Eric
How many real pets are named Eric, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Eric as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 30 pets are named Eric: 21 dogs, 9 cats. Where sex was recorded, 5% are female and 95% male. It ranks #2,797 among dog names and #1,278 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Eric
Dogs
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Eric
- New York City: 14licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 7shelter
- Austin shelter: 6shelter
- Seattle: 2licensed
- Burnside (SA): 1licensed
Eric as a human name
This is the meaning of Eric as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from the Germanic languages. Root meaning: “ruler”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Eric
Dog names about as popular as Eric
Eric FAQ
How many pets are named Eric?
In the public pet records we track, 30 pets are named Eric: 21 dogs, 9 cats. Where sex was recorded, 5% are female and 95% male. It ranks #2,797 among dog names and #1,278 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Eric?
Among dogs named Eric in these records, the most common breed is Labrador Retriever.
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.