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Cupcake

Cupcake ranks #222 out of 693 girl cat names in our data (the #1 girl cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 10 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #260 among girl dog names.
Cupcake's popularity trend

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

0.01%0.02%0.03%0.04%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
10
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#222
of 693 girl cat names
5-year rank move
+1,253
2014 → 2019
Gender split
79% female
79% female21% male

Gender split comes from 56 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Cupcake mean?
/ˈkʌpkeɪk/

Cupcake refers to the individually sized cake baked in its own small cup, usually topped with frosting, a format that dates back to early 19th-century American cookbooks.

Sweet and a little silly, Cupcake suits a small or endearing companion, the kind of name you can't say without smiling.

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

Where Cupcake shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.03%
SeattleWA, US0.03%

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