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Australian Shepherd names, counted from 7,984 licensed dogs

These are the names owners actually gave their Australian Shepherds, taken from city dog license records and counted one dog at a time. No suggestions, no made-up lists.

Source: dog license records from New York City, Seattle, Allegheny County, PA and Cambridge, MA, updated to Oct 2026.

Watercolor portrait of a Australian Shepherd

Luna is the most common Australian Shepherd name: 92 dogs, about 1 in 78

7,984Australian Shepherds in the four license registers

7,163of them with a usable name

Lunamost common female name

Milomost common male name

The 30 most common Australian Shepherd names

Ranked by the number of licensed Australian Shepherds with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.

1Luna92
2Milo60
3Charlie58
4Ollie51
5Cooper48
6Sadie48
7Bella40
8Oliver38
9Max37
10Leo36
11Daisy35
12Finn35
13Pepper33
14Bailey32
15Stella32
16Penny31
17Bear30
18Blue30
19Riley30
20Loki29
21Rosie29
22Buddy28
23Lucy27
24Bowie26
25Ellie26
26Hudson26
27Lola26
28Molly26
29Olive26
30Scout26

Female and male Australian Shepherd names

From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.

Female Australian Shepherds, top 10

1Luna78
2Sadie41
3Bella36
4Daisy29
5Stella28
6Rosie26
7Bailey25
8Penny25
9Lucy24
10Ellie23

Male Australian Shepherds, top 10

1Milo48
2Cooper44
3Charlie41
4Ollie37
5Leo34
6Oliver34
7Max32
8Finn29
9Bear27
10Buddy24

Names Australian Shepherd owners choose far more than other owners

Each name's share among Australian Shepherds, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “30.5×” means Toy is 30.5 times as common for a Australian Shepherd as for the average dog.

Toy30.5× usual · 24 dogs
Sydney4.9× usual · 16 dogs
Roo4.9× usual · 16 dogs
Ozzie4.4× usual · 15 dogs
Freya4× usual · 15 dogs
River3.9× usual · 15 dogs
Ozzy3.5× usual · 21 dogs
Skye3.4× usual · 17 dogs
Bowie3.4× usual · 26 dogs
Ollie3.2× usual · 51 dogs
Finn3× usual · 35 dogs
Hudson2.9× usual · 26 dogs

How far these Australian Shepherd names can be trusted

Four places, not the whole country

Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 74% of these Australian Shepherds are licensed in New York City, so the list leans towards New York tastes. Many owners never license their dog, so this is a large sample of licensed dogs, not a census.

Names for other breeds

American Bully names American Eskimo Dog names American Pit Bull Terrier names American Staffordshire Terrier names Australian Cattle Dog names Basset Hound names Beagle names Bernese Mountain Dog names Bichon Frise names Border Collie names Boston Terrier names Boxer names Bulldog names Cairn Terrier names Cane Corso names Cavalier King Charles Spaniel names Chihuahua names Cockapoo names Cocker Spaniel names Collie names Corgi names Coton de Tulear names Dachshund names Doberman names English Springer Spaniel names French Bulldog names German Shepherd names German Shorthaired Pointer names Golden Retriever names Goldendoodle names Great Dane names Great Pyrenees names Havanese names Italian Greyhound names Jack Russell Terrier names Jindo names Labradoodle names Labrador Retriever names Lhasa Apso names Maltese names Maltipoo names Miniature Pinscher names Morkie names Papillon names Pekingese names Pointer names Pomeranian names Pomsky names Poodle names Pug names Puggle names Rat Terrier names Rottweiler names Schnauzer names Shetland Sheepdog names Shiba Inu names Shih Tzu names Siberian Husky names Silky Terrier names Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier names Staffordshire Bull Terrier names Vizsla names West Highland White Terrier names Yorkshire Terrier names

Sources for these figures

NYC Dog Licensing Dataset, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as of Jul 2026: 5,890 Australian Shepherds. Source, NYC Open Data terms of use.
Seattle Pet Licenses, City of Seattle, as of Oct 2026: 827 Australian Shepherds. Source, Public Domain.
Allegheny County Dog Licenses (2026), Allegheny County Treasurer, via WPRDC, as of Oct 2026: 1,130 Australian Shepherds. Source, Creative Commons CCZero.
Dogs of Cambridge, Cambridge Animal Commission, as of Oct 2026: 137 Australian Shepherds. Source, Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License.
Each dog is counted once. New York lists a dog again every year its license is renewed, so its records are deduplicated on name, breed, ZIP code, birth year and sex. Names that just repeat the breed (pet shops often license a French Bulldog as “French”) are left out. Dogs recorded as a mix of this breed are included.