So you’ve decided to get a new dog. If you’re adopting from an animal shelter or rehoming a dog to its forever home, then chances are they’ve already got a name and you’ll stick with that. But what about that new little bundle of fluff, the puppy? What do you call you new pup? Will a name just pop into your head when you see them or will you agonise over the name for some time?
Well, we thought we’d give you a few lists to work from.
Top 20 Most Popular Dog Names In the UK in 2017
Male | Female |
1. Charlie
2. Max 3. Buddy 4. Milo 5. Alfie 6. Jack 7. Teddy 8. Buster 9. Rocky 10. Diesel 11. Archie 12. Barney 13. Frankie 14. Hugo 15. Bailey 16. Bobby 17. Dexter 18. Oscar 19. Ben 20. Reggie |
1. Bella
2. Lola 3. Poppy 4. Daisy 5. Ruby 6. Molly 7. Roxy 8. Tilly 9. Millie 10. Rosie 11. Luna 12. Lily 13. Bonnie 14. Tia 15. Jess 16. Lady 17. Coco 18. Belle 19. Holly 20. Lucy |
Or maybe you’d like a bit of influence from our friends from across the pond? Here’s the top 500 male and female dog names of 2018 according to the American Kennel Club.
500 Most Popular Male Dog Names in the US in 2018
Abbott | Abe | Ace | Achilles | Aero |
Aiden | AJ | Albert | Alden | Alex |
Alexander | Alfie | Alford | Ali | Alistar |
Alvin | Amos | Andre | Andy | Angus |
Apollo | Archie | Aries | Arnold | Arthur |
Artie | Ash | Ashby | Atlas | Augustus |
Austin | Axel | Bailey | Bandit | Barkley |
Barney | Baron | Barry | Barton | Basil |
Baxter | Beans | Bear | Beau | Benji |
Bennett | Benny | Benson | Bentley | Bernard |
Bertrand | Beta | Billy | Bingo | Blake |
Blaze | Blue | Bo | Boomer | Bowie |
Bradford | Bradley | Brady | Braxton | Brigham |
Brock | Broderick | Brody | Brogan | Bronson |
Brownie | Bruce | Bruno | Brutus | Bryce |
Bubba | Buck | Bucky | Buddy | Buster |
Butch | Buzz | Byron | Cadence | Caesar |
Cain | Calvin | Captain | Carlton | Carter |
Cash | Casper | Cecil | Cedric | Champ |
Chance | Charlie | Chase | Chester | Chewy |
Chico | Chief | Chip | Chips | Cisco |
CJ | Clarence | Clark | Clement | Clifford |
Clyde | Coco | Cody | Colby | Coleman |
Colin | Conrad | Cooper | Corky | Cornelius |
Cosmo | Crawford | Damien | Dane | Daniel |
Dante | Darby | Darius | Davis | Davy |
Denver | Dexter | Diego | Diesel | Dixon |
Doc | Dodge | Domingo | Donnie | Donovan |
Drew | Dudley | Duffy | Duke | Dusty |
Dylan | Earl | Easton | Eddie | Edgar |
Edison | Edmund | Edward | Edwin | Eldon |
Eli | Eliot | Elmer | Elvis | Elway |
Emerson | Emmett | Emory | Ernest | Eugene |
Evan | Evander | Everett | Ezra | Fabio |
Fang | Farley | Felix | Felton | Fenton |
Fido | Finley | Finn | Fisher | Flash |
Fletcher | Floyd | Fonzi | Forrest | Foster |
Francis | Frank | Frankie | Franklin | Freddy |
Frederick | Freeman | Fritz | Gage | George |
Gerald | Ghost | Gilbert | Gizmo | Goose |
Gordy | Grady | Graham | Griffin | Grover |
Gunner | Gus | Hamilton | Hank | Harley |
Harold | Harrison | Harry | Hart | Harvey |
Hawkeye | Hayes | Heath | Hector | Henry |
Herbert | Herman | Hilton | Hogan | Homer |
Hooch | Hoover | Hoss | Huck | Hudson |
Hugh | Hunter | Hyatt | Iggy | Igor |
Ike | Indy | Ira | Irving | Ivan |
Ives | Jack | Jackson | Jacob | Jag |
Jake | James | Jameson | Jasper | Java |
