Gretchen

Girl name

Gretchen ranks #5,822 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 1 place, 1 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #2,220 for dogs.

Share of cats named Gretchen, by year

Gretchen'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	0.005%
2018	0.009%
2017	0.008%
2016	0.004%
2014	0.004%
2013	0.004%

Licensed cats in our data

across 1 place

Popularity rank

#5,822

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

+414

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

100% female

of 12 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 Gretchen shows up

Licensed cats named Gretchen 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

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