Alex

Boy name

Alex ranks #397 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 1 place, 13 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #931 for dogs.

Share of cats named Alex, by year

Alex's slice of each year's named cats. Shares, not raw counts, so a changing licensed population can't fake a trend. Peak year: 2015.

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Year	Share
2019	0.066%
2018	0.067%
2017	0.084%
2016	0.067%
2015	0.087%
2014	0.072%
2013	0.073%
2012	0.057%

Licensed cats in our data

across 1 place

Popularity rank

#397

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

−17

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

16% female

of 44 shelter cats

Gender lean is from named cats in US shelters — most license records don't publish a cat's gender, so shelters are the one place our data can measure it.

Where Alex shows up

Licensed cats named Alex per place, against that place's counted total. The basis column says what each number means.

Place	Share	Basis
Toronto ON, CA	0.07%	licensed in 2019

Cat names like Alex

Alexander