Cat name popularity, from real license data
Every ranking here is computed from 317,788 licensed and shelter cats in municipal open data — Toronto and Seattle licenses, plus named cats in US shelters — not editorial guesses. Looking for a dog? Dog names are here.
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Frequently asked questions
- What are the most popular cat names?
- The most popular cat name overall is Luna. Leaning female, the top name is Luna; leaning male, Charlie. Rankings are computed from 317,788 licensed and shelter cats — the names owners actually registered, not editorial picks.
- Where does this cat name data come from?
- From real municipal open data: licensed-cat name records from Toronto and Seattle, plus named cats in US animal shelters (Austin, Long Beach, Bloomington, Sonoma County). Together that is 317,788 cats — not surveys or guesses. Toronto, which publishes a full yearly list from 2012 to 2019, is the anchor.
- Which cat names are trending?
- Measured by rank climbs in the only full yearly list of licensed cat names published anywhere — from 2014 to 2019, fast-rising names include Luna, Mochi, Bella, Bowie.
- Do you have boy and girl cat names?
- Yes, but honestly: Toronto and Seattle don't publish a cat's gender, so the male/female lean is measured from named cats in US shelters, where nearly every cat's gender is recorded. It's real data, just from a shelter population — and we label it that way.