Jax | Jefferson | Jerry | Jesse | Jet |
Jethro | Joey | John | Johnny | Jonas |
Joseph | Judge | Junior | Kane | Kendrick |
Kent | Kilo | King | Kobe | Koda |
Kona | Lambert | Lance | Lane | Langston |
Lars | Lawrence | Lemuel | Lenny | Leo |
Leonard | Leroy | Levi | Lewis | Liam |
Lincoln | Linus | Logan | Loki | Louie |
Lucky | Luigi | Luke | Luther | Mac |
Maguire | Major | Malcolm | Marco | Mario |
Marley | Martin | Marty | Mason | Maverick |
Max | Maximillian | Maximus | Maxwell | Mccoy |
McKinley | Mercer | Meyer | Michael | Mickey |
Milburn | Miles | Miller | Milo | Milton |
Moe | Mojo | Monroe | Moose | Morris |
Mort | Morton | Murphy | Murray | Nacho |
Napoleon | Nash | Ned | Nelson | Nero |
Newton | Nico | Niles | Noah | Norm |
Norman | Norris | Oakley | Odie | Odin |
Oliver | Ollie | Oreo | Orson | Oscar |
Otis | Otto | Overton | Owen | Ozzy |
Pablo | Paco | Parker | Parley | Patch |
Peanut | Pepper | Percival | Percy | Petey |
Phillip | Pierce | Piper | Pogo | Pongo |
Porter | Prince | Quincy | Quinton | Radar |
Ralph | Rambo | Randall | Ranger | Rascal |
Raymond | Rebel | Reed | Reese | Reggie |
Remy | Reuben | Rex | Richard | Ricky |
Rider | Riley | Ringo | Ripley | Robert |
Rocco | Rockwell | Rocky | Romeo | Roscoe |
Roy | Rudolph | Rudy | Rufus | Rupert |
Russell | Rusty | Sam | Sammy | Samson |
Sarge | Saul | Sawyer | Scooby | Scooter |
Scout | Scrappy | Sebastian | Sedrick | Shadow |
Shamus | Sheldon | Shelton | Sherman | Sherwood |
Shiloh | Sigmund | Silas | Simba | Simon |
Skip | Smokey | Snoopy | Socks | Sparky |
Spencer | Spike | Spot | Stanley | Stewie |
Stitch | Storm | Stuart | Summer | Sylvan |
Taco | Tank | Taylor | Taz | Teddy |
Tesla | Thaddeus | Theo | Theodore | Thor |
Thornton | Tiller | Titus | TJ | Tobias |
Toby | Todd | Tot | Toto | Trapper |
Tripp | Tristan | Truman | Tucker | Tyler |
Tyson | Ulysses | Vaughn | Vernon | Victor |
Vince | Vincent | Vinnie | Virgil | Wade |
Wallace | Wally | Walter | Warren | Watson |
Wesley | Wheeler | Wilbur | William | Wilson |
Winston | Woody | Wyatt | Wylie | Yogi |
Yoshi | Yukon | Zane | Zeus | Ziggy |
500 Most Popular Female Dog Names in the US in 2018
Abby | Ada | Addie | Adelaide | Adeline |
Adelyn | Adriana | Agatha | Agnes | Alexia |
Alexis | Alice | Allie | Alyssa | Amari |
Amber | Amelia | Amelie | Amina | Angel |
Angelica | Angie | Annabell | Annie | Anya |
Ariel | Ashley | Asia | Aspen | Athena |
Aubrey | Autumn | Ava | Avery | Baby |
Bailey | Bambi | Basil | Bea | Bean |
Bella | Bertha | Bessie | Betsy | Betty |
Bianca | Billie | Bindi | Birdie | Biscuit |
Blair | Blakely | Blanche | Blondie | Blossom |
Bonnie | Brandy | Brielle | Brooklyn | Brownie |
Brynn | Buffy | Cadence | Callie | Cameron |
Camilia | Camille | Candy | Carla | Carly |
Carmela | Carmen | Carolina | Carolyn | Casey |
Cassie | Cecelia | Chance | Chanel | Charlie |
Charlotte | Cher | Cherry | Cheyenne | Chica |
Chloe | Cinnamon | Clara | Clarissa | Clementine |
Cleo | Clover | Coco | Cookie | Cora |
Coraline | Courtney | Cricket | Crystal | Daisy |
Dakota | Dallas | Dana | Daphne | Darla |
Darlene | Delia | Delilah | Demi | Destiny |
Diamond | Diva | Dixie | Dolly | Dolores |
