{"id":474678,"date":"2026-10-23T18:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474678\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T18:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:22:13","slug":"rover-com-lists-dallas-top-pet-names-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474678\/","title":{"rendered":"Rover.com lists Dallas\u2019 top pet names for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fxxdwxvdx17roic7.jpg\" alt=\"FILE \u2013 Do people love their pets more than their spouses?\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fxxdwxvdx17roic7.jpg\" alt=\"FILE \u2013 Do people love their pets more than their spouses?\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-fab1b86c=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">DALLAS &#8211; Pet names can be just as unique as the four-legged friends we take into our homes.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The team at Rover.com dug through their database to find the top dog and cat names being used across the country and in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Luna topped the list for both cats and dogs in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gettyimages-2237638270-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Ankrum and his dog Buttercup enjoy attractions at the State Fair of Texas on September 26, 2025, in Dallas, Texas.\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-1fc0918c=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-1fc0918c=\"\">Robert Ankrum and his dog Buttercup enjoy attractions at the State Fair of Texas on September 26, 2025, in Dallas, Texas.  (Brandon Bell \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>  Top dog names for Dallas LunaBellaDaisyCocoMax Top cat names for Dallas LunaOliverBeanDaisyMilo <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Nationally, Rumi was the top dog name while Chicken Nugget was the top name for cats in the country.<\/p>\n<p> How many dogs and cats are in Dallas homes? <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">By the numbers:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">According to U.S. Census survey data, more than 1.2 million people in the Dallas area have at least one dog.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The same research found more than 480,000 households in Dallas have at least one cat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story came from Rover.com and the U.S. Census.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pets and Animals<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/family\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Family<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/house-home\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">House and Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\/dallas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS &#8211; Pet names can be just as unique as the four-legged friends we take into our homes.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,581,104,103,541,22733,242,223,5163,216,393],"class_list":["post-474678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-county","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-family","tag-house-home","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-pets-animals","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}