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Unisex name

Twinkie

Twinkie ranks #1,300 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 5 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #1,520 for dogs.
Twinkie's popularity trend

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

0.01%0.02%2012201420162019
Cats in our data
5
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#1,300
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−41
2014 → 2019
Gender split
55% male
45% female55% male

Gender split comes from 20 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Twinkie mean?
/ˈtwɪŋki/

Twinkie is also an everyday word (noun): “A yellow cake with a creamy white filling, known for its artificiality and supposedly long shelf…”.

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

Where Twinkie shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.02%
SeattleWA, US<0.01%

Cat names like Twinkie

TwixTwilightFrankieBlackieSmokiePookieTwinkleTwiggyTwinkle ToesTwisterTwitchTwinkles