Trending cat names
Cat names climbing the rankings fastest — names people are giving more cats now than five years ago.
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 currently in the top 300 with at least 8 licensed cats qualify.
| Name | Gender | Rank 2014 | Rank 2019 | Move | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luna | Girl | 31 | 3 | +28 | |
| 2 | Mochi | Either | 2,204 | 252 | +1,952 | |
| 3 | Bella | Girl | 11 | 2 | +9 | |
| 4 | Bowie | Boy | 974 | 197 | +777 | |
| 5 | Matilda | Girl | 713 | 203 | +510 | |
| 6 | Athena | Girl | 654 | 209 | +445 | |
| 7 | Leo | Boy | 30 | 10 | +20 | |
| 8 | Leia | Girl | 853 | 285 | +568 | |
| 9 | Roo | Either | 628 | 233 | +395 | |
| 10 | Snowflake | Girl | 495 | 189 | +306 | |
| 11 | Freddie | Boy | 456 | 183 | +273 | |
| 12 | Rambo | — | 623 | 257 | +366 | |
| 13 | Archie | Boy | 218 | 90 | +128 | |
| 14 | Clara | Girl | 514 | 214 | +300 | |
| 15 | Rex | Boy | 550 | 232 | +318 | |
| 16 | Kiki | Girl | 142 | 61 | +81 | |
| 17 | Bentley | Boy | 443 | 196 | +247 | |
| 18 | Piper | Girl | 234 | 104 | +130 | |
| 19 | Olivia | Girl | 280 | 128 | +152 | |
| 20 | Lady | Girl | 366 | 170 | +196 | |
| 21 | Snow | Either | 556 | 259 | +297 | |
| 22 | Ninja | Boy | 543 | 254 | +289 | |
| 23 | Lynx | Either | 534 | 250 | +284 | |
| 24 | Salem | Either | 151 | 71 | +80 | |
| 25 | Pippa | Girl | 487 | 229 | +258 | |
| 26 | Hunter | Boy | 462 | 218 | +244 | |
| 27 | Artemis | Either | 504 | 238 | +266 | |
| 28 | Marty | Boy | 469 | 222 | +247 | |
| 29 | Nala | Girl | 99 | 47 | +52 | |
| 30 | Loki | Boy | 128 | 62 | +66 | |
| 31 | Ellie | Girl | 208 | 102 | +106 | |
| 32 | Dora | Girl | 329 | 165 | +164 | |
| 33 | Winnie | Girl | 217 | 110 | +107 | |
| 34 | Theo | Boy | 345 | 175 | +170 | |
| 35 | Pepper | Either | 41 | 21 | +20 | |
| 36 | Jack | Boy | 39 | 20 | +19 | |
| 37 | Nina | Girl | 303 | 157 | +146 | |
| 38 | Samson | Boy | 493 | 258 | +235 | |
| 39 | Violet | Girl | 502 | 263 | +239 | |
| 40 | Snowy | Either | 496 | 260 | +236 | |
| 41 | Bruce | Boy | 511 | 268 | +243 | |
| 42 | Delilah | Girl | 518 | 275 | +243 | |
| 43 | Kitkat | Either | 532 | 283 | +249 | |
| 44 | Jax | Boy | 410 | 219 | +191 | |
| 45 | Beau | Boy | 393 | 211 | +182 | |
| 46 | Onyx | Either | 545 | 293 | +252 | |
| 47 | Domino | Boy | 450 | 243 | +207 | |
| 48 | Momo | Either | 279 | 151 | +128 | |
| 49 | Louie | Boy | 228 | 125 | +103 | |
| 50 | Garfield | Boy | 271 | 149 | +122 |
On the way down instead? See the fading cat names →