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Name Biscuit

Unisex name

Alaska

Alaska ranks #906 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 6 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,540 for dogs.
Alaska's popularity trend

Alaska's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank.

0.003%0.005%0.008%0.01%20142015201620182019
Cats in our data
6
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#906
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−658
2014 → 2019
Gender split
64% female
64% female36% male

Gender split comes from 11 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Alaska mean?
/əˈlæs.kə/3 syllables

Alaska is also an everyday word (noun): “Alternative letter-case form of Alaska (“baked Alaska”)”.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Alaska shows up

Cats named Alaska per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.03%
DarwinNT, AU0.13%
TorontoON, CA<0.01%

Cat names like Alaska

Alani