Dog names from license records · Maltese

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Maltese names, counted from 13,589 licensed dogs

These are the names owners actually gave their Malteses, 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 Maltese name: 189 dogs, about 1 in 64
13,589Malteses in the four license registers
12,182of them with a usable name
Bellamost common female name
Maxmost common male name

The 30 most common Maltese names

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

  1. 1Bella189
  2. 2Coco170
  3. 3Max150
  4. 4Milo107
  5. 5Charlie106
  6. 6Princess100
  7. 7Lucky97
  8. 8Luna95
  9. 9Daisy88
  10. 10Toby85
  11. 11Lola83
  12. 12Teddy82
  13. 13Chloe81
  14. 14Prince76
  15. 15Rocky76
  16. 16Snowball76
  17. 17Morkie63
  18. 18Snow63
  19. 19Fluffy61
  20. 20Lucy61
  21. 21Buddy59
  22. 22Leo58
  23. 23Mia58
  24. 24Casper57
  25. 25Benji53
  26. 26Bentley53
  27. 27Lily50
  28. 28Bailey49
  29. 29Oreo48
  30. 30Cody47

Female and male Maltese names

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

Female Malteses, top 10

  1. 1Bella186
  2. 2Princess97
  3. 3Coco95
  4. 4Luna90
  5. 5Daisy88
  6. 6Lola82
  7. 7Chloe80
  8. 8Lucy57
  9. 9Mia55
  10. 10Lily47

Male Malteses, top 10

  1. 1Max148
  2. 2Milo105
  3. 3Charlie98
  4. 4Lucky89
  5. 5Toby82
  6. 6Teddy79
  7. 7Prince76
  8. 8Rocky72
  9. 9Coco71
  10. 10Buddy59

Names Maltese owners choose far more than other owners

Each name's share among Malteses, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “34.4×” means Malshi is 34.4 times as common for a Maltese as for the average dog.

  • Malshi34.4× usual · 16 dogs
  • Morkie30.9× usual · 63 dogs
  • Malti-Poo29.3× usual · 29 dogs
  • Snowball12.2× usual · 76 dogs
  • Snowflake11× usual · 23 dogs
  • Snowy7.8× usual · 40 dogs
  • Snow7× usual · 63 dogs
  • Bianca6.4× usual · 20 dogs
  • Fluffy6.2× usual · 61 dogs
  • Casper6.1× usual · 57 dogs
  • Tofu4.6× usual · 17 dogs
  • Winter4.1× usual · 26 dogs

How far these Maltese names can be trusted

Four places, not the whole country

Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 95% of these Malteses 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