Poodle names, counted from 24,357 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Poodles, 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.
Teddy
is the most common Poodle name: 283 dogs, about 1 in 77
24,357Poodles in the four license registers
21,755of them with a usable name
Lunamost common female name
Teddymost common male name
The 30 most common Poodle names
Ranked by the number of licensed Poodles with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Teddy283
- 2Coco276
- 3Luna242
- 4Charlie203
- 5Bella190
- 6Milo175
- 7Max155
- 8Lucy137
- 9Bailey126
- 10Toby123
- 11Lola122
- 12Leo117
- 13Daisy116
- 14Lucky108
- 15Penny103
- 16Ruby103
- 17Chloe95
- 18Ginger92
- 19Oliver91
- 20Buddy89
- 21Lulu81
- 22Rocky81
- 23Benji80
- 24Louie80
- 25Pepper80
- 26Lily79
- 27Princess78
- 28Rosie77
- 29Oreo74
- 30Cooper73
Female and male Poodle names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Poodles, top 10
- 1Luna231
- 2Bella187
- 3Coco180
- 4Lucy123
- 5Lola115
- 6Daisy110
- 7Ruby94
- 8Penny93
- 9Chloe92
- 10Ginger85
Male Poodles, top 10
- 1Teddy261
- 2Milo165
- 3Charlie163
- 4Max147
- 5Leo113
- 6Toby113
- 7Lucky93
- 8Coco89
- 9Oliver84
- 10Buddy82
Names Poodle owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Poodles, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “15.3×” means Havapoo is 15.3 times as common for a Poodle as for the average dog.
- Havapoo15.3× usual · 27 dogs
- Cavapoo9.6× usual · 32 dogs
- Pierre4.4× usual · 19 dogs
- Undecided3.4× usual · 16 dogs
- Nicky3.4× usual · 15 dogs
- Chocolate2.8× usual · 19 dogs
- Unknowed2.5× usual · 31 dogs
- Valentino2.4× usual · 15 dogs
- Theodore2.4× usual · 32 dogs
- Teddy2.4× usual · 283 dogs
- Choco2.3× usual · 15 dogs
- Fluffy2.3× usual · 40 dogs
