An interactive read of every licensed dog in NYC — drag through birth years to watch neighborhoods age, boom, and bark. Live data from NYC Open Data.
Color = dogs licensed per ZIP, filtered to the birth-year window you set. Click any ZIP for its local roster.
The slider re-queries the whole city live.
Licensed dogs by birth year. Your selected window is highlighted — see the 2020–21 pandemic-puppy spike.
Top breeds across the current selection.
Most-licensed names for the current selection (junk entries like “UNKNOWN” removed).
Names that surged from the early era (born 2005–2011) to the recent era (born 2018–2024), within the current scope. “×N” is how many times more common the name became.
The #1 dog name for each of three doggy generations, within the current scope. Ignores the year slider so you always see all three.
The single most-licensed name for each of the top breeds, in the current selection. What do people actually call their Frenchies vs. their Shih Tzus?
Counts are real licenses in the current city & species — proof that someone, somewhere, actually named their pet this.