Border Collie names, counted from 3,785 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Border Collies, 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.
Luna
is the most common Border Collie name: 49 dogs, about 1 in 77
3,785Border Collies in the four license registers
3,749of them with a usable name
Lunamost common female name
Maxmost common male name
The 30 most common Border Collie names
Ranked by the number of licensed Border Collies with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Luna49
- 2Lucy34
- 3Scout26
- 4Charlie24
- 5Oreo23
- 6Ruby23
- 7Max22
- 8Sadie22
- 9Cooper19
- 10Daisy18
- 11Finn18
- 12Loki18
- 13Maggie18
- 14Molly18
- 15Bailey17
- 16Bella17
- 17Pepper17
- 18Riley17
- 19Shadow16
- 20Zoey16
- 21Bandit15
- 22Jack15
- 23Milo15
- 24Oliver14
- 25Ellie13
- 26Leo13
- 27Lola13
- 28Hudson12
- 29Izzy12
- 30Lily12
Female and male Border Collie names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Border Collies, top 10
- 1Luna45
- 2Lucy31
- 3Sadie21
- 4Molly17
- 5Daisy16
- 6Ruby16
- 7Maggie15
- 8Bella13
- 9Ellie13
- 10Lola13
Male Border Collies, top 10
- 1Max19
- 2Finn17
- 3Charlie16
- 4Cooper16
- 5Loki15
- 6Bandit12
- 7Hudson11
- 8Jack11
- 9Leo11
- 10Oliver11
Names Border Collie owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Border Collies, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “3.8×” means Scout is 3.8 times as common for a Border Collie as for the average dog.
- Scout3.8× usual · 26 dogs
- Bandit3× usual · 15 dogs
- Finn2.9× usual · 18 dogs
- Loki2.4× usual · 18 dogs
- Sadie2× usual · 22 dogs
