Dog names
Top 100 boy dog names
Names given mostly to male dogs (at least two to one), from 704,337 New York City dog licences. Max leads, then Charlie and Rocky.
1Max7,341 · 4.86%
2Charlie6,462 · 4.28%
3Rocky5,118 · 3.39%
4Milo4,770 · 3.16%
5Teddy4,693 · 3.11%
6Lucky4,033 · 2.67%
7Buddy4,006 · 2.65%
8Toby3,472 · 2.30%
9Leo3,274 · 2.17%
10Oliver2,988 · 1.98%
11Cooper2,933 · 1.94%
12Oreo2,806 · 1.86%
13Jack2,474 · 1.64%
14Prince2,298 · 1.52%
15Blue2,115 · 1.40%
16Bruno2,103 · 1.39%
17Benji2,035 · 1.35%
18Bear1,976 · 1.31%
19Gizmo1,818 · 1.20%
20Louie1,795 · 1.19%
21Ollie1,756 · 1.16%
22Cody1,692 · 1.12%
23Bentley1,686 · 1.12%
24Shadow1,670 · 1.11%
25Zeus1,665 · 1.10%
26Oscar1,642 · 1.09%
27Duke1,597 · 1.06%
28Winston1,591 · 1.05%
29King1,569 · 1.04%
30Henry1,566 · 1.04%
31Brownie1,466 · 0.97%
32Archie1,455 · 0.96%
33Jax1,443 · 0.96%
34Loki1,413 · 0.94%
35Rocco1,371 · 0.91%
36Jake1,369 · 0.91%
37Buster1,348 · 0.89%
38Ace1,332 · 0.88%
39Simba1,312 · 0.87%
40Ziggy1,288 · 0.85%
41Romeo1,275 · 0.84%
42Sammy1,249 · 0.83%
43Rex1,227 · 0.81%
44Dexter1,226 · 0.81%
45Jasper1,198 · 0.79%
46George1,172 · 0.78%
47Murphy1,124 · 0.74%
48Hudson1,122 · 0.74%
49Chase1,100 · 0.73%
50Hunter1,100 · 0.73%
51Rusty1,081 · 0.72%
52Benny1,080 · 0.72%
53Kobe1,069 · 0.71%
54Mickey1,048 · 0.69%
55Apollo1,034 · 0.69%
56Finn1,030 · 0.68%
57Bandit1,020 · 0.68%
58Joey1,009 · 0.67%
59Chewy1,007 · 0.67%
60Jackson1,006 · 0.67%
61Gus991 · 0.66%
62Sparky976 · 0.65%
63Otis969 · 0.64%
64Sam964 · 0.64%
65Snoopy941 · 0.62%
66Tucker925 · 0.61%
67Maximus915 · 0.61%
68Harry890 · 0.59%
69Bruce842 · 0.56%
70Chester836 · 0.55%
71Thor833 · 0.55%
72Theo827 · 0.55%
73Cosmo821 · 0.54%
74Bowie821 · 0.54%
75Chico812 · 0.54%
76Moose803 · 0.53%
77Beau757 · 0.50%
78Baxter744 · 0.49%
79Tyson741 · 0.49%
80Mr.738 · 0.49%
81Alfie728 · 0.48%
82Luca725 · 0.48%
83Logan718 · 0.48%
84Spike666 · 0.44%
85Luke660 · 0.44%
86Diesel660 · 0.44%
87Nico648 · 0.43%
88Blu642 · 0.43%
89Hank640 · 0.42%
90Koda640 · 0.42%
91Enzo634 · 0.42%
92Smokey626 · 0.41%
93Parker624 · 0.41%
94Ozzy622 · 0.41%
95Otto620 · 0.41%
96Rudy615 · 0.41%
97Wally607 · 0.40%
98Casper604 · 0.40%
99Chance600 · 0.40%
100Onyx592 · 0.39%
Source: NYC Open Data, Dog Licensing Dataset (public domain). The share is of the top 100 boy names. Updated November 2026.