Tabby
How many real pets are named Tabby, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Tabby as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 25 pets are named Tabby: 16 cats, 8 dogs, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 88% are female and 12% male. It ranks #5,284 among dog names and #701 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Tabby
Dogs
- Shih Tzu: 1
- Beagle: 1
- Maltese: 1
- Chihuahua: 1
- Boston Terrier: 1
Cats
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Tabby
- Austin shelter: 12shelter
- Seattle: 6licensed
- New York City: 5licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 2shelter
Tabby as a human name
This is the meaning of Tabby as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A diminutive of the female given name Tabitha.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Tabby
Cat names about as popular as Tabby
Tabby FAQ
How many pets are named Tabby?
In the public pet records we track, 25 pets are named Tabby: 16 cats, 8 dogs, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 88% are female and 12% male. It ranks #5,284 among dog names and #701 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Tabby?
Among cats named Tabby in these records, the most common breed is Domestic Shorthair.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); 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.