Boston ranks at #746 with 159 entries, registered neutral. The name is a place-as-name pick, and on a pet registry it carries multiple converging registers: the New England city, the Boston Terrier breed, and the Massachusetts heritage register. The neutral gender registration matches the gender-flexible place-name pattern.
The breed-name overlap
A meaningful share of registry Bostons are Boston Terriers specifically. The naming logic is the same as picking Russell for a Jack Russell Terrier: the breed-creator-or-region surname carried over directly to the dog. The pattern is consistent on Boston Terrier breed-club rolls, where Boston-the-name lands on Boston-the-breed at higher rates than chance would predict.
The geographic-sentiment cohort
For a separate cohort, Boston is a city-tribute name. The naming logic in this slice connects the dog to specific household geography: New England-rooted owners, Red Sox fans, Boston-college alumni, or households who relocated and miss the city. The dogs in this slice spread across all breeds, often with a Patriots or Bruins-themed collar to complete the household register.
Sound and breed lean
Two syllables, front-stressed (BOS-tun), with the soft trailing nasal. The shape recalls cleanly across distances. The name lands with high concentration on Boston Terriers as discussed, with secondary spread to French Bulldogs (visually similar), Labradors, and rescue mixes from New England-area shelters where the place-name has local resonance. The human Boston page shows growing modern SSA presence as place-naming has trended upward in human baby-naming.