Spot, Rover, Snoopy Not Among Virginia's Top Dog Names; Learn Which Dog Names Are

VIRGINIA — Here’s a riddle: If you go to a dog park in Northern Virginia 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, respectively — appeared on the rankings of each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Dog owners in Virginia seemed to agree, since those were the four most popular dog names in the state.

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

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

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.