Maya
How many real pets are named Maya, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Maya as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 852 pets are named Maya: 793 dogs, 58 cats, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 99% are female and 1% male. It ranks #85 among dog names and #176 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Maya
Dogs
- Labrador Retriever: 49
- Chihuahua: 34
- Pit Bull: 31
- Yorkshire Terrier: 30
- Shih Tzu: 29
Cats
- Domestic Shorthair: 28
- American Shorthair: 2
- Domestic Medium Hair: 2
- Scottish Fold: 1
- Domestic Longhair: 1
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Maya
- New York City: 465licensed
- Toronto: 149licensed
- Austin shelter: 100shelter
- Seattle: 57licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 29licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 22shelter
- Zurich: 21licensed
- Richmond, VA: 5licensed
- Burnside (SA): 4licensed
Maya as a human name
This is the meaning of Maya as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Maya
Dog names about as popular as Maya
Maya FAQ
How many pets are named Maya?
In the public pet records we track, 852 pets are named Maya: 793 dogs, 58 cats, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 99% are female and 1% male. It ranks #85 among dog names and #176 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Maya?
Among dogs named Maya 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); Dogs of Cambridge (ODC PDDL); Licensed Dog and Cat Names, City of Toronto (Open Government Licence – Toronto); Hundenamen, Stadt Zürich (Open Data Zürich); 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.