Fading cat names

Cat names on the way down — names that were common five years ago and are given to fewer cats now.

Method: rank movement 2014 → 2019 in licensed-cat data — the only full yearly list of cat names published anywhere — compared by each year's share of licensed cats. One city, not a national trend. Only names that were in the top 300 in 2014 qualify.

	Name	Gender	Rank 2014	Rank 2019	Move
1	Seamus	—	237	1,300	−1,063
2	Max	Boy	2	7	−5
3	Gypsy	Girl	162	482	−320
4	Otis	Boy	233	592	−359
5	Tammy	Girl	205	515	−310
6	Junior	Boy	195	488	−293
7	Houdini	Boy	194	483	−289
8	Brandy	Girl	264	651	−387
9	Bean	Either	262	643	−381
10	Snoopy	Boy	252	609	−357
11	Tina	Girl	188	450	−262
12	Sweet Pea	Girl	257	615	−358
13	Oscar	Boy	14	33	−19
14	Gabby	Girl	294	690	−396
15	Jenny	Girl	181	415	−234
16	Kitty	Either	12	27	−15
17	Jazz	Either	248	557	−309
18	Atticus	Boy	286	636	−350
19	Ally	—	284	625	−341
20	Cooper	Boy	110	241	−131
21	Nikki	Girl	200	430	−230
22	Tom	Boy	70	147	−77
23	Tasha	Girl	215	449	−234
24	Marco	Boy	278	573	−295
25	Basil	Either	193	397	−204
26	Rufus	Boy	186	381	−195
27	Jake	Boy	67	137	−70
28	Hank	Boy	273	555	−282
29	Tigger	Boy	8	16	−8
30	Spike	Boy	152	304	−152
31	Billy	Boy	91	178	−87
32	Toby	Boy	15	29	−14
33	Blackie	Either	44	85	−41
34	Casey	Either	140	270	−130
35	Morgan	Either	197	373	−176
36	Ben	Boy	287	530	−243
37	Jackie	Girl	180	331	−151
38	Cleopatra	Girl	221	406	−185
39	Tiger	Boy	5	9	−4
40	Lucky	Either	10	18	−8
41	Elvis	Boy	179	322	−143
42	Rudy	Boy	167	298	−131
43	Cleo	Girl	17	30	−13
44	Mika	Girl	164	289	−125
45	Dixie	Girl	269	470	−201
46	Name?	—	166	290	−124
47	Polly	Girl	251	437	−186
48	Eddie	Boy	161	278	−117
49	Whiskers	Either	154	264	−110
50	Phoebe	Girl	77	130	−53

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