Golden Retriever names, counted from 9,270 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Golden Retrievers, 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.
Bailey
is the most common Golden Retriever name: 102 dogs, about 1 in 89
9,270Golden Retrievers in the four license registers
9,084of them with a usable name
Baileymost common female name
Coopermost common male name
The 30 most common Golden Retriever names
Ranked by the number of licensed Golden Retrievers with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Bailey102
- 2Charlie100
- 3Cooper92
- 4Max73
- 5Luna72
- 6Buddy70
- 7Daisy70
- 8Lucy69
- 9Bella63
- 10Maggie63
- 11Tucker59
- 12Sadie58
- 13Leo54
- 14Penny53
- 15Hudson52
- 16Riley50
- 17Milo47
- 18Molly47
- 19Murphy45
- 20Rosie44
- 21Teddy44
- 22Oliver43
- 23Toby43
- 24Lola42
- 25Golden38
- 26Sophie37
- 27Sunny37
- 28Bear36
- 29Finn36
- 30Lucky36
Female and male Golden Retriever names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Golden Retrievers, top 10
- 1Bailey65
- 2Lucy63
- 3Luna62
- 4Daisy59
- 5Bella56
- 6Maggie56
- 7Sadie52
- 8Penny45
- 9Molly44
- 10Lola38
Male Golden Retrievers, top 10
- 1Cooper85
- 2Charlie78
- 3Max69
- 4Buddy65
- 5Tucker53
- 6Leo51
- 7Hudson45
- 8Milo44
- 9Oliver42
- 10Teddy38
Names Golden Retriever owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Golden Retrievers, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “24.7×” means Golden is 24.7 times as common for a Golden Retriever as for the average dog.
- Golden24.7× usual · 38 dogs
- Summer5.1× usual · 25 dogs
- Goldie5.1× usual · 21 dogs
- Hudson4.6× usual · 52 dogs
- Finley3.8× usual · 18 dogs
- Tucker3.7× usual · 59 dogs
- Sunny3.3× usual · 37 dogs
- Maple3× usual · 23 dogs
- Oakley2.8× usual · 15 dogs
- Callie2.8× usual · 18 dogs
- Sonny2.8× usual · 16 dogs
- Skye2.7× usual · 17 dogs
