Kat

Girl name

Kat ranks #1,125 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 5 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: 10 licensed dogs.

Share of cats named Kat, by year

Kat's slice of each year's named cats. Shares, not raw counts, so a changing licensed population can't fake a trend. Peak year: 2012.

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Year	Share
2019	0.015%
2018	0.027%
2017	0.021%
2016	0.029%
2015	0.029%
2014	0.024%
2013	0.028%
2012	0.034%

Licensed cats in our data

across 2 places

Popularity rank

#1,125

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

−453

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

76% female

of 25 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 Kat shows up

Licensed cats named Kat per place, against that place's counted total. The basis column says what each number means.

Place	Share	Basis
Toronto ON, CA	0.02%	licensed in 2019
Seattle WA, US	0.02%	current licenses

Cat names like Kat

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