The Top Dog Names of 2022

Here is the first of the hundreds of ‘year-end’ lists you’ll see between now and Dec. 31. (and we are going to see A LOT of them)

According to the website Rover.com, these are the most popular dog and cat names of 2022, for males and for females…

Top Canadian Boy Dog Names:
Charlie
Milo
Max
Cooper
Leo
Rocky
Buddy
Teddy
Winston
Toby

Top Canadian Girl Dog Names:
Luna
Bella
Daisy
Lucy
Lola
Lily
Zoe
Molly
Nala
Coco

See yours in there?? The list is also VERY similar for cats.
They also uncovered everything from ever-popular pet names to  some truly unique names we can’t get enough of!

Fastest-growing names:

Dogs:
Julius
Harrison
Button
Duff
Nuka

Cats:
Tiggy
Marbles
Ariel
Boomer
Gaston

The top five food-related names: 

Dogs:
Burrito (up 907%)
Gravy (up 607%)
Mint (up 407%)
Kimchi (up 373%)
KitKat (up 307%)

Cats:
Donut (up 577%)
Biscuit (up 552%)
Banana (up 377%)
Brownie (up 377%)
Pickle (up 377%)

While we've got you! If you're looking for a fuzzy for legged friend to join your family look to places like Heaven Can Wait and the Okotoks Pound Rescue!

The Top Pet Names 2022 report was developed by Rover between September and October 2022. Results are based on analysis of tens of thousands of user-submitted pet names provided by pet parents