Most popular dog names of 2016

Ranked from 94,840 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	1.5%	=
2	Lucy	0.91%	=
3	Molly	0.84%	=
4	Sadie	0.84%	=
5	Daisy	0.80%	=
6	Bailey	0.64%	▲ 1
7	Maggie	0.64%	▼ 1
8	Chloe	0.56%	=
9	Zoey	0.51%	=
10	Abby	0.51%	=
11	Sophie	0.44%	=
12	Roxy	0.39%	=
13	Lily	0.39%	▲ 3
14	Penny	0.38%	▲ 1
15	Gracie	0.37%	▲ 2
16	Coco	0.37%	▼ 2
17	Angel	0.34%	▼ 4
18	Zoe	0.34%	▲ 1
19	Ginger	0.33%	▼ 1
20	Rosie	0.32%	▲ 1
21	Mia	0.31%	▼ 1
22	Ruby	0.29%	=
23	Lilly	0.28%	▲ 1
24	Lola	0.28%	▼ 1
25	Stella	0.25%	▲ 3
26	Lady	0.24%	=
27	Princess	0.24%	▼ 2
28	Luna	0.23%	▲ 7
29	Riley	0.22%	▲ 2
30	Holly	0.21%	▼ 3
31	Sydney	0.20%	▼ 2
32	Lexi	0.20%	▼ 2
33	Sasha	0.20%	▼ 1
34	Annie	0.20%	=
35	Harley	0.19%	▼ 2
36	Dakota	0.19%	=
37	Ellie	0.18%	▲ 3
38	Emma	0.18%	▼ 1
39	Layla	0.18%	=
40	Izzy	0.18%	▲ 7
41	Pepper	0.17%	▲ 3
42	Maddie	0.17%	▲ 3
43	Shelby	0.17%	▼ 5
44	Belle	0.16%	▼ 2
45	Piper	0.16%	▲ 6
46	Roxie	0.16%	=
47	Lulu	0.16%	▲ 8
48	Missy	0.16%	▼ 7
49	Honey	0.15%	▲ 1
50	Jasmine	0.15%	▼ 7

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	1.2%	=
2	Max	1.0%	=
3	Charlie	0.58%	▲ 1
4	Rocky	0.56%	▼ 1
5	Toby	0.53%	=
6	Cooper	0.51%	=
7	Jack	0.43%	=
8	Jake	0.43%	=
9	Bear	0.41%	=
10	Duke	0.39%	=
11	Buster	0.36%	=
12	Tucker	0.32%	▲ 1
13	Cody	0.30%	▼ 1
14	Murphy	0.28%	▲ 5
15	Lucky	0.28%	=
16	Bailey	0.27%	▼ 2
17	Bentley	0.27%	▼ 1
18	Teddy	0.26%	▲ 3
19	Zeus	0.26%	▼ 2
20	Oliver	0.26%	=
21	Riley	0.26%	▲ 1
22	Harley	0.25%	▼ 4
23	Diesel	0.25%	▲ 4
24	Oscar	0.23%	=
25	Bandit	0.23%	▼ 2
26	Gizmo	0.22%	=
27	Sam	0.22%	▼ 2
28	Sammy	0.21%	▲ 1
29	Shadow	0.21%	▲ 1
30	Jackson	0.20%	▼ 2
31	Louie	0.20%	=
32	Hunter	0.19%	▲ 1
33	Leo	0.19%	▲ 11
34	Milo	0.19%	▲ 2
35	Rusty	0.19%	▼ 1
36	Dexter	0.18%	▼ 1
37	Winston	0.18%	=
38	Rocco	0.18%	▲ 1
39	Gus	0.17%	▼ 7
40	Bruno	0.16%	▼ 2
41	Baxter	0.16%	▼ 1
42	Geno	0.16%	▼ 1
43	Tyson	0.15%	▼ 1
44	Beau	0.15%	▲ 11
45	Thor	0.15%	▲ 3
46	Gunner	0.15%	▼ 3
47	Jax	0.15%	▲ 4
48	Jasper	0.14%	▼ 1
49	Crosby	0.14%	=
50	Rudy	0.14%	▼ 5