Did you know that every year in New York City the health department tallies up the most popular registered dog names? Max has collared the title of top dog name in New York City again. The name was engraved on 1,228 of the 101,274 dog licenses issued last year by the health department.
Lucky fetched second spot. Princess took third, and hot on her tail were Rocky and Buddy, leaving the Top 5 names unchanged from 2004.
Mixed breeds, with 7,374 new licenses, outnumbered other varieties in 2005. They were followed by Labrador retrievers. Pit bulls and Shih Tzus captured the third and fourth places, clawing their way up from fourth and fifth the year before. German shepherds were the fifth most popular breed, down from third place.
The health department, which oversees issues such as vaccinating dogs and spaying or neutering them, released the name and breed lists as part of its campaign to encourage licensing, since only about 20 percent of the dogs in the city have proper tags even though they are required by state law.
By the way, Max is near the top of our list of most popular names among our clients too, especially if you include the Maxwell’s and Maximus’. But we have even more Maggie’s in our galleries and Bailey is becoming increasingly more popular. Surprisingly, however, we have worked with only one Lucky, one Rocky, and no Princess’s.
Our first Max was this adorable Bassett Hound who happened to be one of our first clients so he as a special place in our hearts, and still one of our most popular examples!
So all hail Max!
