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Unisex name

Socks

Socks ranks #167 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 27 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,638 for dogs.
Socks's popularity trend

Socks's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2018.

0.05%0.1%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
27
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#167
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
+43
2014 → 2019
Gender split
60% male
40% female60% male

Gender split comes from 63 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Socks mean?

Socks is a plain English word name for the knitted foot garments worn inside shoes, from Old English socc. As a pet name it's almost always descriptive, given to animals whose paws are tipped in white or another contrasting color, as though they're wearing little socks.

Casual and easy to love, Socks suits a pet with distinctive paw markings and a friendly, approachable personality -- the kind of name that makes people smile when they hear it.

Where Socks shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.10%
SeattleWA, US0.06%

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