Dog names from license records · Bichon Frise

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Bichon Frise names, counted from 5,735 licensed dogs

These are the names owners actually gave their Bichon Frises, 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.
Teddy is the most common Bichon Frise name: 105 dogs, about 1 in 46
5,735Bichon Frises in the four license registers
4,846of them with a usable name
Bellamost common female name
Teddymost common male name

The 30 most common Bichon Frise names

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

  1. 1Teddy105
  2. 2Bella68
  3. 3Coco63
  4. 4Luna50
  5. 5Max50
  6. 6Charlie47
  7. 7Milo44
  8. 8Daisy37
  9. 9Bailey35
  10. 10Lucky35
  11. 11Toby34
  12. 12Rocky33
  13. 13Buddy32
  14. 14Lucy28
  15. 15Cooper27
  16. 16Prince27
  17. 17Chloe25
  18. 18Lily25
  19. 19Lola24
  20. 20Snowball24
  21. 21Sophie24
  22. 22Leo23
  23. 23Oreo22
  24. 24Benji21
  25. 25Molly21
  26. 26Snow21
  27. 27Cody19
  28. 28Cookie19
  29. 29Mia19
  30. 30Unknowed19

Female and male Bichon Frise names

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

Female Bichon Frises, top 10

  1. 1Bella68
  2. 2Luna49
  3. 3Coco37
  4. 4Daisy33
  5. 5Lucy27
  6. 6Chloe24
  7. 7Lily24
  8. 8Sophie24
  9. 9Lola23
  10. 10Molly21

Male Bichon Frises, top 10

  1. 1Teddy91
  2. 2Max45
  3. 3Milo43
  4. 4Charlie42
  5. 5Lucky35
  6. 6Toby34
  7. 7Buddy32
  8. 8Rocky32
  9. 9Prince27
  10. 10Coco25

Names Bichon Frise owners choose far more than other owners

Each name's share among Bichon Frises, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “9.7×” means Snowball is 9.7 times as common for a Bichon Frise as for the average dog.

  • Snowball9.7× usual · 24 dogs
  • Unknowed6.9× usual · 19 dogs
  • Snow5.9× usual · 21 dogs
  • Happy5× usual · 16 dogs
  • Teddy4× usual · 105 dogs
  • Mochi2.5× usual · 16 dogs
  • Abby2.5× usual · 15 dogs
  • Cody2.2× usual · 19 dogs
  • Prince2.2× usual · 27 dogs

How far these Bichon Frise names can be trusted

Four places, not the whole country

Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 88% of these Bichon Frises 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

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Sources for these figures