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Unisex name

Pokey

Pokey ranks #3,096 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 2 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #3,610 for dogs.
Pokey's popularity trend

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

0.005%0.01%0.015%0.02%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
2
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#3,096
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−3,383
2014 → 2019
Gender split
55% female
55% female45% male

Gender split comes from 11 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Pokey mean?
/ˈpoʊ.ki/

Pokey is also an everyday word (adjective): “Of a room or house, of small volume, cramped”.

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

Where Pokey shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US<0.01%
TorontoON, CA<0.01%

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