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Yogi

Yogi ranks #681 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 1 place, 1 cat carries the name. It's also a dog name: #126 among boy dog names.
Yogi's popularity trend

Yogi's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2013.

0.01%0.02%201220132014201520162019
Cats in our data
1
across 1 place
Popularity rank
#681
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−5,375
2014 → 2019
Gender split
87% male
13% female87% male

Gender split comes from 24 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Yogi mean?
/ˈjoʊɡi/2 syllables

Yogi is the English word for a practitioner of yoga, borrowed from the Sanskrit yogī. It's also widely recognized as the name of Yogi Bear, the cheerful, always-scheming cartoon bear from Jellystone Park, whose name plays on the word's easygoing sound.

Yogi suits a pet with a laid-back, zen streak — or, in a nod to the cartoon, one with a taste for mischief and an eye on the nearest picnic basket.

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

Where Yogi shows up

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

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA<0.01%