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101 whale or dolphin species are accepted answers for “Name a species of whale or dolphin”. Delphinus minimus is the rarest species of whale or dolphin in this ranking, with 0 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Vanbreenia trigonia is the second-rarest with 24 monthly Wikipedia views. Orca is the most common species of whale or dolphin in this ranking, with 1,219,182 monthly Wikipedia views. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 101 answers: 7,648,404. Delphinus minimus is 0.0% of that total. 21 answers are Epic or Legendary: Delphinus minimus (Legendary), Vanbreenia trigonia (Legendary), Balaenoptera edeni (Legendary), and 18 more.
Quick answer Most common
Orca
Common
1,219,182 monthly Wikipedia views
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Rarity 0.000
Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).
Ranked answers 101 answers to “Name a species of whale or dolphin”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this
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Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views 1 Delphinus minimus on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 0 2 Vanbreenia trigonia on Wikipedia Legendary 0.990 24 3 Balaenoptera edeni on Wikipedia Legendary 0.980 984 4 Long-beaked common dolphin on Wikipedia Legendary 0.970 1,093 5 Pygmy beaked whale on Wikipedia Legendary 0.960 2,942 6 Gervais's beaked whale on Wikipedia Legendary 0.950 3,337 7 Stejneger's beaked whale on Wikipedia Legendary 0.940 3,640 8 Ramari's beaked whale on Wikipedia Epic 0.930 3,675 9 Hubbs' beaked whale on Wikipedia Epic 0.920 3,691 10 Sato's beaked whale on Wikipedia Epic 0.910 4,166 11 Hector's beaked whale on Wikipedia Epic 0.900 4,818 12 Perrin's beaked whale on Wikipedia Epic 0.890 4,968 13 Tropical bottlenose whale on Wikipedia Epic 0.880 5,062 14 Atlantic humpback dolphin on Wikipedia Epic 0.870 5,405 15 Andrews' beaked whale on Wikipedia Epic 0.860 5,487 16 Australian humpback dolphin on Wikipedia Epic 0.850 5,598 17 Burrunan dolphin on Wikipedia Epic 0.840 5,692 18 Heaviside's dolphin on Wikipedia Epic 0.830 6,046 19 Gray's beaked whale on Wikipedia Epic 0.820 6,413 20 Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin on Wikipedia Epic 0.810 6,969 21 Burmeister's porpoise on Wikipedia Epic 0.800 7,178 22 Peale's dolphin on Wikipedia Rare 0.790 7,194 23 Indian Ocean humpback dolphin on Wikipedia Rare 0.780 7,272 24 Shepherd's beaked whale on Wikipedia Rare 0.770 7,414 25 Fraser's dolphin on Wikipedia Rare 0.760 7,713 26 East Asian finless porpoise on Wikipedia Rare 0.750 7,714 27 Sowerby's beaked whale on Wikipedia Rare 0.740 7,924 28 Chilean dolphin on Wikipedia Rare 0.730 8,781 29 Arnoux's beaked whale on Wikipedia Rare 0.720 8,806 30 True's beaked whale on Wikipedia Rare 0.710 8,838 31 Deraniyagala's beaked whale on Wikipedia Rare 0.700 9,152 32 Australian snubfin dolphin on Wikipedia Rare 0.690 9,495 33 Clymene dolphin on Wikipedia Rare 0.680 9,596 34 Southern bottlenose whale on Wikipedia Rare 0.670 9,659 35 Spectacled porpoise on Wikipedia Rare 0.660 9,700 36 Guiana dolphin on Wikipedia Rare 0.650 10,383 37 Indo-Pacific finless porpoise on Wikipedia Rare 0.640 10,888 38 White-beaked dolphin on Wikipedia Rare 0.630 11,135 39 Araguaian river dolphin on Wikipedia Rare 0.620 11,988 40 Pantropical spotted dolphin on Wikipedia Rare 0.610 12,369 41 Atlantic spotted dolphin on Wikipedia Rare 0.600 12,506 42 Blainville's beaked whale on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.590 13,034 43 Southern right whale dolphin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.580 13,138 44 Rough-toothed dolphin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.570 13,695 45 Northern right whale dolphin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.560 15,295 46 Hourglass dolphin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.550 15,708 47 La Plata dolphin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.540 15,787 48 Striped