Does your dog have one of the most popular names?
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- Laura Woods, PetBreeds.com
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Bringing a new dog into your pack is beyond exciting. You have years of backyard fetch, dog park dates and warm slobbery kisses to look forward to — but first, your pooch needs a name.
Even with canine children, a lot of stock goes into a name. Many decisions must be made: Do you want to go traditional or unique, adorable or tough?
The experts at PetBreeds, a pet research site by Graphiq, referenced Rover.com to find the top 100 dog names of 2016 — 50 male and 50 female names. Rover.com uses its database of thousands of dogs to determine which names top the charts each year. The list is ranked from least to most popular dog name.
Interestingly, Rover reported 28 percent of dog names are "decidedly human," so PetBreeds included the frequency of each name in humans. The higher the frequency, the more babies given the name in the U.S. in 2015. Popularity of each name varies, but only a handful of male dog names — Moose, Gizmo, Bandit — have no human equivalent.
From Ace and Kona to Max and Bella, here are the 100 most popular dog names in the U.S.
Compiled by Laura Woods, PetBreeds.com
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#50. Ace
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 362.1
#50. Kona
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 5.2
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#49. Honey
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 25.3
#49. Jasper
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 907.3
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#48. Brody
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,836.8
#48. Harley
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 580.3
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#47. Ella
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 4,057.7
#47. Loki
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 56.2
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#46. Marley
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 127.8
#46. Belle
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 128.2
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#45. Millie
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 347.3
#45. Blue
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 15.3
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#44. Sammy
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 61.7
#44. Cali
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 734.3
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#43. Princess
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 138.0
#43. Finn
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 928.0
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#42. Moose
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): N/A
#42. Dixie
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 147.8
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#41. Maddie
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 128.2
#41. Gizmo
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): N/A
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#40. Beau
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 970.0
#40. Maya
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 2,118.2
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#39. Izzy
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 27.9
#39. Bandit
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): N/A
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#38. Bruno
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 171.2
#38. Annie
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 517.3
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#37. Olive
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 618.6
#37. Diesel
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 69.1
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#36. Ollie
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 60.2
#36. Lexi
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 541.1
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#35. Layla
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 3,249.9
#35. Baxter
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 33.5
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#34. Sam
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 253.6
#34. Lady
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 5.2
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#33. Emma
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 10,518.8
#33. Hank
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 261.0
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#32. Cody
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 779.0
#32. Lulu
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 30.5
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#31. Pepper
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 77.0
#31. Henry
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 4,989.0
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#30. Oscar
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,127.8
#30. Riley
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 2,949.2
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#29. Sasha
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 295.6
#29. Lucky
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 21.2
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#28. Gus
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 80.4
#28. Piper
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 2,118.7
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#27. Lilly
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,185.5
#27. Harley
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 190.4
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#26. Bailey
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 53.8
#26. Abby
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 371.6
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#25. Ginger
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 35.1
#25. Jackson
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 6,010.2
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#24. Murphy
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 73.0
#24. Rosie
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 188.1
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#23. Nala
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 147.3
#23. Buster
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 8.4
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#22. Winston
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 268.4
#22. Ellie
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 2,500.1
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#21. Zoe
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 3,098.0
#21. Riley
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,020.8
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#20. Louie
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 105.1
#20. Mia
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 7,658.5
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#19. Ruby
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,774.1
#19. Zeus
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 57.2
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#18. Dexter
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 371.5
#18. Gracie
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 999.4
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#17. Coco
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 42.9
#17. Jax
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 912.2
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#16. Leo
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 2,250.3
#16. Roxy
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 41.3
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#15. Penny
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 191.7
#15. Jake
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 944.3
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#14. Teddy
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 44.9
#14. Zoey
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 3,565.7
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#13. Stella
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 2,464.5
#13. Milo
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 627.1
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#12. Bentley
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 2,115.1
#12. Lily
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 3,419.4
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#11. Chloe
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 4,074.2
#11. Oliver
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 5,719.2
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#10. Tucker
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,094.8
#10. Maggie
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 684.7
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#9. Bailey
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,456.2
#9. Toby
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 179.1
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#8. Duke
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 222.0
#8. Sophie
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,507.9
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#7. Sadie
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 2,444.8
#7. Bear
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 66.1
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#6. Rocky
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 113.0
#6. Molly
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,155.0
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#5. Luna
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,441.8
#5. Jack
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 4,171.9
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#4. Cooper
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 2,584.3
#4. Lola
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 745.7
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#3. Daisy
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 906.4
#3. Buddy
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 13.3
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#2. Charlie
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 820.0
#2. Lucy
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 2,331.7
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#1. Bella
Sex: Female
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,943.0
#1. Max
Sex: Male
Name frequency per 1 million human babies born (2015): 1,676.5
- Laura Woods, PetBreeds.com
Bringing a new dog into your pack is beyond exciting. You have years of backyard fetch, dog park dates and warm slobbery kisses to look forward to — but first, your pooch needs a name.
Even with canine children, a lot of stock goes into a name. Many decisions must be made: Do you want to go traditional or unique, adorable or tough?
The experts at PetBreeds, a pet research site by Graphiq, referenced Rover.com to find the top 100 dog names of 2016 — 50 male and 50 female names. Rover.com uses its database of thousands of dogs to determine which names top the charts each year. The list is ranked from least to most popular dog name.
Interestingly, Rover reported 28 percent of dog names are "decidedly human," so PetBreeds included the frequency of each name in humans. The higher the frequency, the more babies given the name in the U.S. in 2015. Popularity of each name varies, but only a handful of male dog names — Moose, Gizmo, Bandit — have no human equivalent.
From Ace and Kona to Max and Bella, here are the 100 most popular dog names in the U.S.
Compiled by Laura Woods, PetBreeds.com
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