Dog names from license records · Pointer

Pointer names, counted from 726 licensed dogs

These are the names owners actually gave their Pointers, 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.
Maggie is the most common Pointer name: 8 dogs, about 1 in 89
726Pointers in the four license registers
713of them with a usable name
Lucymost common female name
Tuckermost common male name

The 30 most common Pointer names

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

  1. 1Maggie8
  2. 2Gracie7
  3. 3Lucy7
  4. 4Lola6
  5. 5Pepper6
  6. 6Birdie5
  7. 7Duke5
  8. 8Harley5
  9. 9Oreo5
  10. 10Tucker5
  11. 11Coco4
  12. 12Daisy4
  13. 13Ellie4
  14. 14Oliver4
  15. 15Penny4
  16. 16Rocky4
  17. 17Rosie4
  18. 18Scout4
  19. 19Annie3
  20. 20Benson3
  21. 21Cash3
  22. 22Charlie3
  23. 23Clover3
  24. 24Cookie3
  25. 25Cousin3
  26. 26Jack3
  27. 27Lady3
  28. 28Leo3
  29. 29Levi3
  30. 30Lily3

Female and male Pointer names

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

Female Pointers, top 10

  1. 1Lucy7
  2. 2Maggie7
  3. 3Gracie6
  4. 4Birdie5
  5. 5Pepper5
  6. 6Coco4
  7. 7Daisy4
  8. 8Lola4
  9. 9Rosie4
  10. 10Annie3

Male Pointers, top 10

  1. 1Tucker5
  2. 2Duke4
  3. 3Oliver4
  4. 4Oreo4
  5. 5Rocky4
  6. 6Cousin3
  7. 7Jack3
  8. 8Leo3
  9. 9Levi3
  10. 10Miles3

Names Pointer owners choose far more than other owners

Names with 15 or more dogs only.

No name stands out for Pointers: their names follow the same pattern as dogs in general.

How far these Pointer names can be trusted

Four places, not the whole country

Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 83% of these Pointers 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

Sources for these figures