Max dog name
We found 16,261 dogs named Max in the public pet registers of 33 places. Combining all places, Max is the #3 dog name. It is a top-ten name in 25 places. Almost all dogs named Max are male.
🐱 Max is also a popular cat name (#5 for cats, 4,688 cats).
Max as a dog name, by place
| Place | Rank | Dogs | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden Sweden | #19 in top 100 | 3,471 | 2025 |
| Switzerland Switzerland | #9 in top 34 | 1,774 | 2026 |
| Allegheny County United States | #3 of 51,228 | 3,291 | 2003–2026 |
| New York City United States | #3 of 34,500 | 2,979 | 2014–2025 |
| South Australia Australia | #8 in top 100 | 2,764 | 2025 |
| Toronto Canada | #3 of 10,500 | 423 | 2019 |
| City of Casey Australia | #5 in top 20 | 251 | 2025 |
| Seattle United States | #19 of 8,191 | 88 | 2026 |
| Playford Australia | #2 of 4,586 | 227 | 2015 |
| Cambridge United States | #13 of 4,375 | 55 | 2017–2026 |
| Vancouver Canada | #2 of 4,602 | 104 | 1999–2026 |
| Zurich Switzerland | #14 of 5,788 | 29 | 2025 |
| Noosa Australia | #4 of 3,045 | 105 | 2017 |
| Laval Canada | #6 of 2,965 | 70 | 2017–2026 |
| Worcester United States | #5 of 2,906 | 59 | 2026 |
| Maple Ridge Canada | #6 of 2,440 | 53 | 2026 |
| Basel Switzerland | #18 of 3,446 | 21 | 2026 |
| Victoria Canada | #8 of 2,588 | 39 | 2025 |
| Surf Coast Shire Australia | #4 of 1,974 | 60 | 2016 |
| Golden Plains Shire Australia | #2 of 2,062 | 69 | 2016 |
| Burnside Australia | #3 of 1,888 | 70 | 2015 |
| Framingham United States | #3 of 1,965 | 45 | 2020 |
| Richmond United States | #5 of 2,347 | 27 | 2018 |
| Tacoma United States | #3 of 1,917 | 30 | 2021 |
| Corangamite Shire Australia | #7 of 1,161 | 25 | 2023 |
| Port Moody Canada | #20 of 1,280 | 11 | 2019 |
| Miranda Colombia | #8 of 758 | 21 | 2024 |
| Villavicencio Colombia | #9 of 717 | 25 | 2026 |
| Adelaide Australia | #1 of 958 | 29 | 2014 |
| Prospect Australia | #2 of 518 | 20 | 2016 |
| Fusagasugá Colombia | #19 of 498 | 8 | 2021–2025 |
| Burlington United States | #12 of 641 | 5 | 2022 |
| Nariño (municipality) Colombia | #7 of 353 | 13 | 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 Max. Click a column to sort. See data sources.
Female or male?
134 female and 8,888 male dogs named Max, in the places that record sex.
Max over the years
Dogs named Max per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.
Breeds of dogs named Max
Compared to all dogs, Max is especially common among Standard Schnauzers (2.6×), Toy Fox Terriers (2.3×) and Schnauzers (1.9×).
Based on 6,613 dogs named Max with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.
Famous dogs named Max
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Max as a baby name
Max was the #180 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,025 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #14 for boys in Finland, #20 for boys in Australia (Victoria), #24 for boys in Spain (Catalonia) and #25 for boys in Scotland. See Max as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.
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