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What Is the Most Common Dog Name?

Is your dog's name Coco? This was one of the top 20 most popular dog names in 2009.

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Dogs are one of the most common house pet – a mans best friend, although what is the most common name for them?

Well here is a list of the twenty most popular dog names for male and female in 2009.

Male

Max
Jake
Buddy
Baily
Sam
Rocky
Buster
Casey
Cody
Duke
Charlie
Jack
Harley
Rusty
Toby
Murphy
Shelby
Sparky
Barney
Winston

Female

Maggie
Mollie
Lady
Sadie
Lucy
Daisy
Ginger
Abby
Sasha
Sandy
Dakota
Katie
Annie
Chelsea
Princess
Missy
Sophie
Bo
Coco
Tasha

Now, I would say I’m very surprised that Rover and Spot weren’t in the top forty, if I had a dog, I would call it Rover, mainly because that is what I used to call my first dog I trained on Command & Conquer Red Alert.

Anyway, does your dog have any of these names, or what is your dog called?

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