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Chico

Chico ranks #98 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 18 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #76 among boy dog names.
Chico's popularity trend

Chico's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2014.

0.05%0.1%0.15%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
18
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#98
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−55
2014 → 2019
Gender split
88% male
12% female88% male

Gender split comes from 25 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Chico mean?
2 syllablesOrigin: Portuguese

Chico is a Portuguese and Spanish nickname most often used as a short form of Francisco. On its own, it also functions as an informal word for "boy" or "little one" in Spanish.

Chico has a warm, friendly sound, well suited to a small, spirited pet with a lot of charm packed into a compact frame. It's an affectionate, easygoing name that suits a companion everyone ends up loving.

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

Where Chico shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.08%
SeattleWA, US0.02%

Cat names like Chico

ChipNicoRicoChiliChilliChi ChiChickenChinaChinoChiChibiChihiro

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