Penny dog name
We found 4,368 dogs named Penny in the public pet registers of 26 places. Combining all places, Penny is the #23 dog name. It is a top-ten name in Seattle. Almost all dogs named Penny are female.
🐱 Penny is also a popular cat name (#51 for cats, 268 cats).
Penny as a dog name, by place
| Place | Rank | Dogs | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny County United States | #20 of 51,228 | 1,575 | 2003–2026 |
| New York City United States | #19 of 34,500 | 1,225 | 2014–2025 |
| South Australia Australia | #57 in top 100 | 903 | 2025 |
| Toronto Canada | #30 of 10,500 | 178 | 2019 |
| Seattle United States | #8 of 8,191 | 116 | 2026 |
| Playford Australia | #43 of 4,586 | 52 | 2015 |
| Cambridge United States | #15 of 4,375 | 51 | 2017–2026 |
| Vancouver Canada | #130 of 4,602 | 13 | 1999–2026 |
| Zurich Switzerland | #98 of 5,788 | 10 | 2025 |
| Noosa Australia | #63 of 3,045 | 24 | 2017 |
| Laval Canada | #129 of 2,965 | 10 | 2017–2026 |
| Worcester United States | #15 of 2,906 | 38 | 2026 |
| Maple Ridge Canada | #45 of 2,440 | 20 | 2026 |
| Basel Switzerland | #170 of 3,446 | 5 | 2026 |
| Victoria Canada | #29 of 2,588 | 21 | 2025 |
| Surf Coast Shire Australia | #100 of 1,974 | 10 | 2016 |
| Golden Plains Shire Australia | #41 of 2,062 | 18 | 2016 |
| Burnside Australia | #60 of 1,888 | 13 | 2015 |
| Framingham United States | #18 of 1,965 | 22 | 2020 |
| Richmond United States | #12 of 2,347 | 21 | 2018 |
| Tacoma United States | #12 of 1,917 | 20 | 2021 |
| Corangamite Shire Australia | #38 of 1,161 | 10 | 2023 |
| Port Moody Canada | #43 of 1,280 | 7 | 2019 |
| Adelaide Australia | #228 of 958 | 1 | 2014 |
| Prospect Australia | #88 of 518 | 2 | 2016 |
| Burlington United States | #28 of 641 | 3 | 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 Penny. Click a column to sort. See data sources.
Female or male?
3,045 female and 28 male dogs named Penny, in the places that record sex.
Penny over the years
Dogs named Penny per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.
Breeds of dogs named Penny
Compared to all dogs, Penny is especially common among Toy Fox Terriers (4.6×), Vizslas (3.5×), Brittanys (2.6×), Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (2.4×) and Dalmatians (2.4×).
Based on 2,855 dogs named Penny with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.
Famous dogs named Penny
From Wikidata. More famous dogs
Penny as a baby name
Penny was the #740 girls' name in the US in 2025 (368 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #111 for girls in Northern Ireland, #156 for girls in Ireland, #164 for girls in Scotland and #188 for girls in Sweden. See Penny as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.
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