The people at Rover, the pet-sitting app, have scoured its database of shoppers and delivered 2023’s hottest pet names in DC.
The names occupying the highest 5 spots for cats and dogs are fairly tame, sharing a number of similarity with the most well-liked child names within the US (Hello, Luna).
Top names for DC’s good boys had been:
- Charlie (#1 nationwide)
- Milo
- Teddy
- Max (which, after 10 years on the high of the nationwide checklist, was dethroned by Charlie)
- Ollie
While the girl pooches had been known as:
- Bella
- Lucy
- Luna (#1 nationwide)
- Lola
- Rosie
Female cats (known as “queens,” by the best way) had been dubbed:
- Luna (#1 nationwide)
- Pepper
- Lily
- Coco
- Bella
And tomcats had been named:
- Leo
- Oliver
- Milo
- Jack
- Henry
However, the app additionally famous some trending names, which present what new DC pet dad and mom are naming their fur infants.
Data was collected between September and October 2023, which was a time of appreciable pleasure concerning the Washington Commanders, and evidently is mirrored within the information. “Terry,” as in vast receiver Terry McLaurin, made the checklist of trending names for the primary time. Off the sector and on the ice, the Capitals’ T. J. Oshie appeared to encourage this season, as “Oshie” rose 60 %.
When Jill Biden welcomed a gray tabby into the primary household, she named the presidential pet “Willow,” after the primary woman’s hometown of Willow Grove, PA. DC cat homeowners appeared to have adopted this development of tree names, as “Maple” was the #1 highest trending cat identify, up 621 % from final yr. The extra obscure “Bonsai” rose 9 %.
“George” is up 8 %, however that may have much less to do with the founding father and extra to due with the just lately expelled congressman-turned-Cameo star, since “Santos” can be up 5 %.
Some Washingtonians are going for each day walks with the president, but it surely’s not Joe Biden. 48 % extra individuals merely named their dogs “President.”
Not all names are really easy to elucidate, nevertheless. The highest trending canine identify in DC was “Astro” which rose an astro-nomical 1,215 % from final yr. The Houston Astros did win the World Series in 2022, however that was final yr… and in Houston. It’s additionally been a banner yr for “Juan,” which is up 103 %.
Local names weren’t as unhinged as a few of the nationally trending monikers. Don’t suppose COVID-19 is over simply because Americans are naming their dogs “Fauci” 54 % much less, as a result of the terribly unlucky names “Virus” and “Covid” are up 197 % and 42 %, respectively. No one’s going to need to play catch with Virus!
For pollsters who need to learn the cat-name tea leaves, “Joe” is nationally up 21 %, “Kamala” is up 126 %, “Donald” is down 3 %, and “Mitch” is down 18 %.
Also within the combine: shout-outs to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. There are cats on the market known as “Ruth Bader Ginspurrg” and “Baby Ruth Bader Kitsberg,” and a canine named “Ruth Bader Ginsbark.”
