Shih Tzu names, counted from 26,097 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Shih Tzus, 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.
Bella
is the most common Shih Tzu name: 372 dogs, about 1 in 63
26,097Shih Tzus in the four license registers
23,256of them with a usable name
Bellamost common female name
Teddymost common male name
The 30 most common Shih Tzu names
Ranked by the number of licensed Shih Tzus with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Bella372
- 2Teddy336
- 3Oreo330
- 4Coco311
- 5Max297
- 6Gizmo247
- 7Luna225
- 8Milo208
- 9Charlie202
- 10Rocky187
- 11Princess177
- 12Lola173
- 13Lucky165
- 14Toby156
- 15Cookie146
- 16Daisy137
- 17Buddy132
- 18Mia130
- 19Chloe129
- 20Bailey124
- 21Benji109
- 22Leo109
- 23Prince100
- 24Lucy97
- 25Zoey88
- 26Oliver87
- 27Chewy83
- 28Lily81
- 29Fluffy77
- 30Molly76
Female and male Shih Tzu names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Shih Tzus, top 10
- 1Bella368
- 2Luna222
- 3Coco203
- 4Princess175
- 5Lola168
- 6Daisy133
- 7Mia126
- 8Chloe124
- 9Cookie117
- 10Lucy95
Male Shih Tzus, top 10
- 1Teddy309
- 2Max292
- 3Oreo259
- 4Gizmo212
- 5Milo199
- 6Rocky182
- 7Charlie180
- 8Toby149
- 9Lucky144
- 10Buddy129
Names Shih Tzu owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Shih Tzus, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “16.8×” means Shih-Poo is 16.8 times as common for a Shih Tzu as for the average dog.
- Shih-Poo16.8× usual · 55 dogs
- Shipoo16.4× usual · 21 dogs
- Peluche5.4× usual · 17 dogs
- Gizmo5.3× usual · 247 dogs
- Oreo4.6× usual · 330 dogs
- Fluffy4.1× usual · 77 dogs
- Buttons3.8× usual · 20 dogs
- Muffin3.3× usual · 37 dogs
- Sushi3.3× usual · 19 dogs
- Chewy3.2× usual · 83 dogs
- Shaggy3.2× usual · 20 dogs
- Chewie2.9× usual · 40 dogs