dolphin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.530 17,436 49 Tucuxi on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.520 17,588 50 Dusky dolphin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.510 18,160 51 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.500 18,476 52 Pacific white-sided dolphin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.490 19,890 53 Antarctic minke whale on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.480 20,051 54 Atlantic white-sided dolphin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.470 20,853 55 Northern bottlenose whale on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.460 21,769 56 Commerson's dolphin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.450 21,776 57 Short-finned pilot whale on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.440 23,859 58 Baird's beaked whale on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.430 25,878 59 Dall's porpoise on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.420 25,920 60 Strap-toothed whale on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.410 26,592 61 Pygmy right whale on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.400 27,192 62 Pygmy killer whale on Wikipedia Familiar 0.390 27,989 63 Omura's whale on Wikipedia Familiar 0.380 29,523 64 Spinner dolphin on Wikipedia Familiar 0.370 30,980 65 Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin on Wikipedia Familiar 0.360 31,190 66 Melon-headed whale on Wikipedia Familiar 0.350 34,019 67 Hector's dolphin on Wikipedia Familiar 0.340 34,740 68 Long-finned pilot whale on Wikipedia Familiar 0.330 38,758 69 Yangtze finless porpoise on Wikipedia Familiar 0.320 40,779 70 Common minke whale on Wikipedia Familiar 0.310 43,740 71 Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale on Wikipedia Familiar 0.300 44,491 72 Common dolphin on Wikipedia Familiar 0.290 45,843 73 Indus river dolphin on Wikipedia Familiar 0.280 46,096 74 Pygmy sperm whale on Wikipedia Familiar 0.270 48,315 75 North Pacific right whale on Wikipedia Familiar 0.260 50,431 76 Dwarf sperm whale on Wikipedia Familiar 0.250 51,528 77 Spade-toothed whale on Wikipedia Familiar 0.240 57,448 78 Rice's whale on Wikipedia Familiar 0.230 61,719 79 Risso's dolphin on Wikipedia Familiar 0.220 63,261 80 Irrawaddy dolphin on Wikipedia Familiar 0.210 63,473 81 Common bottlenose dolphin on Wikipedia Common 0.200 66,093 82 Harbour porpoise on Wikipedia Common 0.190 66,496 83 Bryde's whale on Wikipedia Common 0.180 69,336 84 Southern right whale on Wikipedia Common 0.170 70,124 85 Sei whale on Wikipedia Common 0.160 71,716 86 Ganges river dolphin on Wikipedia Common 0.150 88,368 87 Cuvier's beaked whale on Wikipedia Common 0.140 98,942 88 North Atlantic right whale on Wikipedia Common 0.130 100,232 89 Gray whale on Wikipedia Common 0.120 116,597 90 Baiji on Wikipedia Common 0.110 165,075 91 Fin whale on Wikipedia Common 0.100 176,383 92 False killer whale on Wikipedia Common 0.090 192,948 93 Amazon river dolphin on Wikipedia Common 0.080 212,943 94 Bowhead whale on Wikipedia Common 0.070 221,536 95 Vaquita on Wikipedia Common 0.060 282,836 96 Beluga whale on Wikipedia Common 0.050 343,485 97 Humpback whale on Wikipedia Common 0.040 395,912 98 Narwhal on Wikipedia Common 0.030 638,257 99 Sperm whale on Wikipedia Common 0.020 753,044 100 Blue whale on Wikipedia Common 0.010 786,764 101 Orca on Wikipedia Common 0.000 1,219,182
FAQ What is the rarest species of whale or dolphin? Delphinus minimus is the rarest species of whale or dolphin in this ranking, with 0 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).
How many species of whale or dolphin are there? There are 101 species of whale or dolphin in this ranking, from Delphinus minimus (rarest) to Orca (most common).
What is the most common species of whale or dolphin? Orca is the most common species of whale or dolphin in this ranking, with 1,219,182 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).
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Sources Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.