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Ninja

Ninja ranks #96 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 3 places, 19 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,304 for dogs.
Ninja's popularity trend

Ninja's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2019.

0.02%0.04%0.06%0.08%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
19
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#96
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
+289
2014 → 2019
Gender split
83% male
17% female83% male

Gender split comes from 29 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Ninja mean?
/ˈnɪnd͡ʒə/2 syllables

Ninja is also an everyday word (noun): “One who very skillful, considered similar to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy…”.

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

Where Ninja shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.06%
SeattleWA, US0.04%
DarwinNT, AU0.26%

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