Most popular dog names of 2014

Ranked from 98,248 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	1.4%	=
2	Molly	0.89%	=
3	Lucy	0.87%	=
4	Daisy	0.85%	▲ 1
5	Sadie	0.82%	▼ 1
6	Maggie	0.71%	=
7	Bailey	0.65%	=
8	Chloe	0.55%	=
9	Abby	0.51%	=
10	Zoey	0.48%	▲ 1
11	Angel	0.42%	▼ 1
12	Zoe	0.39%	=
13	Roxy	0.39%	=
14	Sophie	0.39%	▲ 1
15	Coco	0.37%	▲ 1
16	Ginger	0.37%	▼ 2
17	Gracie	0.37%	▲ 1
18	Lily	0.37%	▼ 1
19	Penny	0.35%	=
20	Mia	0.29%	▲ 1
21	Rosie	0.28%	▲ 2
22	Ruby	0.28%	=
23	Princess	0.27%	▼ 3
24	Lola	0.26%	▲ 2
25	Lilly	0.26%	=
26	Lady	0.25%	▼ 2
27	Holly	0.23%	=
28	Sydney	0.21%	▲ 2
29	Sasha	0.21%	=
30	Shelby	0.21%	▼ 2
31	Riley	0.21%	▲ 12
32	Lexi	0.20%	▲ 2
33	Harley	0.20%	▲ 2
34	Dakota	0.19%	▲ 3
35	Missy	0.19%	▼ 4
36	Annie	0.19%	▼ 4
37	Stella	0.19%	▲ 8
38	Belle	0.18%	▲ 4
39	Shadow	0.18%	▼ 6
40	Jasmine	0.18%	▼ 4
41	Emma	0.18%	▼ 3
42	Roxie	0.17%	▼ 2
43	Pepper	0.17%	▼ 2
44	Heidi	0.17%	=
45	Layla	0.17%	▲ 8
46	Maddie	0.16%	▲ 3
47	Misty	0.16%	▼ 8
48	Katie	0.15%	▼ 1
49	Peanut	0.15%	▲ 1
50	Ellie	0.15%	▲ 1

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	1.2%	=
2	Max	1.1%	=
3	Rocky	0.58%	=
4	Toby	0.55%	=
5	Charlie	0.54%	=
6	Jake	0.45%	=
7	Jack	0.44%	=
8	Cooper	0.42%	▲ 3
9	Bear	0.40%	=
10	Duke	0.40%	▼ 2
11	Buster	0.36%	▼ 1
12	Cody	0.35%	=
13	Tucker	0.33%	▲ 1
14	Bailey	0.31%	▼ 1
15	Lucky	0.29%	=
16	Riley	0.28%	=
17	Harley	0.27%	=
18	Teddy	0.26%	▲ 1
19	Murphy	0.25%	▼ 1
20	Oscar	0.24%	▲ 2
21	Bentley	0.24%	▲ 5
22	Gizmo	0.24%	▲ 2
23	Sam	0.23%	=
24	Oliver	0.23%	▲ 3
25	Zeus	0.23%	▼ 4
26	Bandit	0.22%	▼ 1
27	Shadow	0.22%	▼ 7
28	Diesel	0.21%	▲ 4
29	Jackson	0.21%	▲ 1
30	Sammy	0.21%	▼ 2
31	Rusty	0.19%	▼ 2
32	Hunter	0.18%	▲ 1
33	Louie	0.18%	▼ 2
34	Dexter	0.17%	=
35	Milo	0.17%	▲ 2
36	Gus	0.17%	▲ 3
37	Baxter	0.16%	▼ 2
38	Bruno	0.16%	▲ 2
39	Rudy	0.15%	▼ 1
40	Winston	0.15%	▼ 4
41	Geno	0.15%	▲ 4
42	Rocco	0.15%	▲ 8
43	Dakota	0.15%	▼ 2
44	Tyson	0.15%	▼ 2
45	Bo	0.14%	▲ 6
46	Leo	0.14%	▲ 11
47	Jasper	0.14%	▲ 7
48	Gunner	0.14%	▲ 11
49	Sparky	0.14%	▼ 6
50	Chance	0.13%	▼ 6