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Taco

Taco ranks #250 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 3 places, 9 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #178 among boy dog names.
Taco's popularity trend

Taco's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2019.

0.01%0.02%0.03%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
9
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#250
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
+818
2014 → 2019
Gender split
75% male
25% female75% male

Gender split comes from 40 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Taco mean?
/ˈtɑkoʊ/

Taco is a straightforward food name, borrowed from the classic Mexican dish of a folded tortilla filled with meat, beans, or vegetables. The Spanish word "taco" originally meant a "plug" or "wad," a sense that likely describes how the tortilla is packed and folded around its filling.

It's a playful, unmistakably fun name, best suited to a pet with a food-motivated streak and a personality that doesn't take itself too seriously.

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

Where Taco shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.03%
SeattleWA, US0.02%
DarwinNT, AU0.13%

Cat names like Taco

Paco

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