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Coal

Coal ranks #326 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 6 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #727 among boy dog names.
Coal's popularity trend

Coal's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2015.

0.01%0.02%0.03%0.04%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
6
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#326
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−15
2014 → 2019
Gender split
79% male
21% female79% male

Gender split comes from 24 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Coal mean?
/koʊl/1 syllable

Coal is also an everyday word (noun): “A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon…”.

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

Where Coal shows up

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

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

Cat names like Coal

Charcoal

Coal appears on

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