Most popular dog names of 2022

Ranked from 75,921 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	1.3%	=
2	Lucy	0.88%	=
3	Daisy	0.81%	=
4	Luna	0.75%	▲ 2
5	Sadie	0.67%	▼ 1
6	Molly	0.66%	▼ 1
7	Bailey	0.64%	=
8	Maggie	0.53%	▲ 1
9	Zoey	0.51%	▼ 1
10	Penny	0.51%	▲ 1
11	Sophie	0.46%	▲ 1
12	Chloe	0.46%	▼ 2
13	Rosie	0.42%	=
14	Lily	0.39%	=
15	Gracie	0.39%	=
16	Abby	0.37%	=
17	Stella	0.35%	▲ 2
18	Ruby	0.35%	=
19	Coco	0.34%	▼ 2
20	Lola	0.30%	▲ 1
21	Roxy	0.30%	▲ 1
22	Mia	0.30%	▼ 2
23	Ginger	0.30%	▲ 1
24	Piper	0.29%	▼ 1
25	Willow	0.27%	▲ 4
26	Ellie	0.27%	=
27	Lilly	0.26%	▼ 2
28	Harley	0.25%	▼ 1
29	Izzy	0.22%	▲ 2
30	Millie	0.22%	▲ 3
31	Pepper	0.22%	▼ 3
32	Angel	0.21%	▼ 2
33	Riley	0.20%	▲ 3
34	Lexi	0.20%	=
35	Winnie	0.19%	▲ 4
36	Holly	0.19%	▲ 2
37	Lady	0.19%	▼ 2
38	Zoe	0.19%	▼ 6
39	Layla	0.19%	▼ 2
40	Nala	0.18%	=
41	Lulu	0.18%	=
42	Annie	0.18%	▲ 2
43	Roxie	0.17%	▲ 2
44	Princess	0.17%	▼ 1
45	Honey	0.17%	▼ 3
46	Sasha	0.16%	=
47	Dixie	0.16%	▲ 1
48	Emma	0.15%	▼ 1
49	Olive	0.15%	▲ 9
50	Sydney	0.15%	▼ 1

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Buddy	0.82%	=
2	Max	0.80%	=
3	Cooper	0.67%	=
4	Charlie	0.61%	=
5	Rocky	0.49%	=
6	Bear	0.43%	▲ 2
7	Tucker	0.41%	▲ 2
8	Toby	0.41%	▼ 1
9	Duke	0.40%	▼ 3
10	Teddy	0.37%	▲ 4
11	Oliver	0.37%	=
12	Bentley	0.35%	=
13	Murphy	0.35%	=
14	Milo	0.34%	▲ 1
15	Jack	0.33%	▼ 5
16	Leo	0.29%	▲ 1
17	Zeus	0.29%	▼ 1
18	Louie	0.26%	▲ 3
19	Jake	0.26%	=
20	Gus	0.25%	▲ 3
21	Jax	0.25%	▼ 1
22	Winston	0.25%	=
23	Loki	0.24%	▲ 6
24	Buster	0.24%	▼ 6
25	Dexter	0.23%	=
26	Thor	0.22%	=
27	Finn	0.22%	▲ 12
28	Oscar	0.21%	▼ 4
29	Bailey	0.21%	▼ 2
30	Jackson	0.21%	▼ 2
31	Bandit	0.20%	▲ 2
32	Beau	0.20%	▲ 2
33	Rocco	0.20%	▼ 1
34	Hank	0.19%	▲ 9
35	Cody	0.19%	▼ 5
36	Gunner	0.19%	▲ 1
37	Diesel	0.19%	▼ 6
38	Ace	0.18%	▲ 2
39	Lucky	0.18%	▼ 1
40	Bruno	0.18%	▲ 4
41	Harley	0.17%	▼ 5
42	Henry	0.17%	▲ 4
43	Riley	0.17%	▼ 2
44	Rusty	0.17%	▲ 3
45	Gizmo	0.17%	▼ 10
46	Geno	0.16%	▼ 4
47	Moose	0.16%	▲ 10
48	Otis	0.15%	▲ 4
49	Sam	0.15%	▲ 1
50	Baxter	0.15%	▼ 5