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Dale

Dale ranks #433 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 4 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #924 among boy dog names.
Dale's popularity trend

Dale's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank.

0.005%0.01%0.015%0.02%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
4
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#433
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−62
2014 → 2019
Gender split
95% male
5% female95% male

Gender split comes from 37 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Dale mean?
/deɪl/1 syllableOrigin: a surname

Dale is a word name — a valley.

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

Where Dale shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.02%
SeattleWA, US<0.01%

Cat names like Dale

Dallas