Dog names in New York City

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333,137 dogs with 34,500 different names, 2014–2025. Active dog licences issued by the NYC Department of Health. Each dog is counted once (same name, sex, birth year, breed and zip code), under the year of its first licence in the data.

Top dog names
  1. Bella 3,461
  2. Luna 3,042
  3. Max 2,979
  4. Charlie 2,601
  5. Coco 2,593
  6. Lola 2,095
  7. Rocky 2,076
  8. Milo 1,993
  9. Teddy 1,914
  10. Lucy 1,788
  11. Daisy 1,699
  12. Buddy 1,534
  13. Lucky 1,521
  14. Bailey 1,480
  15. Princess 1,384
  16. Leo 1,353
  17. Toby 1,331
  18. Chloe 1,283
  19. Penny 1,225
  20. Oliver 1,218
  21. Oreo 1,163
  22. Mia 1,128
  23. Cooper 1,114
  24. Molly 1,044
  25. Cookie 1,032
  26. Ruby 1,030
  27. Stella 1,026
  28. Lily 1,018
  29. Jack 1,010
  30. Prince 1,005
  31. Blue 989
  32. Rosie 978
  33. Bruno 898
  34. Bear 869
  35. Benji 865
  36. Pepper 850
  37. Lulu 843
  38. Riley 824
  39. Sophie 822
  40. Maggie 819
  41. Ginger 811
  42. Zeus 805
  43. Lady 802
  44. Louie 794
  45. King 771
  46. Sadie 753
  47. Zoey 742
  48. Gizmo 729
  49. Ollie 727
  50. Frankie 723
Female
  1. Bella 3,441
  2. Luna 3,024
  3. Lola 2,081
  4. Coco 1,803
  5. Lucy 1,775
  6. Daisy 1,693
  7. Princess 1,369
  8. Chloe 1,271
  9. Penny 1,214
  10. Mia 1,120
  11. Molly 1,036
  12. Stella 1,025
  13. Lily 1,015
  14. Ruby 1,013
  15. Rosie 970
  16. Lulu 822
  17. Sophie 819
  18. Maggie 815
  19. Lady 799
  20. Cookie 798
  21. Bailey 792
  22. Ginger 781
  23. Sadie 750
  24. Zoey 740
  25. Roxy 707
Male
  1. Max 2,928
  2. Charlie 2,216
  3. Rocky 2,028
  4. Milo 1,955
  5. Teddy 1,810
  6. Buddy 1,521
  7. Leo 1,345
  8. Toby 1,310
  9. Lucky 1,301
  10. Oliver 1,205
  11. Cooper 1,083
  12. Prince 997
  13. Jack 995
  14. Bruno 890
  15. Benji 855
  16. Oreo 828
  17. Zeus 801
  18. Bear 790
  19. Coco 790
  20. Louie 770
  21. King 762
  22. Blue 734
  23. Bentley 693
  24. Winston 692
  25. Bailey 688
Names #51–100
  1. Shadow 716
  2. Bentley 716
  3. Roxy 709
  4. Winston 696
  5. Nala 690
  6. Oscar 669
  7. Henry 665
  8. Honey 647
  9. Cody 629
  10. Zoe 624
  11. Harley 617
  12. Olive 613
  13. Brownie 612
  14. Duke 611
  15. Archie 610
  16. Peanut 607
  17. Sasha 607
  18. Loki 601
  19. Hazel 594
  20. Simba 593
  21. Brooklyn 592
  22. Ace 586
  23. Jax 578
  24. Baby 577
  25. Buster 543
  26. Ziggy 541
  27. Ellie 534
  28. Scout 523
  29. Romeo 517
  30. Jake 510
  31. Winnie 509
  32. Rocco 504
  33. Jasper 500
  34. Rex 497
  35. Sammy 495
  36. Apollo 491
  37. Gracie 488
  38. Dexter 485
  39. Chase 480
  40. Hudson 479
  41. Murphy 476
  42. George 471
  43. Kobe 471
  44. Mochi 466
  45. Maya 465
  46. Mocha 458
  47. Lexi 457
  48. Millie 456
  49. Gigi 455
  50. Gus 449

Top dog names by year

2025
  1. Luna 190
  2. Bella 141
  3. Coco 136
  4. Max 121
  5. Milo 109
  6. Teddy 107
  7. Charlie 97
  8. Rocky 84
  9. Leo 81
  10. Lucy 78
2024
  1. Luna 261
  2. Bella 198
  3. Milo 189
  4. Coco 173
  5. Charlie 148
  6. Max 146
  7. Teddy 124
  8. Rocky 107
  9. Leo 100
  10. Lucy 95
2023
  1. Luna 329
  2. Milo 232
  3. Coco 221
  4. Bella 219
  5. Teddy 184
  6. Charlie 180
  7. Max 172
  8. Lola 152
  9. Rocky 130
  10. Lucy 118
2022
  1. Luna 269
  2. Bella 211
  3. Milo 176
  4. Coco 170
  5. Max 167
  6. Charlie 142
  7. Teddy 132
  8. Daisy 103
  9. Lola 100
  10. Leo 96
2021
  1. Luna 417
  2. Bella 368
  3. Charlie 286
  4. Max 262
  5. Coco 249
  6. Milo 243
  7. Teddy 236
  8. Lola 212
  9. Rocky 182
  10. Daisy 171
2020
  1. Luna 287
  2. Bella 253
  3. Charlie 232
  4. Milo 212
  5. Max 189
  6. Coco 177
  7. Lola 161
  8. Teddy 152
  9. Daisy 145
  10. Rocky 140

By year of licence or registration.

Names more popular in New York City than elsewhere

Mr.LittleUnknowedSirPoodleYorkieMorkieSheaMissFrenchBrooklynShibaNenaHavaneseBamMisterDiorShihtzuMeloDachshund

Names at least twice as common here as on average in the other places, with at least 15 dogs.

Most common dog breeds in New York City

Crosses counted as their first-named breed; mixed and unknown breeds left out.

Source: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Licence: NYC Open Data Terms of Use (public data, no restrictions).