Dog names from license records · Australian Cattle Dog
These are the names owners actually gave their Australian Cattle Dogs, taken from city dog license records and counted one dog at a time. No suggestions, no made-up lists.
Source: dog license records from New York City, Seattle, Allegheny County, PA and Cambridge, MA, updated to Oct 2026.Ranked by the number of licensed Australian Cattle Dogs with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Each name's share among Australian Cattle Dogs, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “3.1×” means Scout is 3.1 times as common for a Australian Cattle Dog as for the average dog.
Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 62% of these Australian Cattle Dogs are licensed in New York City, so the list leans towards New York tastes. Many owners never license their dog, so this is a large sample of licensed dogs, not a census.