Dog name · New York City
Nella
23 licensed New York dogs are called Nella, which makes it the 1877th most common dog name in the city. Dogs called Nella are almost always female. The name is now 5.4x more common than it was fifteen years ago.
Is Nella getting more or less popular?
Among dogs born in 2005, 0 in every 10,000 licensed New York dogs were called Nella. For dogs born in 2023 it was 0.8. The name peaked with the 2008 litters.
What sort of dog gets called Nella?
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.