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Unisex name

Snoopy

Snoopy ranks #458 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 3 places, 13 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #64 among boy dog names.
Snoopy's popularity trend

Snoopy's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2015.

0.02%0.04%0.06%0.08%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
13
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#458
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−357
2014 → 2019
Gender split
74% male
26% female74% male

Gender split comes from 19 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Snoopy mean?

As a word, snoopy describes someone given to snooping, or nosing around out of curiosity. The name is also inseparable from Snoopy, the beagle from Charles Schulz's Peanuts, one of the most famous dogs in American pop culture.

It's a playful, cartoonish name built for a pet with an inquisitive streak, always sniffing out what's going on. Snoopy fits a curious, food-motivated companion who investigates everything with total confidence.

Where Snoopy shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.03%
SeattleWA, US0.04%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.25%

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