Sebastian
How many real pets are named Sebastian, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Sebastian as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 285 pets are named Sebastian: 221 dogs, 61 cats, 2 others, 1 bird. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #357 among dog names and #161 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Sebastian
Dogs
- Yorkshire Terrier: 20
- Chihuahua: 15
- Shih Tzu: 12
- Labrador Retriever: 11
- Pit Bull: 10
Cats
- Domestic Shorthair: 30
- Domestic Medium Hair: 6
- Siamese: 4
- Ragamuffin: 1
- Siberian: 1
Others
- American: 1
Birds
- Parakeet: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Sebastian
- New York City: 170licensed
- Austin shelter: 59shelter
- Seattle: 18licensed
- Toronto: 14licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 7shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 6licensed
- Richmond, VA: 6licensed
- Burnside (SA): 5licensed
Sebastian as a human name
This is the meaning of Sebastian as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Dog names about as popular as Sebastian
Sebastian FAQ
How many pets are named Sebastian?
In the public pet records we track, 285 pets are named Sebastian: 221 dogs, 61 cats, 2 others, 1 bird. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #357 among dog names and #161 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Sebastian?
Among dogs named Sebastian in these records, the most common breed is Yorkshire Terrier.
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); 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.