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    10 Trendiest Dog Names of the Year

    By | Pets – Mon, Jan 14, 2013 1:41 PM EST

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    No. 1: Dexter (male), Luna (female)

    Dexter rose in popularity the most of all male dog names, starting at No. 99 in 2003 and landing at No. 25 in 2012.

    For female names, Luna's

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    Photo by: iStock
    No. 1: Dexter (male), Luna (female)

    Dexter rose in popularity the most of all male dog names, starting at No. 99 in 2003 and landing at No. 25 in 2012.

    For female names, Luna's rise in popularity was even more meteoric, also beginning at No. 99 in 2003 and rising to No. 19 last year.


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    By Kristen Seymour



    We've already examined the most popular puppy names of the year, but many of the same names top the list year-after-year. Digging a little deeper in Vetstreet's database of 1.26 million dog names we uncovered which names are the gaining popularity the fastest this year. So without further ado here are 2013's hottest names.



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