Most popular dog names of 2013

Ranked from 99,797 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	1.3%	=
2	Molly	0.89%	=
3	Lucy	0.83%	=
4	Sadie	0.82%	=
5	Daisy	0.82%	=
6	Maggie	0.73%	=
7	Bailey	0.62%	=
8	Chloe	0.55%	▲ 1
9	Abby	0.55%	▼ 1
10	Angel	0.46%	=
11	Zoey	0.44%	▲ 1
12	Zoe	0.40%	▼ 1
13	Roxy	0.40%	▲ 2
14	Ginger	0.39%	▼ 1
15	Sophie	0.39%	▼ 1
16	Coco	0.36%	=
17	Lily	0.35%	=
18	Gracie	0.34%	=
19	Penny	0.32%	▲ 1
20	Princess	0.29%	▼ 1
21	Mia	0.28%	▲ 1
22	Ruby	0.27%	▲ 1
23	Rosie	0.26%	▲ 1
24	Lady	0.26%	▼ 3
25	Lilly	0.25%	▲ 2
26	Lola	0.24%	▲ 6
27	Holly	0.23%	▼ 1
28	Shelby	0.23%	▼ 3
29	Sasha	0.21%	=
30	Sydney	0.21%	▲ 1
31	Missy	0.21%	▼ 1
32	Annie	0.20%	▲ 2
33	Shadow	0.20%	▼ 5
34	Lexi	0.20%	▲ 13
35	Harley	0.19%	▲ 3
36	Jasmine	0.19%	=
37	Dakota	0.19%	▼ 2
38	Emma	0.18%	▲ 4
39	Misty	0.18%	▼ 6
40	Roxie	0.18%	▲ 6
41	Pepper	0.18%	▼ 2
42	Belle	0.18%	▼ 1
43	Riley	0.18%	▲ 2
44	Heidi	0.17%	▼ 1
45	Stella	0.16%	▲ 12
46	Honey	0.16%	▲ 2
47	Katie	0.16%	▼ 7
48	Casey	0.16%	▼ 11
49	Maddie	0.16%	▼ 5
50	Peanut	0.16%	▲ 1

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	1.3%	=
2	Max	1.1%	=
3	Rocky	0.58%	=
4	Toby	0.53%	=
5	Charlie	0.52%	▲ 1
6	Jake	0.49%	▼ 1
7	Jack	0.43%	=
8	Duke	0.41%	▲ 1
9	Bear	0.40%	▲ 1
10	Buster	0.39%	▼ 2
11	Cooper	0.38%	▲ 2
12	Cody	0.37%	▼ 1
13	Bailey	0.34%	▼ 1
14	Tucker	0.31%	▲ 1
15	Lucky	0.29%	▼ 1
16	Riley	0.28%	=
17	Harley	0.26%	=
18	Murphy	0.26%	▲ 2
19	Teddy	0.25%	▲ 3
20	Shadow	0.24%	▼ 2
21	Zeus	0.24%	▲ 2
22	Oscar	0.24%	▲ 4
23	Sam	0.24%	▼ 4
24	Gizmo	0.23%	▲ 1
25	Bandit	0.23%	▼ 4
26	Bentley	0.23%	▲ 4
27	Oliver	0.21%	▲ 1
28	Sammy	0.21%	▼ 4
29	Rusty	0.19%	▼ 2
30	Jackson	0.19%	▲ 2
31	Louie	0.19%	▲ 2
32	Diesel	0.18%	▼ 1
33	Hunter	0.18%	▼ 4
34	Dexter	0.17%	▲ 10
35	Baxter	0.16%	▼ 1
36	Winston	0.16%	▲ 2
37	Milo	0.16%	▲ 11
38	Rudy	0.16%	▼ 1
39	Gus	0.16%	▼ 3
40	Bruno	0.15%	=
41	Dakota	0.15%	▼ 6
42	Tyson	0.15%	▼ 3
43	Sparky	0.15%	▼ 1
44	Chance	0.14%	▼ 1
45	Geno	0.14%	▲ 12
46	Sidney	0.14%	▲ 8
47	Spike	0.14%	▼ 2
48	Brutus	0.13%	▼ 2
49	Otis	0.13%	▲ 12
50	Rocco	0.13%	▼ 9