Dog names from license records · Rat Terrier

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Rat Terrier names, counted from 1,381 licensed dogs

These are the names owners actually gave their Rat 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.
Milo is the most common Rat Terrier name: 16 dogs, about 1 in 85
1,381Rat Terriers in the four license registers
1,354of them with a usable name
Lucymost common female name
Milomost common male name

The 30 most common Rat Terrier names

Ranked by the number of licensed Rat Terriers with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.

  1. 1Milo16
  2. 2Lucy15
  3. 3Luna14
  4. 4Charlie10
  5. 5Daisy10
  6. 6Jack10
  7. 7Lola9
  8. 8Olive9
  9. 9Pepper8
  10. 10Sadie8
  11. 11Frankie7
  12. 12Penny7
  13. 13Riley7
  14. 14Leo6
  15. 15Lily6
  16. 16Oreo6
  17. 17Phoebe6
  18. 18Rocky6
  19. 19Bailey5
  20. 20Bella5
  21. 21Chloe5
  22. 22Finn5
  23. 23Ginger5
  24. 24Izzy5
  25. 25Lilly5
  26. 26Max5
  27. 27Rocco5
  28. 28Roxy5
  29. 29Scout5
  30. 30Stella5

Female and male Rat Terrier names

From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.

Female Rat Terriers, top 10

  1. 1Lucy12
  2. 2Luna12
  3. 3Daisy9
  4. 4Lola8
  5. 5Sadie8
  6. 6Olive7
  7. 7Penny7
  8. 8Lily6
  9. 9Pepper6
  10. 10Phoebe6

Male Rat Terriers, top 10

  1. 1Milo16
  2. 2Charlie9
  3. 3Jack9
  4. 4Leo6
  5. 5Oreo5
  6. 6Rocco5
  7. 7Rocky5
  8. 8Toby5
  9. 9Archie4
  10. 10Dante4

Names Rat Terrier owners choose far more than other owners

Each name's share among Rat Terriers, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “2.1×” means Milo is 2.1 times as common for a Rat Terrier as for the average dog.

  • Milo2.1× usual · 16 dogs

How far these Rat Terrier names can be trusted

Four places, not the whole country

Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 81% of these Rat 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.

Names for other breeds

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Sources for these figures