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Dog names

Dog names on the rise

Names taking a bigger share of new licences in the latest full year than in the three years before it, from 704,337 New York City dog licences.

All namesBoy namesGirl namesRisingBy breedName finder

Rising fastest

1Sonny+77%
2Sparky+48%
3Theo+47%
4Mabel+39%
5Lexi+38%
6Ozzy+36%
7Rocket+36%
8Izzy+31%
9Onyx+30%
10Cocoa+29%
11Finn+28%
12Koda+25%
13Juno+25%
14Fiona+25%
15Winston+24%
16Cinnamon+24%
17Apollo+23%
18Nico+23%
19Bear+22%
20Diamond+22%
21Nova+21%
22Piper+19%
23Athena+19%
24Gracie+18%
25Tucker+18%
26Lily+17%
27Millie+17%
28Hank+17%
29Lilly+16%
30Holly+16%

Top ten by year

2025

  1. Luna 546
  2. Bella 457
  3. Coco 385
  4. Max 360
  5. Milo 357
  6. Charlie 325
  7. Teddy 308
  8. Lola 264
  9. Rocky 253
  10. Daisy 249

2024

  1. Luna 981
  2. Bella 864
  3. Milo 668
  4. Max 668
  5. Coco 667
  6. Charlie 609
  7. Teddy 535
  8. Lola 451
  9. Rocky 444
  10. Daisy 433

2023

  1. Luna 1,035
  2. Bella 896
  3. Coco 761
  4. Milo 701
  5. Max 681
  6. Charlie 634
  7. Teddy 583
  8. Lola 582
  9. Rocky 497
  10. Lucy 488

2022

  1. Luna 632
  2. Bella 582
  3. Max 474
  4. Charlie 421
  5. Coco 421
  6. Milo 383
  7. Teddy 306
  8. Lola 295
  9. Daisy 287
  10. Rocky 286

2021

  1. Bella 1,110
  2. Luna 999
  3. Charlie 783
  4. Max 759
  5. Coco 709
  6. Lola 637
  7. Teddy 607
  8. Milo 590
  9. Rocky 556
  10. Daisy 516

2020

  1. Bella 1,147
  2. Luna 1,008
  3. Max 938
  4. Charlie 918
  5. Name 807
  6. Lola 752
  7. Coco 738
  8. Milo 685
  9. Rocky 682
  10. Teddy 629

2019

  1. Bella 890
  2. Max 723
  3. Luna 643
  4. Charlie 626
  5. Coco 571
  6. Lola 549
  7. Rocky 549
  8. Lucy 469
  9. Lucky 431
  10. Daisy 431

2018

  1. Bella 841
  2. Max 742
  3. Charlie 579
  4. Coco 578
  5. Luna 532
  6. Lola 502
  7. Rocky 495
  8. Lucy 430
  9. Buddy 413
  10. Lucky 410

2017

  1. Bella 853
  2. Max 796
  3. Charlie 638
  4. Coco 564
  5. Rocky 542
  6. Lola 541
  7. Lucy 479
  8. Luna 452
  9. Lucky 441
  10. Buddy 426

2016

  1. Bella 902
  2. Max 811
  3. Charlie 677
  4. Coco 606
  5. Lola 563
  6. Rocky 548
  7. Buddy 498
  8. Lucky 483
  9. Lucy 478
  10. Daisy 445

2015

  1. Max 368
  2. Bella 344
  3. Rocky 252
  4. Coco 246
  5. Charlie 240
  6. Lucy 236
  7. Lola 229
  8. Lucky 194
  9. Daisy 190
  10. Princess 187

Source: NYC Open Data, Dog Licensing Dataset (public domain), by the year the licence was issued. The current year is left out of "rising" until it is complete. Updated November 2026.