Bullet ranks #852 with 138 male registrations. The name is a transparent descriptor pet pick: a fast dog whose owners labeled the speed observation in the most direct way available, and committed to it on the formal license.
The speed-as-name pattern
Bullet sits with Dash, Flash, Rocket, Zoom, and Blaze in the cluster of speed-descriptor pet names that work better as dog names than human names. The naming logic is consistent: owners observed the dog accelerating across a yard or chasing a ball and the name self-selected. Bullet lands with notable concentration on naturally fast breeds: greyhounds, whippets, border collies, and rescue dogs whose lean build and energy made the name immediate. See greyhound names for the cluster fit.
Sound and call-name fit
Two syllables, front-stressed (BUL-it), with a hard B opening and a clean T close. The name calls cleanly outdoors and the sharp final consonant helps recall in chaotic settings. The name also pulls a separate cultural cluster from Roy Rogers' famous German shepherd Bullet (the Wonder Dog of 1950s television), which adds a vintage-cowboy register for older audiences.
The counter-reading
The honest concern is that Bullet carries firearm associations that some households or vet receptionists may find jarring. The name reads aggressive in a way that other speed-descriptors (Dash, Flash) don't. The human Bullet page shows zero SSA presence. If the household wants the speed register without the firearm baggage, Rocket or Dash sit close.