Dog name · New York City
Derby
16 licensed New York dogs are called Derby, which makes it the 2487th most common dog name in the city. Dogs called Derby are more often male. The name is now 2.3x less common than it was fifteen years ago.
Is Derby getting more or less popular?
Among dogs born in 2005, 1.8 in every 10,000 licensed New York dogs were called Derby. For dogs born in 2023 it was 0.8. The name peaked with the 2011 litters.
What sort of dog gets called Derby?
This comes from dog license 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 neighborhoods and years can be compared fairly, but a neighborhood 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.