Rocky
How many real pets are named Rocky, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Rocky as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 3,043 pets are named Rocky: 2,936 dogs, 102 cats, 2 guinea pigs, 1 other, 1 bird, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 2% are female and 98% male. It ranks #6 among dog names and #61 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Rocky
Dogs
- Pit Bull: 220
- Yorkshire Terrier: 199
- Shih Tzu: 189
- Chihuahua: 171
- Labrador Retriever: 124
Cats
Birds
- Chicken: 1
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 1
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 2
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Rocky
- New York City: 2,076licensed
- Austin shelter: 421shelter
- Toronto: 279licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 103shelter
- Seattle: 79licensed
- Zurich: 37licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 21licensed
- Richmond, VA: 13licensed
- Burnside (SA): 10licensed
- Prospect (SA): 3licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
Rocky as a human name
This is the meaning of Rocky as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A diminutive of the male given names Robert, Ricky, Rocco, Roch, and Rock.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Rocky
Dog names about as popular as Rocky
Rocky FAQ
How many pets are named Rocky?
In the public pet records we track, 3,043 pets are named Rocky: 2,936 dogs, 102 cats, 2 guinea pigs, 1 other, 1 bird, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 2% are female and 98% male. It ranks #6 among dog names and #61 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Rocky?
Among dogs named Rocky in these records, the most common breed is Pit Bull.
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); 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.