Fun Facts and Stats About Names Dog names, cat names, and humans too: Cat Names - 2026 Facts and Stats from 13K+ adoptable Cats across the U.S. that need homes Now! data last updated: 04/16/26 - Dig In There are currently 12,512 Adoptable Cats Across 6,999 shelters in the U.S In need of homes This is a decrease of 11% 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 15.3% live in California 11.3% live in Florida 10.2% live in Texas Select your state for local stats Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin About 53.9% of all adoptable Cats in the USA are female whereas at least 46.1% are male. FEMALEMALE 71.81% of all adoptable Cats areDomestic Short Hair 6.05% are Domestic Medium Hair 5.91% are Tabby 4.0% are Domestic Long Hair 1.97% are American Shorthair Most popular male Cat names in the USA in the last month Rank Name #1 milo #2 leo #3 sammy #4 jack #5 rocky #6 tigger #7 buddy #8 george #9 batman #10 louie #11 tom #12 toby #13 charlie #14 oliver #15 simba #16 simon #17 harry #18 hank #19 walter #20 felix #21 gizmo #22 jake #23 teddy #24 jasper #25 mason #26 dexter #27 tommy #28 oscar #29 biscuit #30 socks #31 cheeto #32 rocket #33 loki #34 mac #35 brooks #36 jackson #37 gus #38 winston #39 lucky #40 max #41 colby #42 bob #43 romeo #44 wilbur #45 henry #46 jax #47 luke #48 cosmo #49 dallas #50 nicholas #51 bart #52 ralph #53 sebastian #54 fluffy #55 ollie #56 boris #57 ted #58 marvin #59 carlos #60 benjamin #61 chance #62 bruno #63 aspen #64 clyde #65 bear #66 sawyer #67 moe #68 archie #69 grayson #70 casey #71 carl #72 panther #73 baby #74 milkshake #75 parker #76 joey #77 sylvester #78 tito #79 slate #80 theo #81 steve #82 charlie brown #83 calvin #84 sonic #85 maverick #86 mango #87 merlin #88 jimmy #89 riley #90 larry #91 benny #92 snoopy #93 fred #94 georgie #95 frankie #96 moose #97 liam #98 tater #99 smokey #100 chester Most popular female Cat names in the USA in the last month Rank Name #1 daisy #2 cleo #3 luna #4 molly #5 lola #6 mia #7 hazel #8 nala #9 lucy #10 missy #11 misty #12 cookie #13 ivy #14 bella #15 pepper #16 abby #17 daphne #18 delilah #19 charlotte #20 honey #21 mimi #22 sugar #23 bailey #24 alice #25 ginger #26 piper #27 annie #28 peaches #29 olivia #30 dolly #31 freya #32 cali #33 stella #34 athena #35 jackie #36 sweet pea #37 jasmine #38 blossom #39 phoebe #40 penny #41 poppy #42 muffin #43 tessa #44 lilly #45 wednesday #46 dorothy #47 chloe #48 sally #49 bunny #50 sasha #51 grace #52 winnie #53 millie #54 nova #55 josie #56 kiki #57 gigi #58 gracie #59 sadie #60 marie #61 morticia #62 mercedes #63 ella #64 princess #65 emily #66 reba #67 fiona #68 sophie #69 raven #70 coco #71 duchess #72 joy #73 iris #74 shelly #75 faith #76 scarlet #77 lisa #78 precious #79 cupcake #80 oreo #81 pandora #82 mila #83 julia #84 petunia #85 sarah #86 layla #87 penelope #88 skittles #89 rosie #90 judy #91 ariel #92 hope #93 dixie #94 pebbles #95 jinx #96 emma #97 dove #98 autumn #99 bonnie #100 kiwi
