Spike dog name

We found 853 dogs named Spike in the public pet registers of 22 places. Combining all places, Spike is the #179 dog name. Almost all dogs named Spike are male.

🐱 Spike is also a cat name (#332 for cats, 27 cats).

Spike as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #145 of 51,228 447 11 2003–2026
New York City United States #181 of 34,500 263 7.9 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #268 of 10,500 29 5.8 2019
Seattle United States #308 of 8,191 13 5.1 2026
Playford Australia #188 of 4,586 14 8.4 2015
Cambridge United States #998 of 4,375 2 1.6 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #87 of 4,602 18 15 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #234 of 5,788 5 5.0 2025
Noosa Australia #174 of 3,045 9 9.4 2017
Laval Canada #147 of 2,965 9 11 2017–2026
Worcester United States #390 of 2,906 3 4.1 2026
Basel Switzerland #40 of 3,446 12 19 2026
Victoria Canada #784 of 2,588 1 1.6 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #160 of 1,974 6 11 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #216 of 2,062 4 7.6 2016
Burnside Australia #135 of 1,888 6 12 2015
Framingham United States #335 of 1,965 2 4.6 2020
Richmond United States #107 of 2,347 5 12 2018
Corangamite Shire Australia #214 of 1,161 2 7.5 2023
Port Moody Canada #352 of 1,280 1 4.2 2019
Prospect Australia #231 of 518 1 9.5 2016
Fusagasugá Colombia #121 of 498 1 10 2021–2025

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

Female or male?

96% male

28 female and 745 male dogs named Spike, in the places that record sex.

Spike over the years

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

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

Breeds of dogs named Spike

Compared to all dogs, Spike is especially common among Miniature Pinschers (4.5×), Parson Russell Terriers (2.9×), Jack Russell Terriers (2.5×), Pugs (2.2×) and Yorkshire Terriers (2.0×).

Based on 700 dogs named Spike with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Spike

Spike – Lop-eared yellow Mastador (1952)
Spike – fictional dog in the Peanuts comic strip
Spike – Tom and Jerry character
Spike the Bulldog – Looney Tunes character
Spike – fictional dog in the Equestria Girls universe
Spike Barker – character in Go, Dog. Go!

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Spike as a baby name

Spike is also a human name. See Spike as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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