Dude

Boy name

Dude ranks #2,434 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 1 place, 2 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #582 for dogs.

Share of cats named Dude, by year

Dude'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	0.01%
2018	0.009%
2017	0.013%
2016	0.004%
2015	0.008%
2014	0.012%
2013	0.016%
2012	0.015%

Licensed cats in our data

across 1 place

Popularity rank

#2,434

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

−270

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

0% female

of 11 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 Dude shows up

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

Place	Share	Basis
Toronto ON, CA	0.01%	licensed in 2019

Cat names like Dude

DudleyClaudeGertrudeMaude