Most popular dog names of 2017

Ranked from 91,371 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	0.93%	=
3	Molly	0.82%	=
4	Daisy	0.80%	▲ 1
5	Sadie	0.80%	▼ 1
6	Bailey	0.63%	=
7	Maggie	0.60%	=
8	Chloe	0.56%	=
9	Zoey	0.51%	=
10	Abby	0.47%	=
11	Sophie	0.44%	=
12	Lily	0.41%	▲ 1
13	Penny	0.39%	▲ 1
14	Gracie	0.38%	▲ 1
15	Roxy	0.36%	▼ 3
16	Coco	0.36%	=
17	Rosie	0.33%	▲ 3
18	Mia	0.31%	▲ 3
19	Ginger	0.31%	=
20	Ruby	0.31%	▲ 2
21	Angel	0.30%	▼ 4
22	Zoe	0.30%	▼ 4
23	Luna	0.30%	▲ 5
24	Lola	0.29%	=
25	Lilly	0.29%	▼ 2
26	Stella	0.26%	▼ 1
27	Lady	0.23%	▼ 1
28	Riley	0.22%	▲ 1
29	Princess	0.21%	▼ 2
30	Sydney	0.21%	▲ 1
31	Holly	0.21%	▼ 1
32	Annie	0.20%	▲ 2
33	Layla	0.20%	▲ 6
34	Sasha	0.20%	▼ 1
35	Harley	0.19%	=
36	Izzy	0.19%	▲ 4
37	Ellie	0.18%	=
38	Lexi	0.18%	▼ 6
39	Emma	0.18%	▼ 1
40	Piper	0.17%	▲ 5
41	Roxie	0.17%	▲ 5
42	Dakota	0.17%	▼ 6
43	Lulu	0.17%	▲ 4
44	Maddie	0.16%	▼ 2
45	Shelby	0.16%	▼ 2
46	Pepper	0.16%	▼ 5
47	Dixie	0.16%	▲ 4
48	Jasmine	0.16%	▲ 2
49	Belle	0.15%	▼ 5
50	Honey	0.15%	▼ 1

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	1.1%	=
2	Max	0.97%	=
3	Charlie	0.59%	=
4	Cooper	0.56%	▲ 2
5	Rocky	0.54%	▼ 1
6	Toby	0.52%	▼ 1
7	Jack	0.42%	=
8	Bear	0.41%	▲ 1
9	Duke	0.40%	▲ 1
10	Jake	0.40%	▼ 2
11	Buster	0.35%	=
12	Tucker	0.33%	=
13	Murphy	0.31%	▲ 1
14	Bentley	0.30%	▲ 3
15	Oliver	0.29%	▲ 5
16	Cody	0.29%	▼ 3
17	Teddy	0.28%	▲ 1
18	Lucky	0.26%	▼ 3
19	Zeus	0.26%	=
20	Diesel	0.25%	▲ 3
21	Bailey	0.25%	▼ 5
22	Riley	0.25%	▼ 1
23	Harley	0.24%	▼ 1
24	Bandit	0.22%	▲ 1
25	Jackson	0.22%	▲ 5
26	Leo	0.22%	▲ 7
27	Gizmo	0.22%	▼ 1
28	Oscar	0.22%	▼ 4
29	Milo	0.22%	▲ 5
30	Louie	0.21%	▲ 1
31	Sam	0.20%	▼ 4
32	Sammy	0.20%	▼ 4
33	Dexter	0.19%	▲ 3
34	Gus	0.19%	▲ 5
35	Shadow	0.18%	▼ 6
36	Winston	0.18%	▲ 1
37	Hunter	0.18%	▼ 5
38	Rusty	0.18%	▼ 3
39	Geno	0.17%	▲ 3
40	Jax	0.17%	▲ 7
41	Beau	0.17%	▲ 3
42	Rocco	0.17%	▼ 4
43	Baxter	0.16%	▼ 2
44	Bruno	0.16%	▼ 4
45	Thor	0.15%	=
46	Crosby	0.15%	▲ 3
47	Jasper	0.15%	▲ 1
48	Gunner	0.15%	▼ 2
49	Tyson	0.15%	▼ 6
50	Otis	0.14%	▲ 3