Fun Facts and Stats About Names Dog names, cat names, and humans too: Cat Names - 2025 Facts and Stats from 13K+ adoptable Cats across the U.S. that need homes Now! data last updated: 04/23/25 - Dig In There are currently 12,688 Adoptable Cats Across 6,999 shelters in the U.S In need of homes This is a decrease of 16% 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 13.2% live in California 11.3% live in Texas Select your state for local stats Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana 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 About 54.3% of all adoptable Cats in America are female while at least 45.7% are male. FEMALEMALE 68.97% of all adoptable Cats areDomestic Short Hair 7.85% are Tabby 5.53% are Domestic Medium Hair 4.28% are Domestic Long Hair 2.51% are American Shorthair Most popular male Cat names in the USA in the last month Rank Name #1 leo #2 loki #3 milo #4 jack #5 teddy #6 joey #7 oliver #8 buddy #9 toby #10 sammy #11 rusty #12 jax #13 oscar #14 rocky #15 max #16 sam #17 george #18 ollie #19 buster #20 tux #21 sebastian #22 smokey #23 sheldon #24 chip #25 chester #26 tommy #27 ace #28 dexter #29 simba #30 mickey #31 luke #32 tom #33 timmy #34 junior #35 bruce #36 duke #37 paul #38 theodore #39 romeo #40 prince #41 andy #42 tiger #43 simon #44 jake #45 felix #46 willie #47 cooper #48 beau #49 finn #50 mikey #51 batman #52 thor #53 dusty #54 asher #55 colby #56 harry #57 marco #58 midnight #59 casper #60 grayson #61 alvin #62 zeus #63 tucker #64 frankie #65 bob #66 billy #67 bruno #68 onyx #69 smudge #70 apollo #71 stanley #72 shadow #73 fanta #74 johnny #75 wally #76 sylvester #77 tyson #78 percy #79 walter #80 ben #81 cosmo #82 bentley #83 benny #84 manny #85 mason #86 bobby #87 blue #88 nico #89 nemo #90 lucky #91 nugget #92 cupid #93 moose #94 nathaniel #95 duncan #96 bramble #97 nelson #98 big mac #99 magic #100 merlin Most popular female Cat names in the USA in the last month Rank Name #1 daisy #2 molly #3 lucy #4 luna #5 willow #6 blossom #7 rosie #8 stella #9 piper #10 lola #11 sasha #12 charlotte #13 daphne #14 minnie #15 sadie #16 gracie #17 ruby #18 chloe #19 lily #20 princess #21 bella #22 cookie #23 nala #24 maggie #25 lexi #26 penny #27 abby #28 kate #29 hope #30 tabitha #31 sweetie #32 alice #33 buttercup #34 angel #35 pixie #36 mia #37 millie #38 trixie #39 pebbles #40 bunny #41 misty #42 violet #43 ginger #44 rose #45 ivy #46 sabrina #47 muffin #48 annie #49 cindy #50 eloise #51 sky #52 cali #53 oreo #54 pepper #55 pearl #56 phoebe #57 ariel #58 precious #59 athena #60 grace #61 fiona #62 clementine #63 baby #64 olive #65 shirley #66 emma #67 snickers #68 jessie #69 sienna #70 sophie #71 amelia #72 gigi #73 ella #74 mercedes #75 skittles #76 gretchen #77 maple #78 sweet pea #79 midnight #80 jasmine #81 jewel #82 ellie #83 gabby #84 meadow #85 harmony #86 summer #87 sassy #88 sage #89 harper #90 kiki #91 petunia #92 josie #93 olivia #94 maddie #95 reba #96 aspen #97 mama #98 linda #99 cinnamon #100 penelope