Boo
How many real pets are named Boo, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Boo as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 356 pets are named Boo: 257 dogs, 97 cats, 1 other, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 38% are female and 62% male. It ranks #303 among dog names and #71 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Boo
Dogs
- Chihuahua: 23
- Labrador Retriever: 20
- Shih Tzu: 15
- Pit Bull: 14
- Maltese: 11
Cats
- Domestic Shorthair: 49
- Domestic Medium Hair: 8
- Domestic Longhair: 5
- American Shorthair: 2
- Norwegian Forest: 1
Others
- Lop-Mini: 1
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Boo
- New York City: 194licensed
- Austin shelter: 65shelter
- Seattle: 29licensed
- Toronto: 26licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 22shelter
- Richmond, VA: 7licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 5licensed
- Zurich: 4licensed
- Burnside (SA): 3licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
Names similar to Boo
Dog names about as popular as Boo
Boo FAQ
How many pets are named Boo?
In the public pet records we track, 356 pets are named Boo: 257 dogs, 97 cats, 1 other, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 38% are female and 62% male. It ranks #303 among dog names and #71 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Boo?
Among dogs named Boo 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); Dog Registrations, City of Adelaide (CC BY 3.0 AU); 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.