January
How many real pets are named January, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is January as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 8 pets are named January: 7 dogs, 1 cat. Where sex was recorded, 75% are female and 25% male. It ranks #5,936 among dog names and #6,481 among cat names.
Breeds most often named January
Dogs
- Labrador Retriever: 2
- Pomeranian: 1
- Yorkshire Terrier: 1
- German Shepherd: 1
- Staffordshire Bull Terrier: 1
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named January
- New York City: 5licensed
- Austin shelter: 3shelter
January as a human name
This is the meaning of January as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]. Root meaning: “(month) of Janus”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to January
Dog names about as popular as January
January FAQ
How many pets are named January?
In the public pet records we track, 8 pets are named January: 7 dogs, 1 cat. Where sex was recorded, 75% are female and 25% male. It ranks #5,936 among dog names and #6,481 among cat names.
What breed is most often named January?
Among dogs named January in these records, the most common breed is Labrador Retriever.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); 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.