Ipet Holdings has announced the results of a survey on the names of dogs and cats by the company, "Name Ranking 2015 for'Uchiko'". It was revealed that the most common name for both dogs and cats was "Coco". The results also show that some pet owners have difficult-to-read names such as "cow face" and "Morgan".

1. Comprehensive name ranking

In the overall name ranking (regardless of type or gender), "Coco" ranked first. Following are "chocolate" and "marron". Also, although it sounds the same as "Coco", many people have given different names such as "Coco", "Kotokoto", and "Koishin", and there are a total of 15 types.

■ Comprehensive name ranking

1st place: Coco (1.4%)
2nd place: Chocolate (1.3%)
3rd place: Maron (1.2%)
4th place: Moko (1.0%)
4th place: Leo (1.0%)
6th place: Mocha (0.9%)
7th place: Peach (0.7%)
7th place: Hana (0.7%)
9th place: Kinako (0.6%)
9th place: Sakura (0.6%)

2. Ranking by dog / cat and gender

When we conducted a survey by dog / cat and gender, "Leo" was popular among boys and "Coco" was popular among girls regardless of type.

■ Dog / Boy Ranking

1st place: Leo 2nd place: Chocolate 3rd place: Marron 4th place: Coco 5th place: Leon 6th place: Moco 7th place: Mocha 8th place: Sky 9th place: Kotaro 10th place: Sora

■ Dog / Girl Ranking

1st place: Coco 2nd place: Hana 3rd place: Moko 4th place: Thigh 5th place: Chocolate 6th place: Sakura 7th place: Marron 8th place: Mocha 9th place: Momo 10th place :cocoa

■ Cat / Boy Ranking

1st place: Leo 2nd place: Leon 3rd place: Marron 4th place: Sora 5th place: Coco 6th place: Maru 7th place: Tiger 8th place: Mocha 9th place: Kinako 10th place: Sora

■ Cat / Girl Ranking

1st place: Coco 2nd place: Thigh 3rd place: Hana 4th place: Momo 5th place: Kinako 6th place: Yuzu 7th place: Luna 8th place: Sakura 9th place: Maron 10th place : Mimi

3. Hard-to-read name

As a result of the investigation, it was found that some owners give their dogs and cats unique names. When he searched for a unique reading name in the survey, he found "Morgan" for "cow face" and "punch" for "fist".

■ Examples of difficult-to-read names

Encouragement (Leo)
Cow face (Morgan)
Akiho (Mint)
Playing sound (rhythm)
Shion (chiffon)
Uluru
Fist (punch)
Light sound (lion)


The subjects of the survey are 0-year-old dogs and cats who newly joined ipet Insurance's pet insurance from 2012 to 2015. The number of survey samples is 168,147. The survey was conducted on April 11, 2016.