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Ryan

Ryan ranks #598 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 2 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #710 among boy dog names.
Ryan's popularity trend

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

0.005%0.01%0.015%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
2
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#598
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−4,484
2014 → 2019
Gender split
95% male
5% female95% male

Gender split comes from 20 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Ryan mean?
/ˈɹaɪən/2 syllablesOrigin: a surname and Arabic

Ryan is an Irish given name from a Gaelic word meaning 'little king'.

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

Where Ryan shows up

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

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