Municipal Licence Records

Two cities publish the names on their pet licences. The Administration receives them as filed: 781,743 dog licence records from New York City, 39,509 pet licence records from Seattle.

Table 1. Licence records by name
Rank	Name	Records	Human rank, 2024
51	Bentley	1,686	201
52	Shadow	1,670	6,393
53	Zeus	1,669	1,073
54	Oscar	1,642	217
55	Duke	1,610	709
56	Winston	1,598	405
57	Henry	1,577	6
58	King	1,569	342
59	Zoe	1,562	29
60	Sasha	1,516	642
61	Harley	1,498	397
62	Peanut	1,496	–
63	Nala	1,487	752
64	Brownie	1,466	–
65	Archie	1,455	333
66	Honey	1,453	935
67	Jax	1,443	315
68	Olive	1,433	171
69	Loki	1,413	1,767
70	Brooklyn	1,407	108
71	Scout	1,394	927
72	Gracie	1,379	248
73	Rocco	1,377	500
74	Jake	1,375	422
75	Buster	1,348	6,499
76	Hazel	1,333	19
77	Ace	1,332	165
78	Simba	1,312	7,642
79	Baby	1,297	7,272
80	Ziggy	1,288	1,358
81	Romeo	1,277	283
82	Ellie	1,264	21
83	Sammy	1,249	1,556
84	Lexi	1,249	563
85	Dexter	1,231	720
86	Rex	1,227	794
87	Jasper	1,198	133
88	Gigi	1,184	2,561
89	Sandy	1,183	3,316
90	George	1,172	124
91	Minnie	1,147	2,758
92	Winnie	1,144	550
93	Mochi	1,126	–
94	Maya	1,126	51
95	Murphy	1,124	474
96	Hudson	1,122	22
97	Mocha	1,110	–
98	Hunter	1,100	128
99	Chase	1,100	173
100	Rusty	1,081	3,371

Counts are licence records, not individual animals; a renewed licence is counted again.