Fun Facts and Stats About Names Dog names, cat names, and humans too: Cat Names - 2026 Facts and Stats from 3K+ adoptable Cats across the U.S. that need homes Now! data last updated: 03/18/26 - Dig In There are currently 3,387 Adoptable Cats Across 6,999 shelters in the U.S In need of homes This is a decrease of 60% from last month Here's the trend Nowadays, homes are needed as never before. In the past few years, the number of adoptable cats has spiked Where are these adoptable Cats 23.9% live in California 9.5% live in Florida 8.2% live in Texas Select your state for local stats Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Roughly 52.0% of all adoptable Cats in the USA are female while at least 48.0% are male. FEMALEMALE 68.97% of all adoptable Cats areDomestic Short Hair 8.02% are Tabby 6.7% are Domestic Medium Hair 4.51% are Domestic Long Hair 1.71% are Tuxedo Most popular male Cat names in the USA in the last month Rank Name #1 milo #2 loki #3 simba #4 charlie #5 leo #6 jack #7 rocky #8 sylvester #9 tigger #10 henry #11 sammy #12 tom #13 tommy #14 buddy #15 jackson #16 onyx #17 oliver #18 smokey #19 stitch #20 luke #21 chip #22 kenny #23 teddy #24 lucky #25 max #26 riley #27 romeo #28 blaze #29 kevin #30 clyde #31 toby #32 storm #33 mason #34 bart #35 oscar #36 felix #37 ollie #38 boris #39 jojo #40 moe #41 marty #42 george #43 atlas #44 joey #45 louie #46 merlin #47 benny #48 dash #49 percy #50 finn #51 bruce #52 ralph #53 harry #54 theo #55 thor #56 batman #57 tux #58 zeus #59 biscuit #60 prince #61 bubba #62 richard #63 fred #64 georgie #65 pumpkin #66 sparky #67 steve #68 stormy #69 sterling #70 timmy #71 sam #72 snoopy #73 dallas #74 walter #75 maverick #76 willy #77 gomez #78 tito #79 mango #80 socks #81 oreo #82 ozzy #83 gus #84 ernie #85 quincy #86 phoenix #87 poe #88 reed #89 buster #90 galaxy #91 forest #92 frank #93 boots #94 brady #95 peanut #96 frankie #97 murray #98 nelson #99 binx #100 pepe Most popular female Cat names in the USA in the last month Rank Name #1 daisy #2 lucy #3 molly #4 luna #5 misty #6 lola #7 ginger #8 penny #9 pepper #10 missy #11 ivy #12 alice #13 sweet pea #14 jasmine #15 mimi #16 annie #17 star #18 willow #19 sadie #20 cleo #21 sugar #22 piper #23 chloe #24 bella #25 delilah #26 josie #27 sasha #28 phoebe #29 daphne #30 zelda #31 honey #32 ella #33 rosie #34 millie #35 hazel #36 cookie #37 petunia #38 bonnie #39 blossom #40 poppy #41 dolly #42 elsa #43 sally #44 zoe #45 eloise #46 athena #47 cindy #48 nala #49 mia #50 princess #51 abby #52 muffin #53 cali #54 grace #55 allie #56 heidi #57 morticia #58 dixie #59 dorothy #60 skittles #61 lyra #62 sushi #63 fiona #64 lexi #65 minnie #66 carly #67 peaches #68 jewel #69 scarlet #70 sissy #71 mercedes #72 precious #73 reba #74 charlotte #75 mocha #76 hope #77 bailey #78 olivia #79 nova #80 foxy #81 dora #82 penelope #83 gracie #84 natalie #85 jane #86 cinnamon #87 mila #88 jolene #89 pebbles #90 blondie #91 clove #92 nyx #93 maple #94 gigi #95 giselle #96 astrid #97 coco #98 clover #99 cher #100 betty
