Dachshund names, counted from 10,401 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Dachshunds, 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.
Frankie
is the most common Dachshund name: 98 dogs, about 1 in 97
10,401Dachshunds in the four license registers
9,481of them with a usable name
Lucymost common female name
Charliemost common male name
The 30 most common Dachshund names
Ranked by the number of licensed Dachshunds with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Frankie98
- 2Charlie97
- 3Max73
- 4Milo73
- 5Penny73
- 6Lucy71
- 7Bella65
- 8Oscar64
- 9Daisy57
- 10Luna57
- 11Lola56
- 12Peanut55
- 13Coco52
- 14Oliver50
- 15Buddy46
- 16Rocky45
- 17Ruby44
- 18Cooper43
- 19Winnie42
- 20Leo41
- 21Otto40
- 22Winston40
- 23Maggie38
- 24Olive38
- 25Henry37
- 26Sophie35
- 27Lily34
- 28Pepper34
- 29Toby34
- 30Lulu33
Female and male Dachshund names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Dachshunds, top 10
- 1Lucy69
- 2Penny68
- 3Bella64
- 4Daisy56
- 5Lola55
- 6Luna55
- 7Coco47
- 8Ruby42
- 9Winnie41
- 10Maggie38
Male Dachshunds, top 10
- 1Charlie77
- 2Max70
- 3Milo70
- 4Oscar64
- 5Frankie61
- 6Oliver46
- 7Buddy44
- 8Rocky42
- 9Cooper39
- 10Peanut39
Names Dachshund owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Dachshunds, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “19.4×” means Nathan is 19.4 times as common for a Dachshund as for the average dog.
- Nathan19.4× usual · 25 dogs
- Pickle7.7× usual · 16 dogs
- Otto5.3× usual · 40 dogs
- Frankie4.7× usual · 98 dogs
- Linus4.5× usual · 15 dogs
- Heidi4.4× usual · 20 dogs
- Dash4.1× usual · 23 dogs
- Frank4.1× usual · 24 dogs
- Oscar3.4× usual · 64 dogs
- Peanut3.1× usual · 55 dogs
- Pumpkin3.1× usual · 15 dogs
- Franklin3.1× usual · 22 dogs
