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Rascal

Rascal ranks #64 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 3 places, 24 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #282 among boy dog names.
Rascal's popularity trend

Rascal's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2012.

0.05%0.1%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
24
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#64
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−45
2014 → 2019
Gender split
95% male
5% female95% male

Gender split comes from 37 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Rascal mean?
/ˈɹæskl̩/

Rascal is the everyday word for a dishonest or mischievous character — a rogue, scoundrel, or trickster — though in modern use it's almost always affectionate rather than harsh, describing someone playfully troublesome rather than truly bad.

Rascal all but names itself on a pet who gets into everything, steals socks off the floor, and somehow makes you laugh about it every time.

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

Where Rascal shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.07%
SeattleWA, US0.07%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.25%

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