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Button

Button ranks #513 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 11 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,500 for dogs.
Button's popularity trend

Button's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2019.

0.02%0.04%0.06%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
11
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#513
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−6
2014 → 2019
Gender split
67% male
33% female67% male

Gender split comes from 30 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Button mean?
/ˈbʌtən/

Button is also an everyday word (noun): “A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener”.

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

Where Button shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.04%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.25%
SeattleWA, US<0.01%

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