Pepper dog name

We found 3,513 dogs named Pepper in the public pet registers of 26 places. Combining all places, Pepper is the #33 dog name. It is a top-ten name in Cambridge and Burlington. 73% of dogs named Pepper are female.

🐱 Pepper is also a popular cat name (#18 for cats, 473 cats).

Pepper as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #41 of 51,228 1,121 27 2003–2026
New York City United States #36 of 34,500 850 26 2014–2025
South Australia Australia #52 in top 100 928 28 2025
Toronto Canada #34 of 10,500 153 31 2019
Seattle United States #15 of 8,191 94 37 2026
Playford Australia #88 of 4,586 29 17 2015
Cambridge United States #5 of 4,375 75 59 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #43 of 4,602 26 21 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #130 of 5,788 8 8.0 2025
Noosa Australia #75 of 3,045 21 22 2017
Laval Canada #147 of 2,965 9 11 2017–2026
Worcester United States #62 of 2,906 16 22 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #20 of 2,440 31 49 2026
Basel Switzerland #134 of 3,446 6 9.5 2026
Victoria Canada #33 of 2,588 20 33 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #22 of 1,974 23 42 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #32 of 2,062 20 38 2016
Burnside Australia #47 of 1,888 16 31 2015
Framingham United States #34 of 1,965 15 34 2020
Richmond United States #107 of 2,347 5 12 2018
Tacoma United States #17 of 1,917 16 44 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #26 of 1,161 12 45 2023
Port Moody Canada #27 of 1,280 9 38 2019
Adelaide Australia #110 of 958 2 13 2014
Prospect Australia #88 of 518 2 19 2016
Burlington United States #8 of 641 6 67 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 Pepper. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

73% female
27% male

1,644 female and 605 male dogs named Pepper, in the places that record sex.

Pepper over the years

South Australia
2022
2024
Toronto
2012
2015
2020
2025
Allegheny County
2007
2010
2015
2020
2025

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

Breeds of dogs named Pepper

Compared to all dogs, Pepper is especially common among Miniature Schnauzers (4.4×), Standard Schnauzers (4.0×), Dalmatians (3.3×), Pointers (2.9×) and Border Terriers (2.9×).

Based on 2,065 dogs named Pepper with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Pepper

Pepper – dalmatian dog from Pennsylvania, United States
Pepper – pitbull lab living in Baltimore (b. 2020) (2020)
Pepper – fictional character from Disney's 101 Dalmatians

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Pepper as a baby name

Pepper was the #1902 girls' name in the US in 2025 (102 babies). See Pepper as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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