Sophia
How many real pets are named Sophia, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Sophia as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 278 pets are named Sophia: 245 dogs, 32 cats, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 100% are female and 0% male. It ranks #324 among dog names and #319 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Sophia
Dogs
- Shih Tzu: 24
- Pit Bull: 20
- Yorkshire Terrier: 19
- Chihuahua: 19
- Maltese: 15
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 Sophia
- New York City: 194licensed
- Austin shelter: 54shelter
- Seattle: 14licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 13shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 1licensed
- Burnside (SA): 1licensed
- Richmond, VA: 1licensed
Sophia as a human name
This is the meaning of Sophia as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Sophia
Dog names about as popular as Sophia
Sophia FAQ
How many pets are named Sophia?
In the public pet records we track, 278 pets are named Sophia: 245 dogs, 32 cats, 1 guinea pig. Where sex was recorded, 100% are female and 0% male. It ranks #324 among dog names and #319 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Sophia?
Among dogs named Sophia in these records, the most common breed is Shih Tzu.
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); 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.