Santa
How many real pets are named Santa, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Santa as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 12 pets are named Santa: 10 dogs, 2 cats. Where sex was recorded, 27% are female and 73% male. It ranks #4,662 among dog names and #4,200 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Santa
Dogs
- Maltipoo: 2
- Labrador Retriever: 1
- Bichon Frise: 1
- Havanese: 1
- Terrier: 1
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Santa
- New York City: 9licensed
- Austin shelter: 2shelter
- Seattle: 1licensed
Santa as a human name
This is the meaning of Santa as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name from Italian.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Santa
Dog names about as popular as Santa
Santa FAQ
How many pets are named Santa?
In the public pet records we track, 12 pets are named Santa: 10 dogs, 2 cats. Where sex was recorded, 27% are female and 73% male. It ranks #4,662 among dog names and #4,200 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Santa?
Among dogs named Santa in these records, the most common breed is Maltipoo.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); 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.