Junior
How many real pets are named Junior, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Junior as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 362 pets are named Junior: 328 dogs, 32 cats, 2 guinea pigs. Where sex was recorded, 1% are female and 99% male. It ranks #226 among dog names and #318 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Junior
Dogs
- Chihuahua: 36
- Pit Bull: 29
- Shih Tzu: 16
- Yorkshire Terrier: 15
- Labrador Retriever: 11
Cats
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 2
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Junior
- New York City: 216licensed
- Austin shelter: 62shelter
- Toronto: 47licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 22shelter
- Seattle: 7licensed
- Zurich: 6licensed
- Prospect (SA): 1licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Junior as a human name
This is the meaning of Junior as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name, from a nickname for someone with the title Jr. (junior).
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Junior
Dog names about as popular as Junior
Junior FAQ
How many pets are named Junior?
In the public pet records we track, 362 pets are named Junior: 328 dogs, 32 cats, 2 guinea pigs. Where sex was recorded, 1% are female and 99% male. It ranks #226 among dog names and #318 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Junior?
Among dogs named Junior 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); Licensed Dog and Cat Names, City of Toronto (Open Government Licence – Toronto); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); 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.