Dog names from license records · Collie

Collie names, counted from 1,209 licensed dogs

These are the names owners actually gave their 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.
Charlie is the most common Collie name: 13 dogs, about 1 in 91
1,209Collies in the four license registers
1,188of them with a usable name
Lunamost common female name
Maxmost common male name

The 30 most common Collie names

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

  1. 1Charlie13
  2. 2Luna13
  3. 3Max13
  4. 4Bailey11
  5. 5Ellie7
  6. 6Ginger7
  7. 7Bella6
  8. 8Buddy6
  9. 9Leo6
  10. 10Lucy6
  11. 11Piper6
  12. 12Toby6
  13. 13Bandit5
  14. 14Blaze5
  15. 15Chloe5
  16. 16Cooper5
  17. 17Finn5
  18. 18Harley5
  19. 19Jack5
  20. 20Lady5
  21. 21Molly5
  22. 22Penny5
  23. 23Riley5
  24. 24Rosie5
  25. 25Sadie5
  26. 26Scout5
  27. 27Sugar5
  28. 28Zoey5
  29. 29Abby4
  30. 30Arthur4

Female and male Collie names

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

Female Collies, top 10

  1. 1Luna13
  2. 2Ginger7
  3. 3Bailey6
  4. 4Bella6
  5. 5Lucy6
  6. 6Ellie5
  7. 7Lady5
  8. 8Molly5
  9. 9Penny5
  10. 10Piper5

Male Collies, top 10

  1. 1Max13
  2. 2Charlie12
  3. 3Toby6
  4. 4Blaze5
  5. 5Buddy5
  6. 6Jack5
  7. 7Leo5
  8. 8Arthur4
  9. 9Bailey4
  10. 10Bandit4

Names Collie owners choose far more than other owners

Names with 15 or more dogs only.

No name stands out for Collies: their names follow the same pattern as dogs in general.

How far these Collie names can be trusted

Four places, not the whole country

Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 69% of these Collies 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

Sources for these figures