Tess dog name
We found 442 dogs named Tess in the public pet registers of 21 places. Combining all places, Tess is the #168 dog name. Almost all dogs named Tess are female.
🐱 Tess is also a cat name (#735 for cats, 11 cats).
Tess as a dog name, by place
| Place | Rank | Dogs | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny County United States | #345 of 51,228 | 196 | 2003–2026 |
| New York City United States | #1,002 of 34,500 | 53 | 2014–2025 |
| Toronto Canada | #303 of 10,500 | 26 | 2019 |
| Seattle United States | #959 of 8,191 | 4 | 2026 |
| Playford Australia | #58 of 4,586 | 43 | 2015 |
| Cambridge United States | #401 of 4,375 | 5 | 2017–2026 |
| Vancouver Canada | #494 of 4,602 | 4 | 1999–2026 |
| Zurich Switzerland | #1,075 of 5,788 | 1 | 2025 |
| Noosa Australia | #86 of 3,045 | 18 | 2017 |
| Laval Canada | #928 of 2,965 | 1 | 2017–2026 |
| Worcester United States | #553 of 2,906 | 2 | 2026 |
| Maple Ridge Canada | #335 of 2,440 | 3 | 2026 |
| Victoria Canada | #314 of 2,588 | 3 | 2025 |
| Surf Coast Shire Australia | #37 of 1,974 | 19 | 2016 |
| Golden Plains Shire Australia | #23 of 2,062 | 23 | 2016 |
| Burnside Australia | #90 of 1,888 | 9 | 2015 |
| Framingham United States | #171 of 1,965 | 4 | 2020 |
| Corangamite Shire Australia | #11 of 1,161 | 20 | 2023 |
| Port Moody Canada | #352 of 1,280 | 1 | 2019 |
| Adelaide Australia | #49 of 958 | 4 | 2014 |
| Prospect Australia | #54 of 518 | 3 | 2016 |
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 Tess. Click a column to sort. See data sources.
Female or male?
360 female and 4 male dogs named Tess, in the places that record sex.
Tess over the years
Dogs named Tess per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.
Breeds of dogs named Tess
Compared to all dogs, Tess is especially common among Kelpies (17.0×), Border Collies (4.8×), Australian Cattle Dogs (3.7×), Shetland Sheepdogs (3.5×) and Jack Russell Terriers (1.9×).
Based on 371 dogs named Tess with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.
Tess as a baby name
Tess was the #1777 girls' name in the US in 2025 (113 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #14 for girls in Netherlands, #148 for girls in Ireland, #154 for girls in Northern Ireland and #169 for girls in Belgium (Flanders). See Tess as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.
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