Most popular dog names of 2015

Ranked from 101,066 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	Lucy	0.91%	▲ 1
3	Molly	0.87%	▼ 1
4	Sadie	0.82%	▲ 1
5	Daisy	0.80%	▼ 1
6	Maggie	0.68%	=
7	Bailey	0.66%	=
8	Chloe	0.55%	=
9	Zoey	0.51%	▲ 1
10	Abby	0.50%	▼ 1
11	Sophie	0.41%	▲ 3
12	Roxy	0.40%	▲ 1
13	Angel	0.39%	▼ 2
14	Coco	0.38%	▲ 1
15	Penny	0.37%	▲ 4
16	Lily	0.36%	▲ 2
17	Gracie	0.36%	=
18	Ginger	0.35%	▼ 2
19	Zoe	0.35%	▼ 7
20	Mia	0.33%	=
21	Rosie	0.29%	=
22	Ruby	0.29%	=
23	Lola	0.27%	▲ 1
24	Lilly	0.27%	▲ 1
25	Princess	0.25%	▼ 2
26	Lady	0.24%	=
27	Holly	0.22%	=
28	Stella	0.22%	▲ 9
29	Sydney	0.21%	▼ 1
30	Lexi	0.21%	▲ 2
31	Riley	0.21%	=
32	Sasha	0.21%	▼ 3
33	Harley	0.21%	=
34	Annie	0.20%	▲ 2
35	Luna	0.19%	▲ 18
36	Dakota	0.19%	▼ 2
37	Emma	0.18%	▲ 4
38	Shelby	0.18%	▼ 8
39	Layla	0.18%	▲ 6
40	Ellie	0.18%	▲ 10
41	Missy	0.17%	▼ 6
42	Belle	0.17%	▼ 4
43	Jasmine	0.17%	▼ 3
44	Pepper	0.17%	▼ 1
45	Maddie	0.16%	▲ 1
46	Roxie	0.16%	▼ 4
47	Izzy	0.16%	▲ 8
48	Heidi	0.16%	▼ 4
49	Peanut	0.15%	=
50	Honey	0.15%	▲ 1

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	1.2%	=
2	Max	1.0%	=
3	Rocky	0.58%	=
4	Charlie	0.56%	▲ 1
5	Toby	0.54%	▼ 1
6	Cooper	0.46%	▲ 2
7	Jack	0.44%	=
8	Jake	0.43%	▼ 2
9	Bear	0.41%	=
10	Duke	0.39%	=
11	Buster	0.35%	=
12	Cody	0.33%	=
13	Tucker	0.31%	=
14	Bailey	0.30%	=
15	Lucky	0.28%	=
16	Bentley	0.28%	▲ 5
17	Zeus	0.28%	▲ 8
18	Harley	0.27%	▼ 1
19	Murphy	0.27%	=
20	Oliver	0.26%	▲ 4
21	Teddy	0.26%	▼ 3
22	Riley	0.25%	▼ 6
23	Bandit	0.24%	▲ 3
24	Oscar	0.24%	▼ 4
25	Sam	0.24%	▼ 2
26	Gizmo	0.24%	▼ 4
27	Diesel	0.23%	▲ 1
28	Jackson	0.21%	▲ 1
29	Sammy	0.21%	▲ 1
30	Shadow	0.21%	▼ 3
31	Louie	0.20%	▲ 2
32	Gus	0.18%	▲ 4
33	Hunter	0.18%	▼ 1
34	Rusty	0.18%	▼ 3
35	Dexter	0.18%	▼ 1
36	Milo	0.18%	▼ 1
37	Winston	0.17%	▲ 3
38	Bruno	0.17%	=
39	Rocco	0.17%	▲ 3
40	Baxter	0.16%	▼ 3
41	Geno	0.16%	=
42	Tyson	0.16%	▲ 2
43	Gunner	0.15%	▲ 5
44	Leo	0.15%	▲ 2
45	Rudy	0.15%	▼ 6
46	Brutus	0.14%	▲ 7
47	Jasper	0.14%	=
48	Thor	0.14%	▲ 14
49	Crosby	0.14%	▲ 5
50	Chance	0.14%	=