Dora | Dorothy | Dory | Dot | Dottie |
Duchess | Eden | Edie | Edith | Effie |
Electra | Elena | Eliza | Ella | Ellie |
Eloise | Elsa | Elsie | Ember | Emery |
Emma | Emmy | Enid | Erin | Esmerelda |
Estelle | Esther | Etta | Eudora | Eva |
Evelyn | Evie | Faith | Fancy | Fannie |
Fantasia | Faye | Felecity | Fern | Fifi |
Fiona | Flo | Foxy | Frances | Frida |
Gabby | Gemma | Genesis | Geneva | Georgia |
Geraldine | Gia | Gidget | Gigi | Ginger |
Giselle | Gloria | Goldie | Grace | Greta |
Gretchen | Gwen | Gypsy | Hadley | Haley |
Halle | Hallie | Hannah | Harley | Harlow |
Harper | Harriet | Hattie | Haven | Hazel |
Heidi | Henley | Hershey | Holly | Honey |
Hope | Ibby | Ida | Imani | Indigo |
Inez | Ingrid | Irene | Iris | Isabella |
Isla | Ivory | Ivy | Izzy | Jackie |
Jada | Jade | Jamie | Jane | Janelle |
Jasmine | Jenna | Jersey | Jessie | Jewel |
Joan | Jolene | Jordan | Josie | Journey |
Joy | Juliet | June | Juno | Justice |
Kali | Kallie | Kamila | Karina | Karla |
Karma | Kate | Kay | Kayla | Kelly |
Kelsey | Kendall | Kennedy | Kenya | Kiara |
Kiki | Kimmie | Kinley | Kinsley | Kira |
Kiwi | Koko | Kona | Lacy | Lady |
Laika | Laney | Lassie | Layla | Leia |
Lena | Leona | Leslie | Lexy | Liana |
Libby | Liberty | Lila | Lily | Liv |
Lizzy | Lois | Lola | London | Lorelai |
Loretta | Lorraine | Louise | Lovely | Lucia |
Lucille | Lucinda | Lucky | Lucy | Lula |
Lulu | Luna | Lydia | Lyla | Lyric |
Mabel | Mackenzie | Macy | Maddie | Madeline |
Madison | Mae | Maeve | Maggie | Maisie |
Makayla | Malia | Mallory | Mandy | Mango |
Maple | Mara | Margaret | Margot | Marianna |
Marilyn | Mary | Matilda | Maude | Maya |
Mazie | Mckenna | Megan | Melina | Melody |
Mia | Mika | Mila | Miley | Millie |
Mimi | Minnie | Miranda | Miriam | Missy |
Mitzi | Mocha | Molly | Morgan | Moxie |
Muffin | Mya | Myra | Nadia | Nala |
Nanette | Naomi | Nell | Nellie | Nettie |
Nia | Nikita | Nikki | Nina | Noel |
Nola | Nora | Nori | Norma | Nova |
Odessa | Olive | Olivia | Opal | Oreo |
Paige | Paisley | Pandora | Paris | Parker |
Patsy | Payton | Peach | Peaches | Peanut |
Pearl | Pebbles | Peggy | Penelope | Penny |
Pepper | Perdia | Phoenix | Phoebe | Piper |
Pippa | Pippy | Pixie | Polly | Poppy |
Portia | Precious | Princess | Priscilla | Pumpkin |
Queen | Quinn | Raven | Reese | Regina |
Remy | Riley | Rio | Rita | River |
Rosalie | Rose | Rosemary | Rosie | Rowan |
Roxy | Ruby | Ruth | Ruthie | Rylie |
Sadie | Sage | Sally | Sam | Sammie |
Sandy | Sasha | Sassy | Savannah | Sawyer |
Scarlet | Scout | Selena | Selma | Serena |
Serenity | Shadow | Sheba | Shelby | Shiloh |
Shirley | Sienna | Sierra | Silvia | Sissy |
Siti | Skye | Skylar | Smokey | Snickers |
Snookie | Snowball | Sookie | Sophia | Star |
Starla | Stella | Storm | Sue | Sugar |
Suki | Summer | Sunny | Susannah | Susie |
Sweetie | Sydney | Sylvia | Tabitha | Talia |
Taylor | Tessa | Thea | Theo | Tiana |
Tilly | Tootsie | Trixie | Trudy | Twinkie |
Ursula | Valentine | Valeria | Velma | Venus |
Vera | Victoria | Viola | Violet | Virginia |
Vivi | Vivienne | Vixen | Whitney | Wiggles |
Willa | Willow | Winifred | Winnie | Winter |
Wren | Xena | Yasmin | Yvonne | Zara |
Zelda | Zia | Zoe | Zola | Zuri |