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Dog name · New York City

Oso

108 licensed New York dogs are called Oso, which makes it the 475th most common dog name in the city. Dogs called Oso are almost always male. The name is now 2.7x more common than it was fifteen years ago.

108Licensed New York dogs called Oso
#475Rank among all dog names in the city
2022Peak year, by the dog’s year of birth
1%Of Osos are female

Is Oso getting more or less popular?

0 5 10 2005: 0 per 10,000 2006: 0 per 10,000 2007: 2.4 per 10,000 2008: 2.1 per 10,000 2009: 2.8 per 10,000 2010: 3.2 per 10,000 2011: 3.1 per 10,000 2012: 2.1 per 10,000 2013: 2.5 per 10,000 2014: 4.2 per 10,000 2015: 1.4 per 10,000 2016: 4 per 10,000 2017: 3.4 per 10,000 2018: 3.6 per 10,000 2019: 4.1 per 10,000 2020: 4 per 10,000 2021: 4.7 per 10,000 2022: 7.5 per 10,000 2023: 6.6 per 10,000 20052010201520202023
Dogs called Oso, per 10,000, by the dog’s year of birth

Among dogs born in 2005, 0 in every 10,000 licensed New York dogs were called Oso. For dogs born in 2023 it was 6.6. The name peaked with the 2022 litters.

What sort of dog gets called Oso?

Shih Tzu 8Maltese 6Rottweiler 5Chihuahua 5Goldendoodle 5Siberian Husky 4
About these numbers

This comes from dog licence records, not from a count of all dogs. The New York City health department estimates that around 80% of the city’s dogs are unlicensed, so these figures describe licensed dogs only. Rates are shown per 10,000 licensed dogs so that neighbourhoods and years can be compared fairly, but a neighbourhood where fewer people license their dogs may still be represented differently from one where more people do. Records are as supplied by the city and are not corrected for owner error.

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