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John

John ranks #649 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 1 place, 1 cat carries the name. It's also a dog name: #573 among boy dog names.
John's popularity trend

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

0.003%0.005%0.008%0.01%2012201420162019
Cats in our data
1
across 1 place
Popularity rank
#649
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−2,143
2014 → 2019
Gender split
98% male
2% female98% male

Gender split comes from 47 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does John mean?
/d͡ʒɑn/1 syllableOrigin: Hebrew and the Bible

John means “God is gracious” (from Hebrew Yəhōḥānān).

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

Where John shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA<0.01%

Cat names like John

Johnny

John means, by theme

GodGrace