Boy
How many real pets are named Boy, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Boy as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 76 pets are named Boy: 70 dogs, 6 cats. Where sex was recorded, 3% are female and 97% male. It ranks #1,080 among dog names and #1,720 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Boy
Dogs
- Pit Bull: 15
- Chihuahua: 8
- Labrador Retriever: 4
- Shih Tzu: 4
- Maltese: 3
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Boy
- New York City: 43licensed
- Austin shelter: 21shelter
- Sonoma County shelter: 9shelter
- Seattle: 1licensed
- Zurich: 1licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Names similar to Boy
Dog names about as popular as Boy
Boy FAQ
How many pets are named Boy?
In the public pet records we track, 76 pets are named Boy: 70 dogs, 6 cats. Where sex was recorded, 3% are female and 97% male. It ranks #1,080 among dog names and #1,720 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Boy?
Among dogs named Boy in these records, the most common breed is Pit Bull.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); 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.