Django ranks at #739 with 161 entries, registered male. The name carries two completely different cultural registers: the Belgian-Romani jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, and the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained (2012). On a pet registry both registers feed into the same chart entry, and the cohorts barely overlap.
The Tarantino-Western overlay
For most American pet households, Django is a Tarantino name. The 2012 film made Django (silent D, jang-go) instantly recognizable to a generation, and the naming logic on a Django-the-dog tends to lean rugged-Western: the dog as protagonist with backstory, the dog with serious presence. The household register tends toward film-literate younger owners.
The Django Reinhardt jazz-musician cohort
For a smaller but distinct cohort, Django is a Reinhardt reference. The Belgian-born guitarist (1910-1953) is a foundational figure in gypsy jazz and broader 20th-century guitar, and music-leaning households reaching for Django are usually drawing on this register. The naming logic in this slice connects to specific musical-cultural household interests: jazz collectors, guitarists, music-school graduates.
Sound and breed lean
Two syllables, front-stressed (JANG-go), with the silent D causing pronunciation friction in casual contexts. Strangers regularly say DEE-jang-go on first reading, and households accept the correction-pattern as part of the name's character. The name lands disproportionately on substantial athletic breeds: German Shepherds, Dobermans, Pit Bulls, Belgian Malinois, and serious-presence rescue mixes. The human Django page shows growing modern SSA presence post-2012.