Dog names from license records · Cairn Terrier
These are the names owners actually gave their Cairn Terriers, 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 Cairn Terriers 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.
Names with 15 or more dogs only.
No name stands out for Cairn Terriers: their names follow the same pattern as dogs in general.
Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 82% of these Cairn Terriers 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.