Willow dog name

We found 3,403 dogs named Willow in the public pet registers of 25 places. Combining all places, Willow is the #63 dog name. Almost all dogs named Willow are female.

🐱 Willow is also a popular cat name (#48 for cats, 709 cats).

Willow as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #72 of 51,228 747 18 2003–2026
New York City United States #104 of 34,500 436 13 2014–2025
South Australia Australia #18 in top 100 1,771 53 2025
Toronto Canada #63 of 10,500 103 21 2019
Seattle United States #50 of 8,191 57 22 2026
Playford Australia #103 of 4,586 25 15 2015
Cambridge United States #20 of 4,375 41 32 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #110 of 4,602 15 12 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #234 of 5,788 5 5.0 2025
Noosa Australia #63 of 3,045 24 25 2017
Laval Canada #79 of 2,965 15 18 2017–2026
Worcester United States #34 of 2,906 23 31 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #12 of 2,440 37 58 2026
Basel Switzerland #219 of 3,446 4 6.3 2026
Victoria Canada #17 of 2,588 29 48 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #140 of 1,974 7 13 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #83 of 2,062 10 19 2016
Burnside Australia #215 of 1,888 4 7.7 2015
Framingham United States #82 of 1,965 8 18 2020
Richmond United States #56 of 2,347 8 19 2018
Tacoma United States #35 of 1,917 11 30 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #38 of 1,161 10 38 2023
Port Moody Canada #43 of 1,280 7 29 2019
Prospect Australia #88 of 518 2 19 2016
Burlington United States #19 of 641 4 45 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 Willow. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

95% female

1,336 female and 74 male dogs named Willow, in the places that record sex.

Willow over the years

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

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

Breeds of dogs named Willow

Compared to all dogs, Willow is especially common among Whippets (3.9×), Retrievers (3.8×), Great Danes (3.4×), Bernese Mountain Dogs (3.1×) and Weimaraners (3.1×).

Based on 1,338 dogs named Willow with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Willow as a baby name

Willow was the #44 girls' name in the US in 2025 (4,763 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #14 for girls in Wales, #20 for girls in England and Wales, #23 for girls in Australia (New South Wales) and #26 for girls in New Zealand. See Willow as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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