Most popular dog names of 2021

Ranked from 82,390 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%	=
3	Daisy	0.79%	=
4	Sadie	0.72%	=
5	Molly	0.67%	=
6	Luna	0.64%	▲ 1
7	Bailey	0.62%	▼ 1
8	Zoey	0.53%	▲ 1
9	Maggie	0.51%	▼ 1
10	Chloe	0.49%	=
11	Penny	0.48%	=
12	Sophie	0.46%	=
13	Rosie	0.40%	▲ 3
14	Lily	0.39%	▼ 1
15	Gracie	0.38%	=
16	Abby	0.38%	▼ 2
17	Coco	0.35%	▲ 1
18	Ruby	0.34%	▲ 4
19	Stella	0.34%	=
20	Mia	0.31%	▲ 1
21	Lola	0.31%	▼ 1
22	Roxy	0.31%	▼ 5
23	Piper	0.29%	▲ 4
24	Ginger	0.29%	▼ 1
25	Lilly	0.26%	▼ 1
26	Ellie	0.26%	▼ 1
27	Harley	0.25%	▲ 2
28	Pepper	0.23%	▲ 6
29	Willow	0.23%	▲ 8
30	Angel	0.22%	▼ 2
31	Izzy	0.22%	▼ 1
32	Zoe	0.22%	▼ 6
33	Millie	0.20%	▲ 14
34	Lexi	0.19%	▼ 1
35	Lady	0.19%	▼ 3
36	Riley	0.19%	▼ 5
37	Layla	0.19%	▼ 2
38	Holly	0.18%	▼ 2
39	Winnie	0.18%	▲ 12
40	Nala	0.18%	▲ 6
41	Lulu	0.17%	▼ 1
42	Honey	0.17%	▲ 1
43	Princess	0.17%	▲ 5
44	Annie	0.17%	▼ 6
45	Roxie	0.17%	▼ 1
46	Sasha	0.17%	▼ 5
47	Emma	0.16%	▼ 5
48	Dixie	0.16%	▲ 2
49	Sydney	0.16%	▼ 10
50	Minnie	0.15%	▼ 5

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	0.86%	=
2	Max	0.83%	=
3	Cooper	0.67%	=
4	Charlie	0.63%	=
5	Rocky	0.53%	=
6	Duke	0.43%	▲ 2
7	Toby	0.42%	=
8	Bear	0.40%	▼ 2
9	Tucker	0.39%	=
10	Jack	0.36%	=
11	Oliver	0.36%	▲ 1
12	Bentley	0.35%	▼ 1
13	Murphy	0.35%	=
14	Teddy	0.33%	=
15	Milo	0.32%	▲ 1
16	Zeus	0.30%	▲ 2
17	Leo	0.28%	▲ 3
18	Buster	0.27%	▼ 1
19	Jake	0.27%	▼ 4
20	Jax	0.25%	▲ 5
21	Louie	0.25%	▼ 2
22	Winston	0.25%	▲ 10
23	Gus	0.23%	▲ 4
24	Oscar	0.22%	▼ 2
25	Dexter	0.22%	▲ 3
26	Thor	0.21%	▲ 3
27	Bailey	0.21%	▼ 4
28	Jackson	0.21%	▲ 5
29	Loki	0.21%	▲ 8
30	Cody	0.21%	▼ 9
31	Diesel	0.20%	▼ 7
32	Rocco	0.20%	▲ 3
33	Bandit	0.20%	▼ 7
34	Beau	0.19%	▲ 4
35	Gizmo	0.19%	▼ 1
36	Harley	0.19%	▼ 5
37	Gunner	0.19%	▲ 2
38	Lucky	0.18%	▼ 8
39	Finn	0.18%	▲ 11
40	Ace	0.18%	▲ 5
41	Riley	0.18%	▼ 5
42	Geno	0.17%	=
43	Hank	0.17%	▲ 8
44	Bruno	0.17%	▼ 3
45	Baxter	0.16%	▼ 2
46	Henry	0.16%	▲ 2
47	Rusty	0.16%	▲ 2
48	Jasper	0.16%	▼ 4
49	Ollie	0.15%	▲ 12
50	Sam	0.15%	▼ 10