Most popular dog names of 2009

Ranked from 100,049 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	0.92%	=
2	Sadie	0.86%	▲ 1
3	Maggie	0.84%	▼ 1
4	Bella	0.81%	▲ 2
5	Daisy	0.75%	▼ 1
6	Lucy	0.74%	▼ 1
7	Angel	0.56%	=
8	Abby	0.55%	=
9	Bailey	0.52%	▲ 1
10	Chloe	0.49%	▲ 2
11	Ginger	0.48%	▼ 2
12	Zoe	0.47%	▼ 1
13	Lady	0.39%	=
14	Princess	0.35%	=
15	Zoey	0.34%	▲ 4
16	Roxy	0.33%	▼ 1
17	Shadow	0.30%	▼ 1
18	Shelby	0.30%	▼ 1
19	Sophie	0.29%	▲ 3
20	Coco	0.28%	▲ 4
21	Penny	0.28%	=
22	Gracie	0.27%	▲ 4
23	Misty	0.27%	▼ 5
24	Casey	0.26%	▼ 4
25	Lily	0.26%	▲ 7
26	Missy	0.25%	▼ 3
27	Holly	0.24%	▼ 2
28	Annie	0.22%	=
29	Heidi	0.22%	▼ 2
30	Pepper	0.22%	=
31	Rosie	0.21%	▲ 2
32	Sasha	0.21%	▲ 4
33	Ruby	0.21%	▲ 4
34	Jasmine	0.21%	=
35	Mia	0.21%	▲ 5
36	Harley	0.21%	▲ 2
37	Brandy	0.21%	▼ 8
38	Sydney	0.20%	▲ 6
39	Katie	0.20%	=
40	Belle	0.20%	▼ 5
41	Sandy	0.20%	▼ 10
42	Dakota	0.19%	▼ 1
43	Lucky	0.18%	▼ 1
44	Lilly	0.17%	▲ 10
45	Emma	0.17%	▲ 5
46	Samantha	0.17%	▼ 1
47	Sassy	0.17%	▼ 1
48	Roxie	0.17%	▲ 1
49	Cassie	0.16%	▼ 1
50	Honey	0.15%	▲ 1

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	1.3%	=
2	Max	1.2%	=
3	Rocky	0.63%	▲ 1
4	Jake	0.62%	▼ 1
5	Toby	0.52%	=
6	Cody	0.46%	=
7	Bear	0.45%	=
8	Buster	0.45%	▲ 1
9	Duke	0.43%	▲ 1
10	Bailey	0.42%	▼ 2
11	Charlie	0.41%	=
12	Jack	0.39%	=
13	Lucky	0.36%	=
14	Sam	0.30%	▲ 1
15	Shadow	0.29%	▼ 1
16	Riley	0.27%	▲ 4
17	Harley	0.26%	=
18	Sammy	0.26%	▼ 2
19	Tucker	0.26%	=
20	Rusty	0.25%	▼ 2
21	Bandit	0.24%	▲ 1
22	Zeus	0.24%	▼ 1
23	Murphy	0.24%	▲ 1
24	Cooper	0.23%	▲ 4
25	Oscar	0.22%	▲ 1
26	Gizmo	0.22%	▼ 3
27	Teddy	0.20%	▼ 2
28	Hunter	0.20%	▼ 1
29	Dakota	0.19%	=
30	Oliver	0.17%	▲ 2
31	Baxter	0.16%	▲ 7
32	Sparky	0.16%	▼ 2
33	Casey	0.16%	=
34	Smokey	0.15%	▼ 3
35	Rudy	0.15%	▼ 1
36	Spike	0.15%	▼ 1
37	Winston	0.15%	▼ 1
38	Ben	0.15%	▲ 4
39	Louie	0.14%	▲ 12
40	Samson	0.14%	▼ 3
41	Gus	0.14%	▲ 2
42	Brutus	0.14%	▼ 2
43	Chance	0.14%	▼ 4
44	Bruno	0.14%	▲ 5
45	Diesel	0.13%	▲ 2
46	Bo	0.13%	▼ 1
47	Tyson	0.13%	▲ 3
48	Jackson	0.13%	▲ 9
49	Luke	0.13%	▼ 8
50	Taz	0.13%	▼ 4