Chestnut

Unisex

Chestnut ranks #1,663 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 3 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,729 for dogs.

Share of cats named Chestnut, by year

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

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Year	Share
2019	0.005%
2018	0.004%
2017	0.004%
2016	0.013%
2015	0.004%
2014	0.004%
2013	0.004%
2012	0.004%

Licensed cats in our data

across 2 places

Popularity rank

#1,663

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

+381

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

44% female

of 16 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 Chestnut shows up

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

Place	Share	Basis
Seattle WA, US	0.02%	current licenses
Toronto ON, CA	<0.01%	licensed in 2019

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