Dolly
How many real pets are named Dolly, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Dolly as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 473 pets are named Dolly: 413 dogs, 58 cats, 1 rabbit, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 98% are female and 2% male. It ranks #171 among dog names and #177 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Dolly
Dogs
- Chihuahua: 28
- Labrador Retriever: 23
- Shih Tzu: 16
- Pit Bull: 15
- Terrier: 13
Cats
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 1
Others
- Rex: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Dolly
- New York City: 252licensed
- Austin shelter: 102shelter
- Toronto: 52licensed
- Seattle: 31licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 18shelter
- Burnside (SA): 6licensed
- Zurich: 4licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 3licensed
- Richmond, VA: 3licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
- Prospect (SA): 1licensed
Dolly as a human name
This is the meaning of Dolly as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A diminutive of the female given names Dorothy, Dolores, and Doris.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Dolly
Dog names about as popular as Dolly
Dolly FAQ
How many pets are named Dolly?
In the public pet records we track, 473 pets are named Dolly: 413 dogs, 58 cats, 1 rabbit, 1 other. Where sex was recorded, 98% are female and 2% male. It ranks #171 among dog names and #177 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Dolly?
Among dogs named Dolly 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); City of Prospect 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.