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Houdini

Houdini ranks #196 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 11 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #930 among boy dog names.
Houdini's popularity trend

Houdini's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2014.

0.025%0.05%0.075%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
11
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#196
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−289
2014 → 2019
Gender split
85% male
15% female85% male

Gender split comes from 26 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Houdini mean?

Houdini is also an everyday word (noun): “An escape artist”.

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

Where Houdini shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.04%
SeattleWA, US0.03%

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