Dog names from license records · American Pit Bull Terrier
These are the names owners actually gave their American Pit Bull 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 American Pit Bull 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.
Each name's share among American Pit Bull Terriers, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “11.8×” means Gotti is 11.8 times as common for a American Pit Bull Terrier as for the average dog.
Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 84% of these American Pit Bull 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.