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Bones

Bones ranks #321 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 6 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #564 among boy dog names.
Bones's popularity trend

Bones's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2014.

0.01%0.02%0.03%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
6
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#321
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−73
2014 → 2019
Gender split
87% male
13% female87% male

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

What does Bones mean?
/boʊnz/

Bones is also an everyday word (noun): “A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs”.

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

Where Bones shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.03%
SeattleWA, US<0.01%

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