AKC Dog Registration Statistics

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Labrador Retriever

Yorkshire Terrier

German Shepherd Dog

Golden Retriever

Beagle

Boxer

Dachshund

Poodle

Shih Tzu

Bulldog

	RANKING
BREED	2007	2006	2002	1997
Retrievers (Labrador)	1	1	1	1
Yorkshire Terriers	2	2	6	9
German Shepherd Dogs	3	3	3	3
Retrievers (Golden)	4	4	2	4
Beagles	5	5	4	6
Boxers	6	7	7	13
Dachshunds	7	6	5	7
Poodles	8	8	8	5
ShihTzu	9	9	10	11
Bulldogs	10	12	18	26
Miniature Schnauzers	11	10	11	14
Chihuahuas	12	11	9	12
Pomeranians	13	14	12	10
Pugs	14	13	14	19
Rottweilers	15	17	13	2
BostonTerriers	16	15	17	20
Spaniels (Cocker)	17	16	15	8
Pointers (GermanShorthaired)	18	19	22	24
Maltese	19	18	20	21
Shetland Sheepdogs	20	20	16	15
Doberman Pinschers	21	21	23	22
Pembroke Welsh Corgis	22	22	25	37
Great Danes	23	24	28	29
Siberian Huskies	24	25	21	16
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels	25	27	40	70
Miniature Pinschers	26	23	19	18
Spaniels (English Springer)	27	26	27	25
Mastiffs	28	32	34	41
Brittanys	29	31	30	33
Weimaraners	30	30	29	39
Basset Hounds	31	28	24	23
Bichons Frises	32	29	26	28
Australian Shepherds	33	34	35	40
French Bulldogs	34	36	58	76
West Highland White Terriers	35	33	31	36
Papillons	36	35	38	52
Havanese	37	38	64	-
Collies	38	37	32	30
St. Bernards	39	39	37	38
Bullmastiffs	40	40	47	53
Bernese Mountain Dogs	41	41	51	62
Vizslas	42	43	46	50
Bloodhounds	43	45	49	55
Newfoundlands	44	44	45	49
Scottish Terriers	45	42	44	43
Chinese Shar-Pei	46	47	39	32
Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay)	47	50	42	42
Cairn Terriers	48	48	43	45
Lhasa Apsos	49	46	36	31
Pekingese	50	49	33	27
Akitas	51	53	41	34
Chinese Crested	52	52	62	68
Rhodesian Ridgebacks	53	54	57	56
Border Collies	54	56	63	74
Airedale Terriers	55	55	48	47
Alaskan Malamutes	56	57	53	46
Great Pyrenees	57	58	50	44
Bull Terriers	58	61	79	82
Italian Greyhounds	59	59	52	54
Brussels Griffons	60	63	78	91
Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers	61	62	56	63
Whippets	62	60	60	66
Chow Chows	63	64	54	35
Australian Cattle Dogs	64	67	71	65
Portuguese Water Dogs	65	69	73	84
Setters (Irish)	66	68	59	59
Shiba Inu	67	65	55	58
American Staffordshire Terriers	68	66	61	67
Spaniels (English Cocker)	69	74	75	75
Pointers (German Wirehaired)	70	73	76	73
Japanese Chin	71	72	74	78
Old English Sheepdogs	72	71	67	60
Samoyeds	73	76	69	48
Silky Terriers	74	70	66	64
Parson Russell Terriers - Jack Russell Terriers	75	75	65	-
Beaucerons	76	157	-	-
Dalmatians	77	85	68	17
Cardigan Welsh Corgis	78	79	82	88
Belgian Malinois	79	90	90	95
Irish Wolfhounds	80	77	83	77
Border Terriers	81	81	86	87
Fox Terriers (Wire)	82	78	70	61
Giant Schnauzers	83	83	80	81
Bouviersdes Flandres	84	86	81	71
Staffordshire Bull Terriers	85	80	91	100
Schipperkes	86	82	72	51
Swedish Vallhunds	87	156	-	-
Toy Fox Terriers	88	89	-	-
Basenjis	89	84	77	69
Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs	90	97	97	111
Setters (Gordon)	91	88	84	79
Tibetan Terriers	92	95	92	90
Setters (English)	93	98	93	86
Afghan Hounds	94	87	89	83
Norwich Terriers	95	94	102	108
Norwegian Elkhounds	96	92	87	72
Welsh Terriers	97	91	94	93
Borzois	98	96	88	80
Keeshonden	99	93	85	57
Retrievers (Flat-Coated)	100	100	98	102
FoxTerriers (Smooth)	101	102	95	85
Standard Schnauzers	102	99	101	98
Belgian Tervuren	103	107	104	97
Tibetan Spaniels	104	101	100	105
Wirehaired Pointing Griffons	105	105	113	121
Pointers	106	103	99	92
Bearded Collies	107	104	96	89
Australian Terriers	108	113	106	99
American Eskimo Dogs	109	109	103	94
Retrievers(Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)	110	110	-	-
Anatolian Shepherd Dogs	111	111	126	-
Norfolk Terriers	112	115	110	112
Manchester Terriers	113	106	107	96
Kerry Blue Terriers	114	114	105	104
Neapolitan Mastiffs	115	112	-	-
Plotts	116	108	-	-
Spinoni Italiani	117	117	114	-
Salukis	118	116	108	106
Belgian Sheepdogs	119	122	109	101
Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens	120	119	116	113
English Toy Spaniels	121	120	121	114
Spaniels (Clumber)	122	121	120	120
Briards	123	118	115	107
Spaniels (Welsh Springer)	124	124	112	116
Affenpinschers	125	125	117	124
Irish Terriers	126	123	111	110
Miniature Bull Terriers	127	129	132	128
Tibetan Mastiffs	128	51	-	-
Bedlington Terriers	129	128	118	118
Lakeland Terriers	130	127	123	122
Black Russian Terriers	131	134	-	-
Spaniels (Field)	132	126	131	132
Greyhounds	133	136	124	125
Kuvaszok	134	130	127	109
German Pinschers	135	143	-	-
Black and Tan Coonhounds	136	131	125	119
Scottish Deerhounds	137	135	122	117
Spaniels (American Water)	138	133	119	115
Lowchen	139	132	130	-
Ibizan Hounds	140	138	144	133
Pulik	141	140	129	123
Polish Lowland Sheepdogs	142	142	134	-
Retrievers (Curly-Coated)	143	137	128	126
Komondorok	144	148	141	130
Pharaoh Hounds	145	141	135	131
Sealyham Terriers	146	149	137	136
Spaniels (Irish Water)	147	139	133	129
Dandie Dinmont Terriers	148	144	139	134
Glen of Imaal Terriers	149	153	-	-
Harriers	150	154	146	140
Finnish Spitz	151	147	143	135
Skye Terriers	152	146	142	127
Canaan Dogs	153	150	138	103
Spaniels (Sussex)	154	145	136	138
Foxhounds (American)	155	151	140	137
Otterhounds	156	152	147	139
Foxhounds (English)	157	155	145	141