Most popular dog names of 2020

Ranked from 85,920 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	0.90%	=
3	Daisy	0.79%	▲ 2
4	Sadie	0.74%	=
5	Molly	0.73%	▼ 2
6	Bailey	0.63%	=
7	Luna	0.53%	▲ 3
8	Maggie	0.52%	▼ 1
9	Zoey	0.51%	▼ 1
10	Chloe	0.50%	▼ 1
11	Penny	0.46%	▲ 1
12	Sophie	0.45%	▼ 1
13	Lily	0.41%	▲ 2
14	Abby	0.40%	=
15	Gracie	0.40%	▼ 2
16	Rosie	0.36%	▲ 1
17	Roxy	0.34%	▲ 1
18	Coco	0.34%	▼ 2
19	Stella	0.34%	=
20	Lola	0.33%	▲ 1
21	Mia	0.31%	▼ 1
22	Ruby	0.31%	=
23	Ginger	0.28%	=
24	Lilly	0.28%	=
25	Ellie	0.26%	▲ 2
26	Zoe	0.26%	▼ 1
27	Piper	0.25%	▲ 3
28	Angel	0.25%	▼ 2
29	Harley	0.24%	=
30	Izzy	0.23%	▲ 4
31	Riley	0.22%	▼ 3
32	Lady	0.21%	▼ 1
33	Lexi	0.21%	▼ 1
34	Pepper	0.21%	▲ 5
35	Layla	0.20%	▼ 2
36	Holly	0.20%	▼ 1
37	Willow	0.20%	▲ 6
38	Annie	0.18%	▲ 3
39	Sydney	0.18%	▼ 3
40	Lulu	0.17%	▼ 3
41	Sasha	0.17%	▼ 3
42	Emma	0.17%	▼ 2
43	Honey	0.16%	▲ 5
44	Roxie	0.16%	=
45	Minnie	0.16%	▲ 4
46	Nala	0.16%	▲ 5
47	Millie	0.16%	▲ 7
48	Princess	0.16%	▼ 6
49	Dakota	0.15%	▼ 3
50	Dixie	0.15%	▼ 3

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	0.95%	=
2	Max	0.86%	=
3	Cooper	0.65%	=
4	Charlie	0.61%	=
5	Rocky	0.54%	=
6	Bear	0.44%	▲ 1
7	Toby	0.43%	▼ 1
8	Duke	0.42%	=
9	Tucker	0.40%	▲ 1
10	Jack	0.38%	▼ 1
11	Bentley	0.36%	▲ 2
12	Oliver	0.34%	▼ 1
13	Murphy	0.33%	▲ 2
14	Teddy	0.32%	▲ 2
15	Jake	0.31%	▼ 3
16	Milo	0.31%	▲ 2
17	Buster	0.29%	▼ 3
18	Zeus	0.28%	▼ 1
19	Louie	0.26%	▲ 2
20	Leo	0.24%	▲ 6
21	Cody	0.23%	▼ 1
22	Oscar	0.23%	▲ 5
23	Bailey	0.22%	=
24	Diesel	0.22%	▼ 5
25	Jax	0.22%	▲ 7
26	Bandit	0.22%	▼ 2
27	Gus	0.22%	▲ 6
28	Dexter	0.21%	▲ 2
29	Thor	0.21%	▲ 2
30	Lucky	0.21%	▼ 8
31	Harley	0.21%	▼ 6
32	Winston	0.21%	▲ 2
33	Jackson	0.20%	▼ 5
34	Gizmo	0.20%	▲ 1
35	Rocco	0.19%	▲ 1
36	Riley	0.19%	▼ 7
37	Loki	0.19%	▲ 12
38	Beau	0.18%	▲ 1
39	Gunner	0.18%	▲ 2
40	Sam	0.18%	▼ 3
41	Bruno	0.17%	▲ 1
42	Geno	0.17%	▼ 2
43	Baxter	0.17%	▲ 3
44	Jasper	0.17%	▲ 1
45	Ace	0.17%	▲ 2
46	Shadow	0.16%	▼ 3
47	Sammy	0.16%	▼ 9
48	Henry	0.16%	▲ 6
49	Rusty	0.15%	▼ 5
50	Finn	0.15%	▲ 10