Doberman names, counted from 1,149 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Dobermans, 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.
Zeus
is the most common Doberman name: 15 dogs, about 1 in 76
1,149Dobermans in the four license registers
1,136of them with a usable name
Lunamost common female name
Zeusmost common male name
The 30 most common Doberman names
Ranked by the number of licensed Dobermans with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Zeus15
- 2Luna13
- 3Duke9
- 4Rocky8
- 5Bella7
- 6Max7
- 7Ruby7
- 8Athena6
- 9Bruno6
- 10Cooper6
- 11Milo6
- 12Shadow6
- 13Ace5
- 14Chloe5
- 15Daisy5
- 16Lexi5
- 17Onyx5
- 18Roxy5
- 19Sasha5
- 20Blue4
- 21Dobby4
- 22Draco4
- 23Jackson4
- 24Julius4
- 25Korra4
- 26Lady4
- 27Leo4
- 28Lily4
- 29Lucky4
- 30Maximus4
Female and male Doberman names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Dobermans, top 10
- 1Luna13
- 2Bella7
- 3Athena6
- 4Chloe5
- 5Daisy5
- 6Lexi5
- 7Roxy5
- 8Ruby5
- 9Lady4
- 10Lily4
Male Dobermans, top 10
- 1Zeus15
- 2Duke9
- 3Rocky8
- 4Max6
- 5Milo6
- 6Ace5
- 7Bruno5
- 8Cooper5
- 9Dobby4
- 10Draco4
Names Doberman owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Dobermans, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “5.5×” means Zeus is 5.5 times as common for a Doberman as for the average dog.
- Zeus5.5× usual · 15 dogs
