Dog names from license records · Shetland Sheepdog
These are the names owners actually gave their Shetland Sheepdogs, 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 Shetland Sheepdogs 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 Shetland Sheepdogs: their names follow the same pattern as dogs in general.
Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 59% of these Shetland Sheepdogs 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.