Dog names from license records · Havanese

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Havanese names, counted from 6,017 licensed dogs

These are the names owners actually gave their Havaneses, 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.
Bella is the most common Havanese name: 70 dogs, about 1 in 76
6,017Havaneses in the four license registers
5,312of them with a usable name
Bellamost common female name
Charliemost common male name

The 30 most common Havanese names

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

  1. 1Bella70
  2. 2Oreo56
  3. 3Charlie55
  4. 4Luna54
  5. 5Lucy51
  6. 6Max48
  7. 7Milo45
  8. 8Teddy41
  9. 9Lola40
  10. 10Coco35
  11. 11Bailey34
  12. 12Oliver34
  13. 13Chloe32
  14. 14Toby31
  15. 15Buddy29
  16. 16Daisy28
  17. 17Leo28
  18. 18Penny27
  19. 19Rosie27
  20. 20Cooper25
  21. 21Lily25
  22. 22Sophie25
  23. 23Oscar23
  24. 24Rocky23
  25. 25Lucky22
  26. 26Riley22
  27. 27Zoey22
  28. 28Ollie21
  29. 29Cookie20
  30. 30Lulu20

Female and male Havanese names

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

Female Havaneses, top 10

  1. 1Bella66
  2. 2Luna53
  3. 3Lucy47
  4. 4Lola39
  5. 5Chloe29
  6. 6Daisy27
  7. 7Lily25
  8. 8Rosie25
  9. 9Coco23
  10. 10Sophie22

Male Havaneses, top 10

  1. 1Charlie49
  2. 2Max47
  3. 3Milo42
  4. 4Oreo41
  5. 5Teddy35
  6. 6Oliver33
  7. 7Toby30
  8. 8Buddy28
  9. 9Leo27
  10. 10Rocky23

Names Havanese owners choose far more than other owners

Each name's share among Havaneses, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “3.4×” means Oreo is 3.4 times as common for a Havanese as for the average dog.

  • Oreo3.4× usual · 56 dogs
  • Bandit2.4× usual · 17 dogs
  • Emma2.3× usual · 15 dogs
  • Oscar2.2× usual · 23 dogs
  • George2.1× usual · 15 dogs

How far these Havanese names can be trusted

Four places, not the whole country

Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 88% of these Havaneses 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

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Sources for these figures