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
101	Benny	1,080	890
102	Kobe	1,069	409
103	Ella	1,052	30
104	Mickey	1,048	1,644
105	Millie	1,046	86
106	Layla	1,039	37
107	Apollo	1,034	414
108	Marley	1,033	287
109	Finn	1,030	198
110	Willow	1,026	41
111	Remy	1,022	400
112	Bandit	1,020	11,067
113	Abby	1,013	626
114	Joey	1,009	889
115	Chewy	1,007	–
116	Jackson	1,006	35
117	Phoebe	1,005	183
118	Lilly	1,001	259
119	Gus	991	1,212
120	Sparky	976	–
121	Otis	969	730
122	Emma	965	2
123	Sam	964	651
124	Not	953	–
125	Snoopy	941	–
126	Tucker	933	200
127	Piper	926	160
128	Maximus	917	330
129	Harry	899	777
130	Nova	889	39
131	Sunny	878	372
132	Angel	878	63
133	Biscuit	868	–
134	Penelope	867	28
135	Bruce	844	537
136	Mimi	844	5,378
137	Chester	836	1,650
138	Thor	835	2,820
139	Theo	827	80
140	Chico	822	–
141	Cosmo	821	1,683
142	Bowie	821	1,206
143	Roxie	813	3,314
144	Moose	803	–
145	Diamond	803	1,612
146	Sky	794	828
147	Pebbles	776	–
148	Nina	766	321
149	Beau	757	69
150	Fluffy	757	–

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