Simba
How many real pets are named Simba, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Simba as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 1,041 pets are named Simba: 866 dogs, 173 cats, 1 other, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 6% are female and 94% male. It ranks #71 among dog names and #22 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Simba
Dogs
- Pomeranian: 51
- Yorkshire Terrier: 49
- Shih Tzu: 48
- Pit Bull: 45
- Poodle: 42
Cats
Others
- Lionhead: 1
Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Simba
- New York City: 593licensed
- Toronto: 199licensed
- Austin shelter: 134shelter
- Zurich: 32licensed
- Seattle: 28licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 25shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 15licensed
- Burnside (SA): 9licensed
- Richmond, VA: 3licensed
- Adelaide: 2licensed
- Prospect (SA): 1licensed
Simba as a human name
This is the meaning of Simba as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name from Swahili.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Simba
Dog names about as popular as Simba
Simba FAQ
How many pets are named Simba?
In the public pet records we track, 1,041 pets are named Simba: 866 dogs, 173 cats, 1 other, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 6% are female and 94% male. It ranks #71 among dog names and #22 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Simba?
Among dogs named Simba in these records, the most common breed is Pomeranian.
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.