Sterling
How many real pets are named Sterling, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Sterling as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 84 pets are named Sterling: 62 dogs, 22 cats. Where sex was recorded, 13% are female and 87% male. It ranks #1,182 among dog names and #492 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Sterling
Dogs
- Labrador Retriever: 4
- Beagle: 3
- Shiba Inu: 2
- Standard Poodle: 2
- Pit Bull: 2
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Sterling
- New York City: 41licensed
- Austin shelter: 25shelter
- Seattle: 11licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 6shelter
- Burnside (SA): 1licensed
Sterling as a human name
This is the meaning of Sterling as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Sterling
Dog names about as popular as Sterling
Sterling FAQ
How many pets are named Sterling?
In the public pet records we track, 84 pets are named Sterling: 62 dogs, 22 cats. Where sex was recorded, 13% are female and 87% male. It ranks #1,182 among dog names and #492 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Sterling?
Among dogs named Sterling in these records, the most common breed is Labrador Retriever.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); 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.