Bella, Luna, Max Among Top Dog Names In NJ, This Study Shows

NEW JERSEY — Here’s a riddle: If you go to your local dog park and shout “Bella,” how many dogs might come running?

We can’t say exactly, but it could be a pack — a friendly, tail-wagging pack, but a large group nonetheless. That’s according to a recent analysis of customer data by The Wag, a pet care, health and training company.

The top four names nationally — Bella, Luna, Max and Charlie — appeared on the rankings of each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

If you don’t want your pup to have the same name as all the other dogs, steer clear of these, which rose to the top 10 names for dogs in New Jersey in 2023:

1. Bella
2. Luna
3. Max
4. Charlie
5. Coco
6. Milo
7. Bailey
8. Rocky
9. Cooper
10. Lola

The analysis is limited to The Wag’s customers, but similar to an analysis TrustedHousesitters, a pet-sitting business, that found the top names for dogs in 2023 are Charlie, Max, Cooper, Buddy and Jack for males, and Lucy, Bella, Luna, Daisy and Lilly for females.

According to that study, Molly is the top dog name in New Jersey.

The most popular “character names” for dogs across the nation are Winnie, Zeus, Gizmo, Thor, and Mickey.

And, TrustedHousesitters listed the top five food-inspired pet names in the nation for both dogs and cats: Pepper, Ginger, Honey, Cookie, and Peanut.

Patch’s national desk contributed to this report.