Boston
How many real pets are named Boston, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Boston as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 112 pets are named Boston: 108 dogs, 3 cats, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 34% are female and 66% male. It ranks #717 among dog names and #2,858 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Boston
Dogs
- Boston Terrier: 66
- Labrador Retriever: 6
- Pit Bull: 4
- Bulldog: 4
- Bull Dog, English: 2
Cats
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Boston
- New York City: 95licensed
- Austin shelter: 12shelter
- Seattle: 2licensed
- Burnside (SA): 2licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
Boston as a human name
This is the meaning of Boston as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Boston
Dog names about as popular as Boston
Boston FAQ
How many pets are named Boston?
In the public pet records we track, 112 pets are named Boston: 108 dogs, 3 cats, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 34% are female and 66% male. It ranks #717 among dog names and #2,858 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Boston?
Among dogs named Boston in these records, the most common breed is Boston Terrier.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); 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.