Dog names from license records · Schnauzer

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Schnauzer names, counted from 5,711 licensed dogs

These are the names owners actually gave their Schnauzers, 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.
Max is the most common Schnauzer name: 59 dogs, about 1 in 87
5,711Schnauzers in the four license registers
5,129of them with a usable name
Lunamost common female name
Maxmost common male name

The 30 most common Schnauzer names

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

  1. 1Max59
  2. 2Luna54
  3. 3Charlie43
  4. 4Pepper42
  5. 5Lola38
  6. 6Bella34
  7. 7Lucy33
  8. 8Milo29
  9. 9Daisy28
  10. 10Oliver28
  11. 11Winston28
  12. 12Otto27
  13. 13Buddy25
  14. 14Penny25
  15. 15Toby25
  16. 16Oreo24
  17. 17Cooper22
  18. 18Sophie22
  19. 19Coco21
  20. 20Oscar21
  21. 21Rocky21
  22. 22Bailey20
  23. 23Fritz20
  24. 24Lucky20
  25. 25Bruno18
  26. 26Chloe18
  27. 27Duke17
  28. 28Zoe17
  29. 29Frankie16
  30. 30Gracie16

Female and male Schnauzer names

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

Female Schnauzers, top 10

  1. 1Luna52
  2. 2Lola38
  3. 3Lucy32
  4. 4Bella31
  5. 5Daisy27
  6. 6Pepper26
  7. 7Penny23
  8. 8Sophie20
  9. 9Chloe18
  10. 10Gracie16

Male Schnauzers, top 10

  1. 1Max53
  2. 2Charlie41
  3. 3Oliver28
  4. 4Milo27
  5. 5Winston27
  6. 6Buddy25
  7. 7Toby23
  8. 8Otto22
  9. 9Lucky19
  10. 10Oscar19

Names Schnauzer owners choose far more than other owners

Each name's share among Schnauzers, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “14.7×” means Fritz is 14.7 times as common for a Schnauzer as for the average dog.

  • Fritz14.7× usual · 20 dogs
  • Mini7.9× usual · 15 dogs
  • Otto6.6× usual · 27 dogs
  • Pepper3× usual · 42 dogs
  • Winston2.4× usual · 28 dogs
  • Oscar2× usual · 21 dogs
  • Jasper2× usual · 16 dogs

How far these Schnauzer names can be trusted

Four places, not the whole country

Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 88% of these Schnauzers 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