Breed · New York City

Maltese names

Every list of Maltese names online was written by someone making them up. This one is what 10,747 actual licensed Malteses in New York are called. The most common is Bella, carried by 168 of them.

Rank	Name	Malteses	Per 10,000 Malteses
1	Bella	168	156
2	Coco	152	141
3	Max	128	119
4	Milo	94	87
5	Charlie	92	86
6	Princess	90	84
7	Maltese	88	82
8	Lucky	86	80
9	Luna	84	78
10	Lola	80	74
11	Toby	76	71
12	Daisy	74	69
13	Teddy	72	67
14	Chloe	71	66
15	Prince	68	63
16	Rocky	66	61
17	Snow	62	58
18	Morkie	62	58
19	Snowball	60	56
20	Mia	56	52
21	Fluffy	55	51
22	Casper	53	49
23	Lucy	52	48
24	Leo	51	47
25	Oreo	46	43
26	Buddy	46	43
27	Benji	45	42
28	Cody	41	38
29	Bailey	40	37
30	Bentley	40	37

† “Maltese” is the breed word rather than a chosen name. Nothing in the license record separates a dog whose breed was entered in the name field from one an owner really did name after its breed, so these are marked rather than removed.

About these numbers

From dog license records, not a count of all dogs. Around 80% of New York City dogs are unlicensed, so this describes licensed dogs only. Breed is recorded by the owner as free text and has been standardized: crossbreed and mix variants are folded into the primary breed.

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