Rottweiler names, counted from 2,206 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Rottweilers, 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 Rottweiler name: 40 dogs, about 1 in 54
2,206Rottweilers in the four license registers
2,169of them with a usable name
Bellamost common female name
Rockymost common male name
The 30 most common Rottweiler names
Ranked by the number of licensed Rottweilers with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Rocky40
- 2Bear30
- 3Max30
- 4Bella25
- 5Luna22
- 6Zeus22
- 7Roxy21
- 8Apollo19
- 9Tyson18
- 10Coco16
- 11Diesel16
- 12King16
- 13Rocco13
- 14Nala12
- 15Sasha12
- 16Bruno11
- 17Harley11
- 18Princess11
- 19Roxie11
- 20Lucy10
- 21Thor10
- 22Duke9
- 23Jack9
- 24Maximus9
- 25Ruby9
- 26Samson9
- 27Ace8
- 28Chloe8
- 29Lola8
- 30Mia8
Female and male Rottweiler names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Rottweilers, top 10
- 1Bella23
- 2Luna21
- 3Roxy19
- 4Coco12
- 5Nala12
- 6Sasha12
- 7Lucy10
- 8Princess10
- 9Harley9
- 10Roxie9
Male Rottweilers, top 10
- 1Rocky38
- 2Max29
- 3Bear26
- 4Zeus22
- 5Apollo19
- 6Tyson18
- 7King16
- 8Diesel14
- 9Rocco12
- 10Bruno11
Names Rottweiler owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Rottweilers, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “8.5×” means Tyson is 8.5 times as common for a Rottweiler as for the average dog.
- Tyson8.5× usual · 18 dogs
- Diesel8× usual · 16 dogs
- Apollo5.9× usual · 19 dogs
- Bear4.7× usual · 30 dogs
- Roxy4.4× usual · 21 dogs
- Zeus4.2× usual · 22 dogs
- King3.7× usual · 16 dogs
- Rocky3.2× usual · 40 dogs
