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Unisex name

Thyme

Thyme ranks #2,176 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 3 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #3,839 among girl dog names.
Thyme's popularity trend

Thyme's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank.

0.005%0.01%0.015%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
3
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#2,176
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−5,061
2014 → 2019
Gender split
52% male
48% female52% male

Gender split comes from 21 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Thyme mean?
/taɪm/1 syllable

Thyme is also an everyday word (noun): “Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent…”.

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

Where Thyme shows up

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

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.02%
TorontoON, CA<0.01%