Most popular dog names of 2008

Ranked from 97,113 licensed dogs in Allegheny County PA — the longest-running yearly dog-license series in the US. Shares are of that year's licensed dogs, so years are comparable even as license totals change.

Top girls

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Molly	0.93%	=
2	Maggie	0.85%	=
3	Sadie	0.84%	=
4	Daisy	0.75%	=
5	Lucy	0.73%	=
6	Bella	0.65%	▲ 1
7	Angel	0.61%	▼ 1
8	Abby	0.53%	=
9	Ginger	0.48%	=
10	Bailey	0.48%	=
11	Zoe	0.47%	=
12	Chloe	0.47%	=
13	Lady	0.42%	=
14	Princess	0.38%	=
15	Roxy	0.32%	▲ 5
16	Shadow	0.31%	▼ 1
17	Shelby	0.30%	=
18	Misty	0.30%	▼ 2
19	Zoey	0.29%	▲ 7
20	Casey	0.29%	▼ 2
21	Penny	0.27%	▼ 2
22	Sophie	0.27%	▲ 8
23	Missy	0.26%	▼ 2
24	Coco	0.26%	▲ 1
25	Holly	0.26%	▼ 3
26	Gracie	0.25%	▲ 5
27	Heidi	0.24%	▼ 4
28	Annie	0.23%	=
29	Brandy	0.23%	▼ 2
30	Pepper	0.23%	▼ 6
31	Sandy	0.22%	▼ 2
32	Lily	0.22%	▲ 10
33	Rosie	0.22%	▲ 5
34	Jasmine	0.21%	▼ 2
35	Belle	0.21%	▼ 1
36	Sasha	0.21%	▼ 1
37	Ruby	0.21%	▲ 2
38	Harley	0.20%	▼ 2
39	Katie	0.20%	▼ 6
40	Mia	0.20%	▲ 9
41	Dakota	0.19%	▲ 5
42	Lucky	0.19%	▼ 5
43	Sheba	0.18%	▲ 1
44	Sydney	0.18%	▲ 7
45	Samantha	0.18%	▼ 2
46	Sassy	0.18%	▼ 6
47	Mandy	0.17%	▼ 6
48	Cassie	0.17%	▼ 1
49	Roxie	0.17%	▲ 3
50	Emma	0.16%	▲ 4

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	1.4%	=
2	Max	1.2%	=
3	Jake	0.66%	=
4	Rocky	0.63%	=
5	Toby	0.52%	=
6	Cody	0.49%	=
7	Bear	0.45%	▲ 1
8	Bailey	0.44%	▲ 1
9	Buster	0.43%	▼ 2
10	Duke	0.42%	=
11	Charlie	0.39%	=
12	Jack	0.38%	▲ 1
13	Lucky	0.38%	▼ 1
14	Shadow	0.32%	=
15	Sam	0.30%	=
16	Sammy	0.27%	=
17	Harley	0.26%	▲ 1
18	Rusty	0.25%	▼ 1
19	Tucker	0.25%	▲ 1
20	Riley	0.24%	▲ 2
21	Zeus	0.24%	=
22	Bandit	0.24%	▼ 3
23	Gizmo	0.21%	▲ 4
24	Murphy	0.21%	▲ 4
25	Teddy	0.21%	▲ 4
26	Oscar	0.20%	▼ 3
27	Hunter	0.20%	▼ 2
28	Cooper	0.20%	▲ 4
29	Dakota	0.19%	▼ 5
30	Sparky	0.18%	▼ 4
31	Smokey	0.16%	▲ 3
32	Oliver	0.16%	▲ 1
33	Casey	0.16%	▼ 3
34	Rudy	0.16%	▲ 5
35	Spike	0.15%	▼ 4
36	Winston	0.15%	▲ 6
37	Samson	0.15%	▼ 1
38	Baxter	0.14%	=
39	Chance	0.14%	▼ 2
40	Brutus	0.14%	▼ 5
41	Luke	0.14%	▲ 3
42	Ben	0.14%	▲ 4
43	Gus	0.14%	=
44	Pepper	0.13%	▼ 3
45	Bo	0.13%	▲ 6
46	Taz	0.13%	▼ 6
47	Diesel	0.13%	▲ 8
48	Rex	0.13%	=
49	Bruno	0.13%	▲ 8
50	Tyson	0.13%	▼ 1