Popular Cat Names

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Our list of popular cat names is based on Veterinary Pet Insurance’s database of 450,000 insured pets.

With the help of this database, VPI was able to determine the most popular cat names for cats in the U.S.

It seems that in recent years, U.S. pet owners have leaned more towards choosing human names for their pets – a sign, perhaps, that they consider their pets to be ‘one of the family’.


Popular male cat names:

  1. Max
  2. Tigger
  3. Tiger
  4. Smokey
  5. Oliver
  6. Buddy
  7. Charlie
  8. Simba
  9. Sammy
  10. Oscar
  11. Jack
  12. Sam
  13. Toby
  14. Lucky
  15. Shadow
  16. Simon
  17. Milo
  18. Leo
  19. Bailey
  20. Jake
  21. Gizmo
  22. Oreo
  23. Sebastian
  24. Rocky
  25. Jasper
  26. Buster
  27. Felix
  28. George
  29. Harley
  30. Bandit
 Popular female cat names:

  1. Chloe
  2. Lucy
  3. Molly
  4. Bella
  5. Sophie
  6. Princess
  7. Cleo
  8. Angel
  9. Lily
  10. Maggie
  11. Zoe
  12. Samantha
  13. Sasha
  14. Gracie
  15. Misty
  16. Callie
  17. Daisy
  18. Kitty
  19. Missy
  20. Jasmine
  21. Abby
  22. Shadow
  23. Precious
  24. Sadie
  25. Sassy
  26. Patches
  27. Ginger
  28. Baby
  29. Lola
  30. Coco

To see the top 100 favorite names for kittens, check out this list at babynames.com

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