Counted from 362,380 real dog licences. Bella is the most popular dog name, with 3,704 dogs.
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Ranked by how many licensed dogs have each name. The last column shows whether owners mostly gave the name to boys or girls (from NYC licences, which record sex).
| Rank | Name | Dogs | Boys or girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Bella | 3,704 | 99% girls |
| #2 | Luna | 3,281 | 99% girls |
| #3 | Max | 3,164 | 98% boys |
| #4 | Charlie | 2,898 | 85% boys |
| #5 | Coco | 2,716 | 70% girls |
| #6 | Lola | 2,280 | 99% girls |
| #7 | Rocky | 2,187 | 98% boys |
| #8 | Lucy | 2,124 | 99% girls |
| #9 | Milo | 2,105 | 98% boys |
| #10 | Teddy | 2,001 | 95% boys |
| #11 | Daisy | 1,915 | 100% girls |
| #12 | Buddy | 1,708 | 99% boys |
| #13 | Bailey | 1,617 | 53% girls |
| #14 | Lucky | 1,594 | 86% boys |
| #15 | Leo | 1,447 | 99% boys |
| #16 | Toby | 1,442 | 98% boys |
| #17 | Princess | 1,415 | 99% girls |
| #18 | Chloe | 1,409 | 99% girls |
| #19 | Penny | 1,376 | 99% girls |
| #20 | Oliver | 1,350 | 99% boys |
| #21 | Cooper | 1,303 | 97% boys |
| #22 | Molly | 1,228 | 99% girls |
| #23 | Stella | 1,205 | 100% girls |
| #24 | Mia | 1,193 | 99% girls |
| #25 | Oreo | 1,193 | 71% boys |
| #26 | Ruby | 1,176 | 98% girls |
| #27 | Jack | 1,176 | 99% boys |
| #28 | Lily | 1,162 | 100% girls |
| #29 | Rosie | 1,121 | 99% girls |
| #30 | Cookie | 1,072 | 77% girls |
| #31 | Blue | 1,056 | 74% boys |
| #32 | Prince | 1,019 | 99% boys |
| #33 | Sophie | 974 | 100% girls |
| #34 | Maggie | 974 | 100% girls |
| #35 | Pepper | 967 | 78% girls |
| #36 | Bear | 953 | 91% boys |
| #37 | Riley | 940 | 51% girls |
| #38 | Bruno | 935 | 99% boys |
| #39 | Lulu | 934 | 98% girls |
| #40 | Ginger | 918 | 96% girls |
| #41 | Sadie | 905 | 100% girls |
| #42 | Benji | 881 | 99% boys |
| #43 | Louie | 879 | 97% boys |
| #44 | Zeus | 846 | 100% boys |
| #45 | Lady | 841 | 100% girls |
| #46 | Zoey | 838 | 100% girls |
| #47 | Ollie | 806 | 91% boys |
| #48 | Shadow | 795 | 79% boys |
| #49 | Frankie | 787 | 59% boys |
| #50 | Winston | 785 | 99% boys |
| #51 | Henry | 783 | 99% boys |
| #52 | King | 783 | 99% boys |
| #53 | Bentley | 777 | 97% boys |
| #54 | Roxy | 776 | 100% girls |
| #55 | Gizmo | 771 | 92% boys |
| #56 | Oscar | 765 | 98% boys |
| #57 | Nala | 762 | 100% girls |
| #58 | Zoe | 740 | 98% girls |
| #59 | Olive | 735 | 96% girls |
| #60 | Cody | 706 | 97% boys |
| #61 | Harley | 689 | 57% girls |
| #62 | Duke | 681 | 99% boys |
| #63 | Honey | 679 | 92% girls |
| #64 | Loki | 676 | 92% boys |
| #65 | Sasha | 667 | 96% girls |
| #66 | Archie | 664 | 98% boys |
| #67 | Peanut | 658 | 62% boys |
| #68 | Scout | 651 | 61% girls |
| #69 | Hazel | 638 | 97% girls |
| #70 | Brownie | 627 | 71% boys |
| #71 | Jax | 624 | 97% boys |
| #72 | Ellie | 619 | 99% girls |
| #73 | Simba | 615 | 94% boys |
| #74 | Buster | 613 | 99% boys |
| #75 | Ace | 613 | 98% boys |
| #76 | Jake | 610 | 100% boys |
| #77 | Brooklyn | 602 | 57% girls |
| #78 | Baby | 591 | 64% girls |
| #79 | Jasper | 584 | 97% boys |
| #80 | Ziggy | 584 | 85% boys |
| #81 | Gracie | 581 | 100% girls |
| #82 | Murphy | 570 | 83% boys |
| #83 | Winnie | 562 | 91% girls |
| #84 | Sammy | 555 | 83% boys |
| #85 | Gus | 554 | 98% boys |
| #86 | Dexter | 553 | 99% boys |
| #87 | Romeo | 537 | 100% boys |
| #88 | Apollo | 531 | 98% boys |
| #89 | Rocco | 529 | 99% boys |
| #90 | Rex | 527 | 98% boys |
| #91 | George | 526 | 97% boys |
| #92 | Maya | 524 | 99% girls |
| #93 | Millie | 521 | 99% girls |
| #94 | Finn | 515 | 96% boys |
| #95 | Otis | 506 | 98% boys |
| #96 | Jackson | 506 | 96% boys |
| #97 | Mochi | 506 | 51% girls |
| #98 | Hudson | 505 | 92% boys |
| #99 | Chase | 503 | 98% boys |
| #100 | Tucker | 497 | 98% boys |
Counts are NYC dogs whose licence records the sex.
| Year licensed | Dogs | Top 5 names |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 31,597 | Max, Bella, Rocky, Coco, Charlie |
| 2016 | 68,001 | Bella, Max, Charlie, Coco, Lola |
| 2017 | 23,889 | Max, Bella, Charlie, Luna, Coco |
| 2018 | 22,469 | Bella, Luna, Max, Coco, Charlie |
| 2019 | 23,983 | Bella, Luna, Max, Coco, Rocky |
| 2020 | 24,102 | Luna, Bella, Charlie, Milo, Max |
| 2021 | 29,082 | Luna, Bella, Charlie, Max, Coco |
| 2022 | 18,902 | Luna, Bella, Coco, Max, Milo |
| 2023 | 20,722 | Luna, Bella, Milo, Coco, Charlie |
| 2024 | 29,396 | Luna, Bella, Max, Coco, Milo |
| 2025 | 34,340 | Luna, Bella, Milo, Coco, Max |
Grouped by the year the licence was issued. Years with fewer than 5,000 licences are left out.
Bella, with 3,704 licensed dogs in our data.
We took public pet licence records, removed placeholders like "Unknown" or "Name not provided", tidied spelling and capital letters, and counted each animal once. New York City licences ran from 2014 to 2025.
37,520 different names appear in the dog records, though most are used only once.
Yes. Names are free to use for pets, stories, games, products and anything else. Real names come from public government records; fantasy names are generated, so you do not need permission to use them.