Ginger
How many real pets are named Ginger, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Ginger as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 1,352 pets are named Ginger: 1,170 dogs, 176 cats, 2 others, 2 rabbits, 2 guinea pigs. Where sex was recorded, 95% are female and 5% male. It ranks #42 among dog names and #19 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Ginger
Dogs
- Chihuahua: 72
- Shih Tzu: 63
- Labrador Retriever: 55
- Pit Bull: 51
- Yorkshire Terrier: 48
Cats
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 2
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 2
Others
- Himalayan: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Ginger
- New York City: 811licensed
- Austin shelter: 215shelter
- Toronto: 154licensed
- Seattle: 67licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 40shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 28licensed
- Zurich: 19licensed
- Richmond, VA: 12licensed
- Burnside (SA): 5licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
Ginger as a human name
This is the meaning of Ginger as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name from English and nickname. Popularized by actress Ginger Rogers
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Ginger
Dog names about as popular as Ginger
Ginger FAQ
How many pets are named Ginger?
In the public pet records we track, 1,352 pets are named Ginger: 1,170 dogs, 176 cats, 2 others, 2 rabbits, 2 guinea pigs. Where sex was recorded, 95% are female and 5% male. It ranks #42 among dog names and #19 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Ginger?
Among dogs named Ginger 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); 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.