For six years in a row, Max ruled the top spot. But in an upset that is sure to have dog owners talking, Veterinary Pet Insurance, the nation’s oldest and largest provider of pet health insurance, has declared Bella the most popular dog name of 2009. VPI crunched the numbers on its more than 475,000 insured pets to determine this year’s most common names, and Bella beat out Max by more than 400 dogs. Fans of Max, however, can rest assured that for cats, that name is still top dog – er, top cat.

Dogs

1. Bella
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2. Max
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3. Bailey
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4. Lucy
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5. Molly
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6. Buddy
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7. Maggie
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8. Daisy
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9. Chloe
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10. Sophie
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“I was shocked to see Max bumped from No. 1!” said Curtis Steinhoff, senior director of corporate communications for VPI. “Max has been the most popular dog name for so long, I didn’t think anything would take him down. I can only wonder if Max’s dethroning has something to do with Bella being the name of the heroine in a certain vampire book/film series that’s pretty popular these days.”

The same ten names appeared on 2009 and 2008′s list of Top Ten Dog Names, with only the positioning of each name changing slightly.

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