List of most popular cat names

No official source ranking the popularity of cat names exists, but there are statistics from pet insurance registrations.

According 2005-2006 statistics from the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association 34 percent of United States households own at least one cat, an estimated 90 million cats in total. In 2007 the TIME Almanac with Information Please featured the list sourced from "360,000 policies with Veterinary Pet Insurance Co". According to the list the 10 most popular names for cats are: Max, Tigger, Smokey, Tiger, Chloe, Shadow, Lucy, Angel, Oliver, and Simba. The process of naming a cat is a popular topic for discussion.