Most popular dog names of 2018

Ranked from 91,174 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	0.90%	=
3	Molly	0.79%	=
4	Sadie	0.78%	▲ 1
5	Daisy	0.78%	▼ 1
6	Bailey	0.64%	=
7	Maggie	0.57%	=
8	Chloe	0.54%	=
9	Zoey	0.54%	=
10	Sophie	0.47%	▲ 1
11	Abby	0.44%	▼ 1
12	Penny	0.43%	▲ 1
13	Lily	0.40%	▼ 1
14	Gracie	0.39%	=
15	Luna	0.37%	▲ 8
16	Coco	0.36%	=
17	Roxy	0.35%	▼ 2
18	Rosie	0.35%	▼ 1
19	Ruby	0.32%	▲ 1
20	Ginger	0.32%	▼ 1
21	Mia	0.32%	▼ 3
22	Lola	0.30%	▲ 2
23	Lilly	0.30%	▲ 2
24	Zoe	0.29%	▼ 2
25	Angel	0.28%	▼ 4
26	Stella	0.27%	=
27	Riley	0.22%	▲ 1
28	Ellie	0.22%	▲ 9
29	Harley	0.21%	▲ 6
30	Lady	0.21%	▼ 3
31	Izzy	0.20%	▲ 5
32	Piper	0.20%	▲ 8
33	Sasha	0.20%	▲ 1
34	Holly	0.19%	▼ 3
35	Lexi	0.19%	▲ 3
36	Annie	0.19%	▼ 4
37	Sydney	0.19%	▼ 7
38	Layla	0.19%	▼ 5
39	Emma	0.19%	=
40	Princess	0.19%	▼ 11
41	Pepper	0.18%	▲ 5
42	Roxie	0.18%	▼ 1
43	Dakota	0.17%	▼ 1
44	Lulu	0.17%	▼ 1
45	Dixie	0.16%	▲ 2
46	Maddie	0.16%	▼ 2
47	Belle	0.16%	▲ 2
48	Minnie	0.15%	▲ 6
49	Honey	0.15%	▲ 1
50	Shelby	0.15%	▼ 5

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	1.1%	=
2	Max	0.93%	=
3	Charlie	0.61%	=
4	Cooper	0.60%	=
5	Rocky	0.54%	=
6	Toby	0.51%	=
7	Duke	0.43%	▲ 2
8	Jack	0.42%	▼ 1
9	Bear	0.40%	▼ 1
10	Tucker	0.34%	▲ 2
11	Jake	0.33%	▼ 1
12	Oliver	0.32%	▲ 3
13	Buster	0.32%	▼ 2
14	Bentley	0.31%	=
15	Murphy	0.30%	▼ 2
16	Teddy	0.29%	▲ 1
17	Zeus	0.27%	▲ 2
18	Cody	0.26%	▼ 2
19	Diesel	0.26%	▲ 1
20	Harley	0.25%	▲ 3
21	Lucky	0.25%	▼ 3
22	Milo	0.24%	▲ 7
23	Bailey	0.23%	▼ 2
24	Riley	0.23%	▼ 2
25	Leo	0.23%	▲ 1
26	Louie	0.23%	▲ 4
27	Bandit	0.22%	▼ 3
28	Jackson	0.21%	▼ 3
29	Oscar	0.21%	▼ 1
30	Gizmo	0.20%	▼ 3
31	Winston	0.20%	▲ 5
32	Dexter	0.19%	▲ 1
33	Gus	0.19%	▲ 1
34	Jax	0.19%	▲ 6
35	Sammy	0.19%	▼ 3
36	Sam	0.18%	▼ 5
37	Rocco	0.18%	▲ 5
38	Bruno	0.18%	▲ 6
39	Shadow	0.18%	▼ 4
40	Thor	0.17%	▲ 5
41	Rusty	0.17%	▼ 3
42	Geno	0.17%	▼ 3
43	Baxter	0.17%	=
44	Beau	0.16%	▼ 3
45	Jasper	0.16%	▲ 2
46	Gunner	0.16%	▲ 2
47	Hunter	0.16%	▼ 10
48	Tank	0.16%	▲ 4
49	Otis	0.15%	▲ 1
50	Crosby	0.15%	▼ 4