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Buddy

Buddy ranks #7 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 3 places, 103 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #5 among boy dog names.
Buddy's popularity trend

Buddy's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2012.

0.2%0.4%0.6%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
103
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#7
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−2
2014 → 2019
Gender split
98% male
2% female98% male

Gender split comes from 125 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Buddy mean?
2 syllablesOrigin: English

Buddy comes straight from the English word for a close friend or companion, a term that's been used affectionately since the nineteenth century. It has none of the formality of a traditional given name, which is exactly the point.

Buddy is warm and unpretentious, the kind of name that sounds like it's already been said a thousand times with a scratch behind the ears. It suits a pet who feels less like a pet and more like family.

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

Where Buddy shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.41%
SeattleWA, US0.16%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.25%

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