Labrador Retriever names, counted from 27,724 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Labrador 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.
Luna
is the most common Labrador Retriever name: 312 dogs, about 1 in 87
27,724Labrador Retrievers in the four license registers
27,256of them with a usable name
Lunamost common female name
Maxmost common male name
The 30 most common Labrador Retriever names
Ranked by the number of licensed Labrador Retrievers with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Luna312
- 2Bella254
- 3Lucy226
- 4Charlie225
- 5Max180
- 6Bailey178
- 7Daisy175
- 8Buddy168
- 9Cooper162
- 10Penny153
- 11Molly144
- 12Sadie139
- 13Bear135
- 14Lola130
- 15Coco120
- 16Maggie119
- 17Milo115
- 18Rocky115
- 19Rosie114
- 20Stella108
- 21Riley107
- 22Ruby104
- 23Shadow103
- 24Jack97
- 25Leo97
- 26Moose95
- 27Murphy93
- 28Scout90
- 29Duke89
- 30Zoey89
Female and male Labrador Retriever names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Labrador Retrievers, top 10
- 1Luna284
- 2Bella248
- 3Lucy205
- 4Daisy163
- 5Penny137
- 6Molly133
- 7Sadie132
- 8Bailey126
- 9Lola120
- 10Maggie109
Male Labrador Retrievers, top 10
- 1Max169
- 2Charlie165
- 3Buddy160
- 4Cooper152
- 5Bear113
- 6Rocky106
- 7Milo103
- 8Jack94
- 9Leo91
- 10Duke84
Names Labrador Retriever owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Labrador Retrievers, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “5.9×” means Coal is 5.9 times as common for a Labrador Retriever as for the average dog.
- Coal5.9× usual · 15 dogs
- Buck3.5× usual · 22 dogs
- Porter3.4× usual · 19 dogs
- Sirius3.4× usual · 15 dogs
- Ruger3.3× usual · 21 dogs
- Jet3.2× usual · 26 dogs
- Raven2.8× usual · 33 dogs
- Guinness2.7× usual · 24 dogs
- Libby2.7× usual · 20 dogs
- Bodie2.7× usual · 18 dogs
- Moose2.6× usual · 95 dogs
- Gunner2.6× usual · 37 dogs
