Pug names, counted from 4,151 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Pugs, 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.
Rocky
is the most common Pug name: 36 dogs, about 1 in 108
4,151Pugs in the four license registers
3,902of them with a usable name
Bellamost common female name
Rockymost common male name
The 30 most common Pug names
Ranked by the number of licensed Pugs with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Rocky36
- 2Bella34
- 3Luna34
- 4Lola33
- 5Lucy27
- 6Max27
- 7Charlie25
- 8Daisy23
- 9Bruno22
- 10Coco22
- 11Bailey21
- 12Pugsley21
- 13Gus20
- 14Oscar20
- 15Oliver19
- 16Buster18
- 17Gizmo18
- 18Lily18
- 19Maggie18
- 20Milo18
- 21Molly18
- 22Olive18
- 23Winston17
- 24Frankie16
- 25Rosie16
- 26Stella16
- 27Louie15
- 28Otis15
- 29Penny15
- 30Frank14
Female and male Pug names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Pugs, top 10
- 1Bella34
- 2Lola33
- 3Luna28
- 4Lucy24
- 5Daisy20
- 6Maggie18
- 7Coco17
- 8Molly17
- 9Olive17
- 10Lily16
Male Pugs, top 10
- 1Rocky33
- 2Max26
- 3Bruno21
- 4Buster18
- 5Charlie18
- 6Gus18
- 7Milo18
- 8Pugsley18
- 9Oliver17
- 10Oscar17
Names Pug owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Pugs, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “62.6×” means Pugsley is 62.6 times as common for a Pug as for the average dog.
- Pugsley62.6× usual · 21 dogs
- Gus3.1× usual · 20 dogs
- Buster2.9× usual · 18 dogs
- Otis2.8× usual · 15 dogs
- Oscar2.6× usual · 20 dogs
- Olive2.4× usual · 18 dogs
- Gizmo2.3× usual · 18 dogs
- Bruno2.2× usual · 22 dogs
