Most popular dog names of 2023

Ranked from 72,131 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	1.2%	=
2	Lucy	0.92%	=
3	Daisy	0.82%	=
4	Luna	0.78%	=
5	Sadie	0.65%	=
6	Molly	0.64%	=
7	Bailey	0.61%	=
8	Penny	0.51%	▲ 2
9	Maggie	0.51%	▼ 1
10	Zoey	0.48%	▼ 1
11	Chloe	0.46%	▲ 1
12	Sophie	0.45%	▼ 1
13	Rosie	0.43%	=
14	Lily	0.40%	=
15	Gracie	0.39%	=
16	Stella	0.38%	▲ 1
17	Ruby	0.37%	▲ 1
18	Abby	0.34%	▼ 2
19	Coco	0.33%	=
20	Willow	0.32%	▲ 5
21	Piper	0.31%	▲ 3
22	Ellie	0.30%	▲ 4
23	Roxy	0.30%	▼ 2
24	Mia	0.30%	▼ 2
25	Lola	0.29%	▼ 5
26	Ginger	0.29%	▼ 3
27	Millie	0.26%	▲ 3
28	Harley	0.25%	=
29	Lilly	0.25%	▼ 2
30	Winnie	0.24%	▲ 5
31	Pepper	0.21%	=
32	Izzy	0.21%	▼ 3
33	Nala	0.20%	▲ 7
34	Layla	0.20%	▲ 5
35	Lexi	0.19%	▼ 1
36	Angel	0.19%	▼ 4
37	Zoe	0.19%	▲ 1
38	Riley	0.19%	▼ 5
39	Roxie	0.18%	▲ 4
40	Annie	0.18%	▲ 2
41	Holly	0.18%	▼ 5
42	Honey	0.17%	▲ 3
43	Lulu	0.17%	▼ 2
44	Lady	0.17%	▼ 7
45	Dixie	0.16%	▲ 2
46	Emma	0.15%	▲ 2
47	Minnie	0.15%	▲ 6
48	Princess	0.15%	▼ 4
49	Sasha	0.15%	▼ 3
50	Belle	0.15%	▲ 1

Top boys

#	Name	Share	vs prior yr
1	Max	0.78%	▲ 1
2	Buddy	0.76%	▼ 1
3	Cooper	0.68%	=
4	Charlie	0.65%	=
5	Rocky	0.47%	=
6	Bear	0.44%	=
7	Duke	0.42%	▲ 2
8	Tucker	0.42%	▼ 1
9	Toby	0.40%	▼ 1
10	Teddy	0.39%	=
11	Oliver	0.37%	=
12	Milo	0.37%	▲ 2
13	Bentley	0.36%	▼ 1
14	Murphy	0.34%	▼ 1
15	Leo	0.31%	▲ 1
16	Jack	0.30%	▼ 1
17	Zeus	0.30%	=
18	Loki	0.27%	▲ 5
19	Winston	0.26%	▲ 3
20	Gus	0.26%	=
21	Louie	0.25%	▼ 3
22	Jax	0.25%	▼ 1
23	Jake	0.24%	▼ 4
24	Thor	0.24%	▲ 2
25	Finn	0.24%	▲ 2
26	Bandit	0.22%	▲ 5
27	Beau	0.21%	▲ 5
28	Hank	0.21%	▲ 6
29	Dexter	0.21%	▼ 4
30	Bruno	0.21%	▲ 10
31	Buster	0.21%	▼ 7
32	Rocco	0.20%	▲ 1
33	Jackson	0.20%	▼ 3
34	Bailey	0.19%	▼ 5
35	Oscar	0.19%	▼ 7
36	Ace	0.19%	▲ 2
37	Cody	0.18%	▼ 2
38	Gunner	0.18%	▼ 2
39	Diesel	0.18%	▼ 2
40	Henry	0.18%	▲ 2
41	Riley	0.17%	▲ 2
42	Lucky	0.17%	▼ 3
43	Rusty	0.16%	▲ 1
44	Ollie	0.16%	▲ 11
45	Blue	0.16%	▲ 6
46	Harley	0.15%	▼ 5
47	Jasper	0.15%	▲ 5
48	Otis	0.15%	=
49	Gizmo	0.15%	▼ 4
50	Sammy	0.15%	▲ 3