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Unisex name

Jam

Jam ranks #2,693 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 1 place, 2 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #4,356 for dogs.
Jam's popularity trend

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

0.005%0.01%0.015%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
2
across 1 place
Popularity rank
#2,693
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
+271
2014 → 2019
Gender split
50% female
50% female50% male

Gender split comes from 24 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Jam mean?
/ˈd͡ʒæm/1 syllable

Jam is also an everyday word (noun): “A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal”.

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

Where Jam shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.01%

Cat names like Jam

JamieJames