Real pet name data from millions of licensed dogs and cats — meanings, origins, and true popularity. Not editorial guesses.
Data: municipal dog-licensing and animal-services open data — NYC, Allegheny County PA, Worcester MA, Seattle, Cambridge MA, Toronto, Zürich, Basel-Stadt, South Australia, Noosa Shire QLD, the City of Darwin NT, Maple Ridge BC, Surf Coast Shire VIC, and city shelter systems, each published under its own portal’s open-data terms. Worcester dog license data courtesy of the Office of the City Clerk, City of Worcester, MA.
Counts cover licensed and registered pets, not all pets — licensing compliance varies by city, so rankings describe the licensed population honestly rather than every dog or cat. Cat gender is not published by the licensed sources, so the cat male/female lean is derived from named shelter cats. Shelter data is labeled separately; it reflects a different population.