Vanilla

Unisex

Vanilla ranks #3,318 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 2 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #12,182 for dogs.

Share of cats named Vanilla, by year

Vanilla's slice of each year's named cats. Shares, not raw counts, so a changing licensed population can't fake a trend.

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Year	Share
2019	0.005%
2018	0.013%
2017	0.004%
2016	0.013%
2015	0.008%
2014	0.016%
2013	0.012%
2012	0.011%

Licensed cats in our data

across 2 places

Popularity rank

#3,318

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

−5,680

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

55% female

of 11 shelter cats

Gender lean is from named cats in US shelters — most license records don't publish a cat's gender, so shelters are the one place our data can measure it.

Where Vanilla shows up

Licensed cats named Vanilla per place, against that place's counted total. The basis column says what each number means.

Place	Share	Basis
Seattle WA, US	<0.01%	current licenses
Toronto ON, CA	<0.01%	licensed in 2019

Cat names like Vanilla

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