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Jack

Jack ranks #8 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 3 places, 102 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #11 among boy dog names.
Jack's popularity trend

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

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Cats in our data
102
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#8
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
+19
2014 → 2019
Gender split
97% male
3% female97% male

Gender split comes from 229 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Jack mean?
/ˈd͡ʒæk/1 syllable

Jack means "God is gracious." It began in medieval England as a pet form of John, itself from the Hebrew name Yehohanan, and over the centuries it grew into a fully independent name in its own right.

Short, punchy, and instantly friendly, Jack has an easy, approachable air, the kind of name that sounds like it belongs to a companion who's always up for the next adventure. It suits a pet with a solid, no-nonsense personality.

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

Where Jack shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.34%
SeattleWA, US0.25%
DarwinNT, AU0.52%

Cat names like Jack

JacksonJacobMackZackJackieJacquesBlackBlack JackBlackjackCaptain Jack

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Jack means, by theme

GodGrace