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
1,651	Corey	67	778
1,652	Hazelnut	67	–
1,653	Maximo	67	580
1,654	Nami	67	1,404
1,655	Rockie	67	8,763
1,656	Silas	67	71
1,657	Archibald	67	1,145
1,658	Joni	67	1,803
1,659	Rosita	67	3,634
1,660	Selena	67	268
1,661	Martinez	67	11,518
1,662	Smores	67	–
1,663	Estrella	66	612
1,664	Paul	66	262
1,665	Dempsey	66	3,004
1,666	Obie	66	8,065
1,667	Newman	66	–
1,668	Colin	66	343
1,669	Grady	66	373
1,670	Zen	66	1,144
1,671	Clancy	66	3,592
1,672	Clarence	66	1,500
1,673	Connor	66	166
1,674	Deuce	66	2,806
1,675	Duck	66	–
1,676	Elly	66	1,613
1,677	Giuseppe	66	1,459
1,678	Oatmeal	66	–
1,679	Teddie	66	3,826
1,680	Royce	66	500
1,681	Connie	66	3,075
1,682	Gavin	66	303
1,683	Haku	65	12,693
1,684	Persephone	65	735
1,685	Frodo	65	–
1,686	Omar	65	260
1,687	Kip	65	1,626
1,688	Pistachio	65	–
1,689	Abraham	65	209
1,690	Bennett	65	40
1,691	Myrtle	65	11,611
1,692	Cappuccino	65	–
1,693	Riggins	65	1,776
1,694	Santino	65	353
1,695	Chibi	65	–
1,696	Daniel	65	22
1,697	Doodle	65	–
1,698	Pelusa	65	–
1,699	Carmine	65	1,035
1,700	Whitey	65	–

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