Chester

Boy name

Chester ranks #76 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 45 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #362 for dogs.

Share of cats named Chester, by year

Chester's slice of each year's named cats. Shares, not raw counts, so a changing licensed population can't fake a trend. Peak year: 2019.

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Year	Share
2019	0.18%
2018	0.15%
2017	0.15%
2016	0.15%
2015	0.13%
2014	0.14%
2013	0.13%
2012	0.11%

Licensed cats in our data

across 2 places

Popularity rank

#76

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

+35

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

2% female

of 53 shelter cats

Gender lean is from named cats in US shelters — most license records don't publish a cat's gender, so shelters are the one place our data can measure it.

Where Chester shows up

Licensed cats named Chester per place, against that place's counted total. The basis column says what each number means.

Place	Share	Basis
Toronto ON, CA	0.18%	licensed in 2019
Seattle WA, US	0.08%	current licenses

Cat names like Chester

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