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Unisex name

Butters

Butters ranks #808 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 7 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #546 for dogs.
Butters's popularity trend

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

0.01%0.02%0.03%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
7
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#808
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−241
2014 → 2019
Gender split
72% male
28% female72% male

Gender split comes from 54 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Butters mean?

Butters is best known as the name of Butters Stotch, a sweet, endlessly good-natured character from the animated series South Park.

Butters has a soft, comic charm to it, fitting for a pet who's a little bit clumsy and completely lovable for it. It suits an animal with an innocent, sunny disposition, always eager to please.

Where Butters shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.03%
TorontoON, CA0.02%

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