Cal
How many real pets are named Cal, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Cal as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 26 pets are named Cal: 23 dogs, 2 cats, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #2,667 among dog names and #3,891 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Cal
Dogs
Cats
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Cal
- New York City: 17licensed
- Austin shelter: 4shelter
- Sonoma County shelter: 3shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 1licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Cal as a human name
This is the meaning of Cal as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A short form of the male given names Caleb, Calum or Calvin.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Cal
Dog names about as popular as Cal
Cal FAQ
How many pets are named Cal?
In the public pet records we track, 26 pets are named Cal: 23 dogs, 2 cats, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #2,667 among dog names and #3,891 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Cal?
Among dogs named Cal in these records, the most common breed is Border Collie.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Dogs of Cambridge (ODC PDDL); 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.