Dog names in South Australia

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Department for Environment and Water (SA), Dog and Cat Management Board publishes the most common names among 331,560 registered dogs. Top 100 dog names among all dogs with status "At Home" in the statewide Dogs and Cats Online register, extracted on 30 May each year (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Only the top 100 names are published; population is the total number of dogs at home on the latest snapshot (per year: 2022: 322934, 2023: 327139, 2024: 330381, 2025: 331560).

🐱 South Australia also publishes cat names: see cat names in South Australia.

Top dog names
  1. Bella 4,301
  2. Charlie 3,576
  3. Ruby 3,183
  4. Molly 3,064
  5. Daisy 2,979
  6. Luna 2,960
  7. Buddy 2,883
  8. Max 2,764
  9. Coco 2,452
  10. Ollie 2,227
  11. Archie 2,158
  12. Rosie 2,048
  13. Millie 1,968
  14. Lucy 1,962
  15. Poppy 1,947
  16. Milo 1,792
  17. Bailey 1,772
  18. Willow 1,771
  19. Teddy 1,698
  20. Alfie 1,671
  21. Frankie 1,663
  22. Maggie 1,626
  23. Bonnie 1,610
  24. Tilly 1,511
  25. Lola 1,485
  26. Roxy 1,483
  27. Nala 1,424
  28. Bear 1,379
  29. Jack 1,375
  30. Cooper 1,338
  31. Toby 1,334
  32. Murphy 1,263
  33. Oscar 1,260
  34. Rocky 1,235
  35. Marley 1,193
  36. Mia 1,159
  37. Missy 1,157
  38. Winnie 1,144
  39. Diesel 1,108
  40. Pippa 1,095
  41. Leo 1,092
  42. Rusty 1,085
  43. Winston 1,068
  44. Ziggy 1,044
  45. Ellie 1,041
  46. Harley 1,036
  47. Lily 1,029
  48. Lexi 971
  49. Lilly 967
  50. Koda 961
Names #51–99
  1. Arlo 936
  2. Pepper 928
  3. Stella 915
  4. Benji 911
  5. Harry 908
  6. Lulu 904
  7. Penny 903
  8. Billy 893
  9. Hugo 891
  10. Zeus 888
  11. Honey 876
  12. Louie 867
  13. Shadow 848
  14. Loki 830
  15. George 818
  16. Jasper 818
  17. Dusty 802
  18. Holly 802
  19. Bentley 784
  20. Monty 777
  21. Billie 775
  22. Banjo 774
  23. Zoe 771
  24. Sadie 767
  25. Buster 752
  26. Sasha 731
  27. Milly 725
  28. Jax 724
  29. Eddie 713
  30. Evie 705
  31. Jessie 683
  32. Duke 670
  33. Gus 657
  34. Dexter 641
  35. Chloe 636
  36. Gracie 632
  37. Ted 632
  38. Rex 631
  39. Chester 627
  40. Harvey 627
  41. Bruce 614
  42. Beau 605
  43. Scout 604
  44. Barney 596
  45. Henry 578
  46. Sophie 575
  47. Baxter 572
  48. Cleo 564
  49. Ella 554

Top dog names by year

2025
  1. Bella 4,301
  2. Charlie 3,576
  3. Ruby 3,183
  4. Molly 3,064
  5. Daisy 2,979
  6. Luna 2,960
  7. Buddy 2,883
  8. Max 2,764
  9. Coco 2,452
  10. Ollie 2,227
2024
  1. Bella 8,221
  2. Charlie 5,754
  3. Molly 5,441
  4. Max 5,128
  5. Ruby 4,994
  6. Buddy 4,827
  7. Daisy 3,802
  8. Coco 3,416
  9. Lucy 3,410
  10. Luna 3,073
2023
  1. Bella 7,880
  2. Charlie 5,444
  3. Molly 5,149
  4. Max 4,891
  5. Ruby 4,696
  6. Buddy 4,548
  7. Daisy 3,385
  8. Lucy 3,257
  9. Coco 3,137
  10. Jack 2,824
2022
  1. Bella 7,528
  2. Charlie 5,106
  3. Molly 4,866
  4. Max 4,642
  5. Ruby 4,418
  6. Buddy 4,299
  7. Lucy 3,091
  8. Daisy 3,046
  9. Coco 2,892
  10. Jack 2,710

By year of the register snapshot.

Source: Dogs and Cats Online Data (Most popular in SA: top 100 dog names), Department for Environment and Water (SA), Dog and Cat Management Board. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Department for Environment and Water, Government of South Australia (Dog and Cat Management Board, Dogs and Cats Online)