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Rambo

Rambo ranks #162 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 13 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #105 among boy dog names.
Rambo's popularity trend

Rambo'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
13
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#162
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
+366
2014 → 2019
Gender split
83% male
17% female83% male

Gender split comes from 12 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Rambo mean?
/ˈɹæmbəʊ/2 syllables

Rambo is best known as the surname of John Rambo, the battle-hardened veteran played by Sylvester Stallone in First Blood (1982) and its sequels. The character became so iconic that Rambo entered everyday English as a word for someone who charges into a fight alone, guns blazing, disregarding orders and caution alike.

It's a bold, tough-guy name for a pet with serious presence — a dog or cat who struts more than they saunter and never backs down from a squeaky toy or a closed door. Rambo has a growl built right into it.

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

Where Rambo shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.06%
SeattleWA, US<0.01%

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