London’s most popular dog names revealed for 2026 - is your pup's name on the list?
Call out “Luna!” on Hampstead Heath and you might accidentally start a canine stampede.
Fresh data from Butternut Box has revealed London’s most popular dog names and it turns out the capital’s pups are sharing more than just park space. From Richmond Park to Clapham Common, one name is reigning supreme across the city’s walkies hotspots.
Luna has officially been crowned London’s top dog name, comfortably leading the pack with a perfect popularity score. Whether trotting through leafy north London or strutting along the South Bank, Luna is everywhere and if you know a London dog owner, chances are you know at least three.
Hot on Luna’s paws is Milo, followed by Bella, Coco and Lola, proving Londoners still favour short, catchy names that are easy to shout across a busy park. The rest of the capital’s canine top 10, Poppy, Alfie, Charlie, Bailey and Daisy, reads like a roll call of classic crowd-pleasers.
Leah Callaghan, Vet Nurse at Butternut Box, says the trend reflects both practicality and personality.
“London owners are incredibly creative, but some names never go out of style,” she explains. “Names like Luna and Milo are memorable, full of character, and perfect for park life easy to call and impossible to forget.”
At the more unusual end of London’s dog-naming spectrum, a handful of pups are proudly standing out from the pack. Among the capital’s rarest names? Elmo, Gatsby, Nugget, Rocket, Socks and Storm proof that some owners are clearly thinking outside the (dog) box.
While familiar favourites continue to dominate London’s parks, the data shows there’s still plenty of room for originality particularly in a city known for doing things its own way.