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Unisex name

Blinky

Blinky ranks #2,327 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 2 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #2,781 among boy dog names.
Blinky's popularity trend

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

0.005%0.01%0.015%0.02%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
2
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#2,327
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−1,724
2014 → 2019
Gender split
62% male
38% female62% male

Gender split comes from 16 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Blinky mean?
/ˈblɪŋki/

Blinky is also an everyday word (noun): “in digital photography, a flashing pixel”.

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

Where Blinky shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US<0.01%
TorontoON, CA<0.01%

Cat names like Blinky

PinkyInkySlinkyWinkyBinkyStinkyBlitzMinkySpunkyFrankyKinky