Cat names in Sweden

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Jordbruksverket (Swedish Board of Agriculture) publishes the most common names among 613,721 registered cats. Top names (about 100) among all cats in the national cat register (compulsory since 2023) on 31 December 2024 and 2025. Only the top list is published. Population is the sum of cats per municipality in the same year.

🐶 Sweden also publishes dog names: see dog names in Sweden.

Top cat names
  1. Luna 6,072
  2. Doris 5,979
  3. Sigge 5,775
  4. Simba 5,670
  5. Zelda 4,716
  6. Sally 4,649
  7. Elsa 4,547
  8. Selma 4,545
  9. Maja 4,477
  10. Bosse 4,461
  11. Nisse 4,328
  12. Morris 4,145
  13. Smulan 4,124
  14. Findus 4,079
  15. Sixten 3,963
  16. Molly 3,496
  17. Siri 3,288
  18. Frasse 3,174
  19. Leo 2,882
  20. Nala 2,840
  21. Sune 2,678
  22. Charlie 2,677
  23. Tiger 2,604
  24. Sotis 2,441
  25. Mimmi 2,434
  26. Iris 2,371
  27. Smilla 2,370
  28. Svante 2,344
  29. Tusse 2,314
  30. Stella 2,312
  31. Stina 2,312
  32. Ozzy 2,275
  33. Bella 2,177
  34. Harry 2,158
  35. Milo 2,156
  36. Alice 2,101
  37. Saga 2,050
  38. Svea 2,031
  39. Gizmo 1,930
  40. Elvis 1,899
  41. Lisa 1,887
  42. Signe 1,865
  43. Pelle 1,785
  44. Alfons 1,779
  45. Zingo 1,749
  46. Lucy 1,747
  47. Pepsi 1,746
  48. Zorro 1,715
  49. Måns 1,698
  50. Sture 1,652
Names #51–100
  1. Lovis 1,627
  2. Ester 1,585
  3. Daisy 1,553
  4. Astrid 1,548
  5. Musse 1,536
  6. Bamse 1,507
  7. Skrållan 1,503
  8. Lilly 1,498
  9. Freja 1,475
  10. Sessan 1,431
  11. Max 1,415
  12. Lucifer 1,316
  13. Kiwi 1,295
  14. Felix 1,262
  15. Zimba 1,222
  16. Leia 1,219
  17. Blixten 1,214
  18. Kajsa 1,203
  19. Frans 1,202
  20. Missan 1,184
  21. Cleo 1,151
  22. Loke 1,147
  23. Enzo 1,144
  24. Sigrid 1,127
  25. Sven 1,095
  26. Messi 1,074
  27. Aslan 1,049
  28. Mini 1,017
  29. Zigge 1,005
  30. Gustav 997
  31. Mysan 996
  32. Nemo 990
  33. Rut 990
  34. Gösta 982
  35. Busan 979
  36. Nova 976
  37. Lakrits 942
  38. Atlas 936
  39. Majsan 933
  40. Lasse 906
  41. Greta 896
  42. Pixie 875
  43. Diesel 874
  44. Boris 867
  45. Ludde 867
  46. Sam 863
  47. Ronja 834
  48. Mio 823
  49. Zoe 820
  50. Otis 811

Top cat names by year

2025
  1. Luna 6,072
  2. Doris 5,979
  3. Sigge 5,775
  4. Simba 5,670
  5. Zelda 4,716
  6. Sally 4,649
  7. Elsa 4,547
  8. Selma 4,545
  9. Maja 4,477
  10. Bosse 4,461
2024
  1. Sigge 4,730
  2. Doris 4,621
  3. Luna 4,562
  4. Simba 4,313
  5. Elsa 3,736
  6. Selma 3,722
  7. Maja 3,694
  8. Sally 3,650
  9. Zelda 3,630
  10. Nisse 3,451

By year of the register snapshot.

Source: De populäraste kattnamnen (Statistik ur kattregistret), Jordbruksverket (Swedish Board of Agriculture). Licence: Official statistics published by a Swedish government agency (facts; free reuse with source attribution). Källa: Jordbruksverket, kattregistret