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The Top Dog Names List - Our Most Recent and Comprehensive List

Top Dog Names - Girl and Boy dog Picture with Caption about the 100 top dog namesCheck out our top dog names list when looking for great names for dogs. Naming your dog is one of the most fun and rewarding ways you can begin to bond with your dog. Dog Paw Print is happy to publish the most recent list of the top dog names in the US!

Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) does a study at the beginning of each year of the most popular dog names that come in on pet insurance policy applications for the previous year. Since they are the largest pet insurance company in the United States, their database offers a clear view of the dog name trends that are happening across the country.

The most recent full list published for the top 100 dog names, which was released in January of 2009, showed again that Max took the top spot in the list, and you will notice that the names are mostly two syllable "people" names. Check out the full list below.

Top Dog Names - The Top 100 List

Top Dog Names - Chart of the top 100 dog names in the US , updated in January 2009Want to see even a more current list? Check out our most recently released list, which was made available in January 2010. It shows the top 20 dog names for full year 2010! For the first year in a long time, the top dog spot (for the name Max) has been pushed out of position by a girl dog name: Bella. One has to wonder if the Twilight series of books and movies have had an influence....

We also have a page devoted to the popular girl dog names as well as a page that includes the top 100 dog names since 1980, regardless of gender, again furnished by our friends at Veterinary Pet Insurance.

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We have lots of name suggestions in these other lists that will give you some great ideas about what to name you dog. Look through some of our lists linked in the buttons above as well as in our left sidebar. Have fun naming your dog!

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