Stanley
How many real pets are named Stanley, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Stanley as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 360 pets are named Stanley: 322 dogs, 38 cats. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #233 among dog names and #273 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Stanley
Dogs
- Chihuahua: 15
- Pit Bull: 14
- Labrador Retriever: 11
- Poodle: 9
- Dachshund: 8
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Stanley
- New York City: 209licensed
- Toronto: 61licensed
- Austin shelter: 48shelter
- Seattle: 21licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 8shelter
- Richmond, VA: 5licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 4licensed
- Burnside (SA): 3licensed
- Prospect (SA): 1licensed
Stanley as a human name
This is the meaning of Stanley as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in the early 20th century. Root meaning: “stone”.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Stanley
Dog names about as popular as Stanley
Stanley FAQ
How many pets are named Stanley?
In the public pet records we track, 360 pets are named Stanley: 322 dogs, 38 cats. Where sex was recorded, 0% are female and 100% male. It ranks #233 among dog names and #273 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Stanley?
Among dogs named Stanley in these records, the most common breed is Chihuahua.
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); 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.