Rover
How many real pets are named Rover, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Rover as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 47 pets are named Rover: 46 dogs, 1 cat. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #1,563 among dog names and #5,572 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Rover
Dogs
- Labrador Retriever: 5
- Beagle: 4
- Chihuahua: 4
- Shih Tzu: 3
- Yorkshire Terrier: 3
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Rover
- New York City: 26licensed
- Austin shelter: 11shelter
- Seattle: 5licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 2licensed
- Burnside (SA): 2licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 1shelter
Dog names about as popular as Rover
Rover FAQ
How many pets are named Rover?
In the public pet records we track, 47 pets are named Rover: 46 dogs, 1 cat. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #1,563 among dog names and #5,572 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Rover?
Among dogs named Rover 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); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); 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.