Pearl dog name

We found 524 dogs named Pearl in the public pet registers of 24 places. Combining all places, Pearl is the #244 dog name. Almost all dogs named Pearl are female.

🐱 Pearl is also a cat name (#138 for cats, 38 cats).

Pearl as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #318 of 51,228 213 5.2 2003–2026
New York City United States #302 of 34,500 175 5.3 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #438 of 10,500 18 3.6 2019
Seattle United States #105 of 8,191 33 13 2026
Playford Australia #407 of 4,586 6 3.6 2015
Cambridge United States #156 of 4,375 12 9.4 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #269 of 4,602 7 5.7 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #309 of 5,788 4 4.0 2025
Noosa Australia #465 of 3,045 3 3.1 2017
Laval Canada #928 of 2,965 1 1.2 2017–2026
Worcester United States #126 of 2,906 9 12 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #255 of 2,440 4 6.3 2026
Basel Switzerland #463 of 3,446 2 3.2 2026
Victoria Canada #105 of 2,588 9 15 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #140 of 1,974 7 13 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #171 of 2,062 5 9.5 2016
Burnside Australia #585 of 1,888 1 1.9 2015
Framingham United States #335 of 1,965 2 4.6 2020
Richmond United States #191 of 2,347 3 7.1 2018
Tacoma United States #264 of 1,917 2 5.5 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #214 of 1,161 2 7.5 2023
Port Moody Canada #188 of 1,280 2 8.4 2019
Adelaide Australia #110 of 958 2 13 2014
Burlington United States #55 of 641 2 22 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 Pearl. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

100% female

452 female and 1 male dogs named Pearl, in the places that record sex.

Pearl over the years

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

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

Breeds of dogs named Pearl

Compared to all dogs, Pearl is especially common among Pugs (2.6×), French Bulldogs (2.4×) and Boston Terriers (2.4×).

Based on 438 dogs named Pearl with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Pearl as a baby name

Pearl was the #776 girls' name in the US in 2025 (350 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #258 for girls in England and Wales, #273 for girls in Ireland and #542 for girls in Canada (Ontario). See Pearl as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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