Beagle names, counted from 9,947 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Beagles, 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.
Bailey
is the most common Beagle name: 112 dogs, about 1 in 84
9,947Beagles in the four license registers
9,433of them with a usable name
Daisymost common female name
Buddymost common male name
The 30 most common Beagle names
Ranked by the number of licensed Beagles with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Bailey112
- 2Daisy105
- 3Buddy96
- 4Charlie93
- 5Max90
- 6Bella89
- 7Lucy88
- 8Luna75
- 9Penny68
- 10Cooper66
- 11Molly59
- 12Rocky57
- 13Snoopy54
- 14Milo52
- 15Lola51
- 16Lily47
- 17Oliver45
- 18Lucky42
- 19Ruby42
- 20Toby42
- 21Jack41
- 22Stella40
- 23Maggie39
- 24Bagel37
- 25Rosie35
- 26Buster34
- 27Sadie33
- 28Henry31
- 29Ellie30
- 30Louie30
Female and male Beagle names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Beagles, top 10
- 1Daisy102
- 2Bella85
- 3Lucy81
- 4Luna75
- 5Bailey67
- 6Penny67
- 7Molly58
- 8Lola50
- 9Lily47
- 10Ruby40
Male Beagles, top 10
- 1Buddy94
- 2Max89
- 3Charlie82
- 4Cooper62
- 5Rocky56
- 6Milo50
- 7Snoopy46
- 8Bailey43
- 9Oliver43
- 10Toby41
Names Beagle owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Beagles, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “11.7×” means Bagel is 11.7 times as common for a Beagle as for the average dog.
- Bagel11.7× usual · 37 dogs
- Shiloh5.4× usual · 25 dogs
- Snoopy5.2× usual · 54 dogs
- Copper3.9× usual · 17 dogs
- Elvis3× usual · 16 dogs
- Shelby2.9× usual · 15 dogs
- Watson2.9× usual · 16 dogs
- Hunter2.5× usual · 28 dogs
- Bailey2.4× usual · 112 dogs
- Baxter2.4× usual · 24 dogs
- Mabel2.3× usual · 18 dogs
- Belle2.3× usual · 21 dogs
