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, 2025
101	Benny	1,080	841
102	Kobe	1,069	519
103	Ella	1,052	29
104	Mickey	1,048	2,048
105	Millie	1,046	73
106	Layla	1,039	36
107	Apollo	1,034	445
108	Marley	1,033	322
109	Finn	1,030	206
110	Willow	1,026	44
111	Remy	1,022	408
112	Bandit	1,020	–
113	Abby	1,013	731
114	Joey	1,009	877
115	Chewy	1,007	–
116	Jackson	1,006	36
117	Phoebe	1,005	157
118	Lilly	1,001	252
119	Gus	991	1,331
120	Sparky	976	–
121	Otis	969	652
122	Emma	965	3
123	Sam	964	647
124	Not	953	–
125	Snoopy	941	–
126	Tucker	933	181
127	Piper	926	155
128	Maximus	917	276
129	Harry	899	775
130	Nova	889	46
131	Sunny	878	390
132	Angel	878	67
133	Biscuit	868	–
134	Penelope	867	22
135	Bruce	844	536
136	Mimi	844	7,765
137	Chester	836	1,588
138	Thor	835	2,875
139	Theo	827	82
140	Chico	822	–
141	Cosmo	821	1,934
142	Bowie	821	1,228
143	Roxie	813	3,960
144	Moose	803	–
145	Diamond	803	2,024
146	Sky	794	949
147	Pebbles	776	–
148	Nina	766	324
149	Beau	757	60
150	Fluffy	757	–

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