Theo dog name

We found 745 dogs named Theo in the public pet registers of 21 places. Combining all places, Theo is the #161 dog name. Almost all dogs named Theo are male.

🐱 Theo is also a popular cat name (#67 for cats, 61 cats).

Theo as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #383 of 51,228 174 4.2 2003–2026
New York City United States #136 of 34,500 358 11 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #184 of 10,500 43 8.7 2019
Seattle United States #62 of 8,191 50 20 2026
Cambridge United States #82 of 4,375 20 16 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #666 of 4,602 3 2.4 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #111 of 5,788 9 9.0 2025
Noosa Australia #624 of 3,045 2 2.1 2017
Laval Canada #23 of 2,965 39 46 2017–2026
Worcester United States #233 of 2,906 5 6.8 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #78 of 2,440 11 17 2026
Basel Switzerland #170 of 3,446 5 7.9 2026
Victoria Canada #124 of 2,588 8 13 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #677 of 1,974 1 1.8 2016
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 #63 of 1,280 5 21 2019
Villavicencio Colombia #214 of 717 1 5.9 2026
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 Theo. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

98% male

13 female and 616 male dogs named Theo, in the places that record sex.

Theo over the years

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

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

Breeds of dogs named Theo

Compared to all dogs, Theo is especially common among Goldendoodles (3.8×), French Bulldogs (2.8×), Welsh Corgis (2.8×), Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (2.6×) and Cockapoos (2.4×).

Based on 617 dogs named Theo with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Theo

Theo – English Springer Spaniel bomb detection dog (2009)

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Theo as a baby name

Theo was the #82 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,945 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #3 for boys in Wales, #6 for boys in Germany, #6 for boys in Scotland and #7 for boys in Denmark. See Theo as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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