Rusty
How many real pets are named Rusty, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Rusty as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 681 pets are named Rusty: 633 dogs, 47 cats, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 6% are female and 94% male. It ranks #116 among dog names and #230 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Rusty
Dogs
- Labrador Retriever: 42
- Chihuahua: 36
- Pit Bull: 27
- Yorkshire Terrier: 21
- Golden Retriever: 19
Cats
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Rusty
- New York City: 395licensed
- Toronto: 93licensed
- Austin shelter: 79shelter
- Seattle: 39licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 39shelter
- Burnside (SA): 16licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 11licensed
- Richmond, VA: 7licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
- Prospect (SA): 1licensed
Rusty as a human name
This is the meaning of Rusty as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Rusty
Dog names about as popular as Rusty
Rusty FAQ
How many pets are named Rusty?
In the public pet records we track, 681 pets are named Rusty: 633 dogs, 47 cats, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 6% are female and 94% male. It ranks #116 among dog names and #230 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Rusty?
Among dogs named Rusty 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); 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.