Lucy

Girl name

Lucy ranks #4 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 169 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #3 for dogs.

Share of cats named Lucy, by year

Lucy'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	0.54%
2018	0.54%
2017	0.5%
2016	0.52%
2015	0.55%
2014	0.55%
2013	0.55%
2012	0.57%

Licensed cats in our data

169

across 2 places

Popularity rank

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

99% female

of 180 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 Lucy shows up

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

Place	Share	Basis
Toronto ON, CA	0.54%	licensed in 2019
Seattle WA, US	0.48%	current licenses

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