Wilson
How many real pets are named Wilson, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Wilson as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 218 pets are named Wilson: 186 dogs, 31 cats, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 6% are female and 94% male. It ranks #425 among dog names and #329 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Wilson
Dogs
Cats
Rabbits
- Rabbit Sh: 1
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Wilson
- New York City: 127licensed
- Austin shelter: 46shelter
- Seattle: 25licensed
- Cambridge, MA: 7licensed
- Richmond, VA: 5licensed
- Sonoma County shelter: 5shelter
- Burnside (SA): 2licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
Wilson as a human name
This is the meaning of Wilson as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Wilson
Dog names about as popular as Wilson
Wilson FAQ
How many pets are named Wilson?
In the public pet records we track, 218 pets are named Wilson: 186 dogs, 31 cats, 1 rabbit. Where sex was recorded, 6% are female and 94% male. It ranks #425 among dog names and #329 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Wilson?
Among dogs named Wilson 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); Dogs of Cambridge (ODC PDDL); Dog Registrations, City of Adelaide (CC BY 3.0 AU); Burnside 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.