Most popular dog names of 2011

Ranked from 99,801 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	Bella	1.1%	=
2	Molly	0.91%	=
3	Sadie	0.84%	=
4	Maggie	0.82%	=
5	Lucy	0.81%	=
6	Daisy	0.78%	=
7	Bailey	0.60%	=
8	Angel	0.54%	=
9	Chloe	0.54%	▲ 1
10	Abby	0.53%	▼ 1
11	Zoe	0.44%	=
12	Ginger	0.43%	=
13	Zoey	0.41%	=
14	Roxy	0.37%	=
15	Sophie	0.34%	▲ 2
16	Coco	0.32%	▲ 2
17	Lady	0.32%	▼ 2
18	Princess	0.32%	▼ 2
19	Lily	0.30%	▲ 1
20	Gracie	0.30%	▲ 3
21	Penny	0.29%	▼ 2
22	Shelby	0.26%	▼ 1
23	Holly	0.25%	▲ 2
24	Shadow	0.24%	▼ 2
25	Ruby	0.24%	▲ 4
26	Mia	0.24%	▲ 2
27	Rosie	0.23%	▲ 3
28	Misty	0.23%	▼ 2
29	Lilly	0.22%	▲ 9
30	Missy	0.22%	▼ 3
31	Sydney	0.21%	=
32	Sasha	0.21%	▲ 2
33	Pepper	0.21%	=
34	Annie	0.20%	▼ 2
35	Casey	0.20%	▼ 11
36	Harley	0.19%	=
37	Heidi	0.19%	▼ 2
38	Belle	0.19%	▲ 2
39	Dakota	0.19%	▲ 3
40	Jasmine	0.19%	▼ 3
41	Katie	0.18%	=
42	Lola	0.18%	▲ 2
43	Brandy	0.18%	▼ 4
44	Emma	0.18%	▲ 2
45	Roxie	0.17%	=
46	Sandy	0.17%	▼ 3
47	Honey	0.17%	▲ 1
48	Maddie	0.17%	▼ 1
49	Lexi	0.16%	▲ 2
50	Riley	0.15%	▲ 3

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	1.3%	=
2	Max	1.2%	=
3	Rocky	0.60%	=
4	Jake	0.54%	=
5	Toby	0.54%	=
6	Charlie	0.47%	=
7	Buster	0.43%	▲ 2
8	Jack	0.43%	▲ 3
9	Duke	0.42%	▼ 1
10	Cody	0.42%	=
11	Bear	0.41%	▼ 4
12	Bailey	0.38%	=
13	Lucky	0.34%	=
14	Cooper	0.31%	▲ 2
15	Tucker	0.30%	▲ 2
16	Riley	0.29%	▼ 2
17	Shadow	0.27%	▲ 1
18	Sam	0.27%	▼ 3
19	Harley	0.26%	=
20	Bandit	0.25%	▲ 1
21	Sammy	0.24%	▼ 1
22	Murphy	0.23%	=
23	Gizmo	0.23%	▲ 2
24	Teddy	0.23%	▲ 3
25	Zeus	0.23%	▲ 1
26	Oscar	0.22%	▼ 2
27	Rusty	0.22%	▼ 4
28	Oliver	0.20%	▲ 1
29	Hunter	0.20%	▼ 1
30	Jackson	0.17%	▲ 4
31	Dakota	0.17%	▼ 1
32	Baxter	0.16%	▼ 1
33	Diesel	0.16%	▲ 7
34	Louie	0.16%	▲ 9
35	Bentley	0.16%	▲ 16
36	Rudy	0.15%	▼ 4
37	Chance	0.15%	▲ 8
38	Gus	0.15%	▼ 1
39	Sparky	0.14%	▼ 4
40	Bruno	0.14%	▲ 4
41	Spike	0.14%	▼ 8
42	Winston	0.14%	▼ 3
43	Samson	0.14%	▼ 2
44	Smokey	0.14%	▼ 6
45	Tyson	0.14%	▲ 2
46	Dexter	0.14%	▲ 7
47	Milo	0.14%	▲ 3
48	Casey	0.13%	▼ 6
49	Rocco	0.13%	▲ 8
50	Jasper	0.13%	▲ 9