male?

12% female
88% male

669 female and 4,777 male dogs named Lucky, in the places that record sex.

Lucky over the years

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

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

Breeds of dogs named Lucky

Compared to all dogs, Lucky is especially common among Retrievers (2.3×), Dalmatians (2.2×), Fox Terriers (2.2×), Lhasa Apsos (2.2×) and Collies (1.9×).

Based on 2,691 dogs named Lucky with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Lucky

Lucky – German Shepherd Dog, in service with the British army during the Malayan Emergency
Lucky – fictional Dalmatian Puppy from 101 Dalmatians
Lucky – dog of President Ronald Reagan (1984)
Lucky – character from 1998 film 'You Lucky Dog'

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Lucky as a baby name

Lucky was the #1571 boys' name in the US in 2025 (108 babies). See Lucky as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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