Ken
How many real pets are named Ken, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Ken as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 29 pets are named Ken: 20 dogs, 9 cats. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #2,893 among dog names and #1,279 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Ken
Dogs
- Labrador Retriever: 4
- Dachshund: 3
- Pit Bull: 2
- Beagle: 1
- Standard Poodle: 1
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Ken
- New York City: 14licensed
- Austin shelter: 9shelter
- Sonoma County shelter: 4shelter
- Seattle: 2licensed
Ken as a human name
This is the meaning of Ken as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A diminutive of the male given name Kenneth.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Ken
Dog names about as popular as Ken
Ken FAQ
How many pets are named Ken?
In the public pet records we track, 29 pets are named Ken: 20 dogs, 9 cats. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #2,893 among dog names and #1,279 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Ken?
Among dogs named Ken 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); 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.