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Spanky

Spanky ranks #672 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 1 cat carries the name. It's also a dog name: #360 among boy dog names.
Spanky's popularity trend

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

0.01%0.02%2012201420162018
Cats in our data
1
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#672
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
—
2014 → 2019
Gender split
83% male
17% female83% male

Gender split comes from 12 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Spanky mean?
/ˈspæŋki/2 syllables

Spanky comes from "spanking," used informally in English to mean brisk, lively, or impressively good, as in "a spanking new car." The word was also popularized as a nickname by the mischievous Little Rascals character of the same name.

It suits a pet with boundless energy and a bit of an impish streak — the one who's first into trouble and first to make you laugh about it.

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

Where Spanky shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US<0.01%

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