Bulldog names, counted from 2,961 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Bulldogs, 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.
Lola
is the most common Bulldog name: 42 dogs, about 1 in 68
2,961Bulldogs in the four license registers
2,848of them with a usable name
Lolamost common female name
Winstonmost common male name
The 30 most common Bulldog names
Ranked by the number of licensed Bulldogs with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Lola42
- 2Bella32
- 3Winston29
- 4Bruno26
- 5Stella25
- 6Rocky22
- 7Charlie20
- 8Max20
- 9Biggie18
- 10Tank18
- 11Daisy17
- 12Zeus17
- 13Molly16
- 14Rocco16
- 15Ruby16
- 16Maggie15
- 17Penny14
- 18Bentley13
- 19Lucy13
- 20Meatball13
- 21Otis13
- 22Cooper12
- 23Diesel12
- 24Harley12
- 25Matilda12
- 26Maximus12
- 27Oliver12
- 28Rosie12
- 29Sophie12
- 30Louie11
Female and male Bulldog names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Bulldogs, top 10
- 1Lola41
- 2Bella30
- 3Stella24
- 4Daisy16
- 5Molly15
- 6Ruby15
- 7Penny14
- 8Lucy13
- 9Maggie13
- 10Matilda12
Male Bulldogs, top 10
- 1Winston29
- 2Bruno24
- 3Rocky20
- 4Max19
- 5Biggie18
- 6Tank18
- 7Charlie17
- 8Zeus17
- 9Rocco16
- 10Bentley13
Names Bulldog owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Bulldogs, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “13.2×” means Biggie is 13.2 times as common for a Bulldog as for the average dog.
- Biggie13.2× usual · 18 dogs
- Tank9.6× usual · 18 dogs
- Winston4.5× usual · 29 dogs
- Rocco3.7× usual · 16 dogs
- Bruno3.6× usual · 26 dogs
- Stella2.7× usual · 25 dogs
- Lola2.6× usual · 42 dogs
- Zeus2.5× usual · 17 dogs
