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 |