Expert guides, trends, and breed-specific naming analysis for dogs and cats.
Patriotic pet names for Memorial Day — from Liberty and Justice to Beau and Scout — names that honor American history and the animals who carry it forward.
National Rescue Dog Day is May 20. These 50 rescue dog names celebrate resilience, hope, and the beautiful chaos of an adopted dog finding their forever home.
Napoleon Solo won the Preakness Stakes, and people are suddenly Googling 'Napoleon' as a baby name. The crossover between racehorse names and baby names is weirder — and richer — than you'd expect.
National Pet Week's 2026 theme sparked a question: do pandemic-era pet names — heavy on human names like Henry and Olivia — reveal something about loneliness?
Dog trainers agree: short names with hard consonants work best. Here are the top one- and two-syllable pet names that your dog will actually respond to.
38% of top-100 dog names are also top-200 baby names. Henry, Oliver, Lucy — they work for both. Here's what the crossover data tells us about how we see our pets now.
Exotic pet owners name their animals with 2.4x more naming entropy than dog owners. Rabbits, ferrets, and parrots reveal something real about creative naming in 2026.
87 million dogs in America and rising. NamesPop pet data shows whose names are growing — and it's not Rex and Duke. Here's what the puppy boom is actually doing to naming.
Food-themed pet names are the fastest-growing category in our dataset. From Biscuit to Truffle to Sushi, here are the best picks — and why they work so well.
Pet naming is freer than baby naming — Grogu, Chewie, and Vader are all on the table. We graded 25 Star Wars pet names on callability, comedy, and character.
With 87 million dogs in the US and growing, you'd expect name diversity to collapse. NamesPop data shows the opposite is happening — and Gen Z is why.
Golden Tempo won the 2026 Kentucky Derby. NamesPop pet data shows Rebel in 247 dogs, Renegade in 89. Here's what racehorse naming conventions can teach dog owners.