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Tux

Tux ranks #70 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 23 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #459 among boy dog names.
Tux's popularity trend

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

0.025%0.05%0.075%0.1%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
23
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#70
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
+64
2014 → 2019
Gender split
85% male
15% female85% male

Gender split comes from 60 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Tux mean?

Tux is short for tuxedo, the formal jacket that takes its name from Tuxedo Park, New York, where it was first worn in the 1880s. The word is also familiar as the nickname of Tux the penguin, the mascot of the Linux operating system.

It's a natural pick for a black-and-white pet whose coloring looks like a built-in dinner jacket -- sharp, a little dapper, and easy to say.

Where Tux shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.08%
SeattleWA, US0.05%

Cat names like Tux

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Tuxedo Cat Names