Most popular dog names of 2012

Ranked from 98,570 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	1.2%	=
2	Molly	0.90%	=
3	Lucy	0.85%	▲ 2
4	Sadie	0.83%	▼ 1
5	Daisy	0.80%	▲ 1
6	Maggie	0.77%	▼ 2
7	Bailey	0.61%	=
8	Abby	0.55%	▲ 2
9	Chloe	0.55%	=
10	Angel	0.50%	▼ 2
11	Zoe	0.44%	=
12	Zoey	0.42%	▲ 1
13	Ginger	0.41%	▼ 1
14	Sophie	0.37%	▲ 1
15	Roxy	0.36%	▼ 1
16	Coco	0.34%	=
17	Lily	0.32%	▲ 2
18	Gracie	0.31%	▲ 2
19	Princess	0.31%	▼ 1
20	Penny	0.30%	▲ 1
21	Lady	0.29%	▼ 4
22	Mia	0.26%	▲ 4
23	Ruby	0.26%	▲ 2
24	Rosie	0.24%	▲ 3
25	Shelby	0.24%	▼ 3
26	Holly	0.23%	▼ 3
27	Lilly	0.22%	▲ 2
28	Shadow	0.22%	▼ 4
29	Sasha	0.21%	▲ 3
30	Missy	0.21%	=
31	Sydney	0.21%	=
32	Lola	0.20%	▲ 10
33	Misty	0.20%	▼ 5
34	Annie	0.20%	=
35	Dakota	0.20%	▲ 4
36	Jasmine	0.19%	▲ 4
37	Casey	0.19%	▼ 2
38	Harley	0.19%	▼ 2
39	Pepper	0.19%	▼ 6
40	Katie	0.18%	▲ 1
41	Belle	0.18%	▼ 3
42	Emma	0.18%	▲ 2
43	Heidi	0.18%	▼ 6
44	Maddie	0.17%	▲ 4
45	Riley	0.17%	▲ 5
46	Roxie	0.17%	▼ 1
47	Lexi	0.17%	▲ 2
48	Honey	0.16%	▼ 1
49	Sandy	0.16%	▼ 3
50	Brandy	0.15%	▼ 7

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	1.3%	=
2	Max	1.2%	=
3	Rocky	0.59%	=
4	Toby	0.53%	▲ 1
5	Jake	0.52%	▼ 1
6	Charlie	0.48%	=
7	Jack	0.44%	▲ 1
8	Buster	0.41%	▼ 1
9	Duke	0.40%	=
10	Bear	0.40%	▲ 1
11	Cody	0.39%	▼ 1
12	Bailey	0.36%	=
13	Cooper	0.34%	▲ 1
14	Lucky	0.32%	▼ 1
15	Tucker	0.30%	=
16	Riley	0.29%	=
17	Harley	0.27%	▲ 2
18	Shadow	0.26%	▼ 1
19	Sam	0.26%	▼ 1
20	Murphy	0.25%	▲ 2
21	Bandit	0.24%	▼ 1
22	Teddy	0.24%	▲ 2
23	Zeus	0.24%	▲ 2
24	Sammy	0.23%	▼ 3
25	Gizmo	0.23%	▼ 2
26	Oscar	0.22%	=
27	Rusty	0.21%	=
28	Oliver	0.20%	=
29	Hunter	0.19%	=
30	Bentley	0.18%	▲ 5
31	Diesel	0.18%	▲ 2
32	Jackson	0.18%	▼ 2
33	Louie	0.17%	▲ 1
34	Baxter	0.16%	▼ 2
35	Dakota	0.16%	▼ 4
36	Gus	0.15%	▲ 2
37	Rudy	0.15%	▼ 1
38	Winston	0.15%	▲ 4
39	Tyson	0.15%	▲ 6
40	Bruno	0.14%	=
41	Rocco	0.14%	▲ 8
42	Sparky	0.14%	▼ 3
43	Chance	0.14%	▼ 6
44	Dexter	0.14%	▲ 2
45	Spike	0.14%	▼ 4
46	Brutus	0.14%	▲ 5
47	Luke	0.14%	▲ 5
48	Milo	0.13%	▼ 1
49	Jasper	0.13%	▲ 1
50	Samson	0.13%	▼ 7