Rusty

Boy name

Rusty ranks #186 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 24 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #104 for dogs.

Share of cats named Rusty, by year

Rusty'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	0.11%
2018	0.14%
2017	0.14%
2016	0.16%
2015	0.15%
2014	0.17%
2013	0.17%
2012	0.19%

Licensed cats in our data

across 2 places

Popularity rank

#186

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

−47

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

8% female

of 38 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 Rusty shows up

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

Place	Share	Basis
Toronto ON, CA	0.11%	licensed in 2019
Seattle WA, US	0.02%	current licenses

Cat names like Rusty

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