Bunny ranks at #588 with 208 entries, registered female. The name is the rare entry on a dog-and-cat licensing chart that may also describe the actual species of the licensed animal: some Bunny entries are house rabbits, while most are dogs and cats with rabbit-soft personalities or hopping puppy energy.
The species ambiguity
NYC and Seattle pet licensing systems primarily register dogs and cats, but a small cohort of small-mammal pets do appear in registry data either through edge-case licensing or paperwork classification. Some portion of the 208 Bunny entries are likely actual rabbits with proper bunny names. The remainder is split between Bunny-the-affectionate-pet-name applied to dogs and cats and Bunny used as a true given name. For more in this register, browse the broader pet name index.
The vintage-affection register
Bunny as a human nickname has a specific upper-class American history (debutante-and-prep-school nicknames of the 1930s through 1960s), and pet Bunny carries a faint echo of that register. Owners reaching for Bunny on a small fluffy dog are sometimes leaning into the old-money association, deliberately or not.
Breed lean and the Bunny-Trained connection
The name lands disproportionately on small fluffy breeds (Pomeranians, Poodles, Bichons, Maltese) where the visual register matches the rabbit association. The viral talking-button dog Bunny, a Sheepadoodle who became famous in 2020 for using button-language, has been a real anchor for owners under 35. The human Bunny page shows minimal SSA presence; pet Bunny owns the cultural space.