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Wilbur

How many real pets are named Wilbur, which animals and breeds have it, and where.

142 real pets#687 dog name#360 cat name8 places

How popular is Wilbur as a pet name?

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In the public pet records we track, 142 pets are named Wilbur: 112 dogs, 29 cats, 1 pig. Where sex was recorded, 2% are female and 98% male. It ranks #687 among dog names and #360 among cat names.

Breeds most often named Wilbur

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Cats

Pigs

  • Potbelly Pig: 1

Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.

Where pets are named Wilbur

Wilbur as a human name

This is the meaning of Wilbur as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.

A male given name transferred from the surname. Root meaning: “will”.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Names similar to Wilbur

Dog names about as popular as Wilbur

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How many pets are named Wilbur?

In the public pet records we track, 142 pets are named Wilbur: 112 dogs, 29 cats, 1 pig. Where sex was recorded, 2% are female and 98% male. It ranks #687 among dog names and #360 among cat names.

What breed is most often named Wilbur?

Among dogs named Wilbur in these records, the most common breed is Pit Bull.

Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); 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.