Leo

Boy name

Leo ranks #6 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 130 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #35 for dogs.

Share of cats named Leo, by year

Leo's slice of each year's named cats. Shares, not raw counts, so a changing licensed population can't fake a trend. Peak year: 2019.

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Year	Share
2019	0.43%
2018	0.41%
2017	0.37%
2016	0.31%
2015	0.34%
2014	0.32%
2013	0.3%
2012	0.29%

Licensed cats in our data

130

across 2 places

Popularity rank

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

+20

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

1% female

of 164 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 Leo shows up

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

Place	Share	Basis
Toronto ON, CA	0.43%	licensed in 2019
Seattle WA, US	0.35%	current licenses

Cat names like Leo

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