Sophie
How many real pets are named Sophie, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Sophie as a pet name?
■ dogs ■ cats ■ other animals
In the public pet records we track, 1,399 pets are named Sophie: 1,259 dogs, 137 cats, 2 others, 1 pig. Where sex was recorded, 100% are female and 0% male. It ranks #37 among dog names and #36 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Sophie
Dogs
- Shih Tzu: 62
- Labrador Retriever: 61
- Chihuahua: 60
- Yorkshire Terrier: 59
- Maltese: 44
Cats
Pigs
- Pot-Bellied: 1
Others
- Californian: 1
- Netherlnd Dwarf: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Sophie
- New York City: 822licensed
- Toronto: 199licensed
- Austin shelter: 168shelter
- Seattle: 86licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 37shelter
- Cambridge, MA: 29licensed
- Richmond, VA: 28licensed
- Burnside (SA): 25licensed
- Zurich: 3licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
- Prospect (SA): 1licensed
Sophie as a human name
This is the meaning of Sophie as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A female given name from French Sophie, equivalent to English Sophia of Ancient Greek origin.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Sophie
Dog names about as popular as Sophie
Sophie FAQ
How many pets are named Sophie?
In the public pet records we track, 1,399 pets are named Sophie: 1,259 dogs, 137 cats, 2 others, 1 pig. Where sex was recorded, 100% are female and 0% male. It ranks #37 among dog names and #36 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Sophie?
Among dogs named Sophie 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); 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.