Baby
How many real pets are named Baby, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Baby as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 865 pets are named Baby: 737 dogs, 121 cats, 2 ferrets, 1 rabbit, 1 other, 1 guinea pig, 1 rat, 1 snake. Where sex was recorded, 69% are female and 31% male. It ranks #91 among dog names and #48 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Baby
Dogs
- Chihuahua: 102
- Pit Bull: 87
- Yorkshire Terrier: 74
- Shih Tzu: 52
- Maltese: 36
Cats
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 1
Ferrets
- Ferret: 2
Others
- Lionhead: 1
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 1
Rats
- Rat: 1
Snakes
- Snake: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Baby
- New York City: 576licensed
- Austin shelter: 172shelter
- Toronto: 52licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 38shelter
- Seattle: 18licensed
- Richmond, VA: 4licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 3licensed
- Zurich: 1licensed
- Burnside (SA): 1licensed
Names similar to Baby
Dog names about as popular as Baby
Baby FAQ
How many pets are named Baby?
In the public pet records we track, 865 pets are named Baby: 737 dogs, 121 cats, 2 ferrets, 1 rabbit, 1 other, 1 guinea pig, 1 rat, 1 snake. Where sex was recorded, 69% are female and 31% male. It ranks #91 among dog names and #48 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Baby?
Among dogs named Baby in these records, the most common breed is Chihuahua.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); Dogs of Cambridge (ODC PDDL); Licensed Dog and Cat Names, City of Toronto (Open Government Licence – Toronto); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); Pet Licenses, City of Richmond; Animal Shelter Intake and Outcome, County of Sonoma; Austin Animal Center Outcomes (public domain). License records count registered pets; shelter records count animals that passed through a shelter (some names are given by staff). Pets that appear in several years of one dataset are counted once. Names are counted as written, so spelling variants are separate.