Bug
How many real pets are named Bug, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Bug as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 85 pets are named Bug: 56 dogs, 29 cats. Where sex was recorded, 48% are female and 52% male. It ranks #1,288 among dog names and #364 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Bug
Dogs
- Chihuahua: 9
- Puggle: 4
- Pug: 4
- Pit Bull: 4
- Chihuahua, Short Coat: 3
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Bug
- New York City: 35licensed
- Austin shelter: 22shelter
- Seattle: 16licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 6shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 3licensed
- Richmond, VA: 2licensed
- Burnside (SA): 1licensed
Names similar to Bug
Dog names about as popular as Bug
Bug FAQ
How many pets are named Bug?
In the public pet records we track, 85 pets are named Bug: 56 dogs, 29 cats. Where sex was recorded, 48% are female and 52% male. It ranks #1,288 among dog names and #364 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Bug?
Among dogs named Bug 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); 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.