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Sal

Sal ranks #415 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 5 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,352 among boy dog names.
Sal's popularity trend

Sal's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2013.

0.01%0.02%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
5
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#415
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−4,881
2014 → 2019
Gender split
86% male
14% female86% male

Gender split comes from 14 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Sal mean?
1 syllable

Often a pet form of Salomon, Salvador, Salvatore, and Sally.

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

Where Sal shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.03%
TorontoON, CA<0.01%

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