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
1,951	Gideon	54	337
1,952	Nymeria	54	6,488
1,953	Vinnie	54	6,114
1,954	Maeby	54	–
1,955	Paxton	54	338
1,956	Teo	54	794
1,957	Dotty	54	12,249
1,958	Arnie	54	6,171
1,959	Meli	54	9,884
1,960	Naomi	54	47
1,961	Raisin	54	–
1,962	Sheeba	54	–
1,963	Chispita	54	–
1,964	Chris	54	646
1,965	Codi	54	3,478
1,966	Francesca	54	307
1,967	Gabrielle	54	633
1,968	Kacey	54	1,118
1,969	Lina	54	572
1,970	Tashi	54	8,304
1,971	Ziti	54	–
1,972	Apache	54	–
1,973	Astor	54	5,052
1,974	Manolo	54	1,534
1,975	Ortiz	54	–
1,976	Viva	54	5,711
1,977	Emmett	53	121
1,978	Pepita	53	–
1,979	Elwood	53	1,921
1,980	Jim	53	3,159
1,981	Paddy	53	–
1,982	Scully	53	–
1,983	Knox	53	196
1,984	Koji	53	3,412
1,985	Adelaide	53	289
1,986	Dillon	53	930
1,987	Houston	53	675
1,988	Ana	53	245
1,989	Angela	53	408
1,990	Axl	53	1,123
1,991	Fido	53	–
1,992	Jarvis	53	2,858
1,993	Windsor	53	5,714
1,994	Wolf	53	1,902
1,995	Bolo	53	–
1,996	Dingo	53	–
1,997	Dio	53	5,256
1,998	Javier	53	274
1,999	Kami	53	3,360
2,000	Zac	53	3,237

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