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Most Popular Dog Breeds – Full Ranking List

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Updated: Jun 25, 2020 | 2 Minutes
Updated: Jun 25, 2020 | 2 Minutes
Breed 2018 Rank 2017 Rank 2016 Rank 2015 Rank 2014 Rank
Labrador Retrievers 1 1 1 1 1
German Shepherd Dogs 2 2 2 2 2
Golden Retrievers 3 3 3 3 3
French Bulldogs 4 4 6 6 9
Bulldogs 5 5 4 4 4
Beagles 6 6 5 5 5
Poodles 7 7 7 8 7
Rottweilers 8 8 8 9 10
German Shorthaired Pointers 9 10 11 11 12
Yorkshire Terriers 10 9 9 7 6
Boxers 11 11 10 10 8
Dachshunds 12 13 13 13 11
Pembroke Welsh Corgis 13 15 18 20 22
Siberian Huskies 14 12 12 12 13
Australian Shepherds 15 17 16 17 18
Great Danes 16 14 14 15 15
Doberman Pinschers 17 16 15 14 14
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels 18 19 19 18 19
Miniature Schnauzers 19 18 17 16 16
Shih Tzu 20 20 20 19 17
Boston Terriers 21 21 21 22 23
Bernese Mountain Dogs 22 25 27 29 32
Pomeranians 23 22 22 21 20
Havanese 24 23 23 24 25
Shetland Sheepdogs 25 24 24 23 21
Brittanys 26 26 25 26 27
English Springer Spaniels 27 27 26 27 28
Pugs 28 31 32 33 33
Mastiffs 29 28 28 25 26
Cocker Spaniels 30 29 29 30 30
Vizslas 31 30 31 32 34
Cani Corsi 32 37 40 35 48
Chihuahuas 33 32 30 28 24
Miniature American Shepherds 34 35 36 N/A N/A
Border Collies 35 38 38 38 38
Weimaraners 36 34 34 34 35
Maltese 37 33 33 31 29
Collies 38 40 37 36 36
Basset Hounds 39 39 39 39 42
Newfoundlands 40 36 35 37 37
Rhodesian Ridgebacks 41 41 42 40 39
West Highland White Terriers 42 42 41 41 38
Belgian Malinois 43 44 47 51 60
Shiba Inu 44 45 44 45 47
Chesapeake Bay Retrievers 45 43 43 42 41
Bichon Frises 46 46 45 44 44
Akitas 47 47 46 46 46
St. Bernards 48 48 49 50 51
Bloodhounds 49 50 52 49 50
Portuguese Water Dogs 50 54 51 52 52
Bullmastiffs 51 51 48 43 45
English Cocker Spaniels 52 52 56 60 62
Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers 53 49 50 47 49
Papillons 54 53 53 48 43
Australian Cattle Dogs 55 56 54 56 55
Dalmatians 56 63 62 62 66
Scottish Terriers 57 58 58 58 59
Alaskan Malamutes 58 59 59 54 54
Samoyeds 59 57 65 61 68
Airedale Terriers 60 55 55 53 57
Whippets 61 61 60 57 56
Bull Terriers 62 60 57 55 53
German Wirehaired Pointers 63 62 64 68 71
Chinese Shar-Pei 64 64 61 59 58
Wirehaired Pointing Griffons 65 65 66 66 76
Great Pyrenees 66 66 67 67 75
Dogues de Bordeaux 67 67 63 63 63
Cardigan Welsh Corgis 68 68 69 76 78
Cairn Terriers 69 69 70 70 69
Miniature Pinschers 70 71 68 64 61
Lhasa Apsos 71 77 71 65 67
Old English Sheepdogs 72 70 75 74 77
Italian Greyhounds 73 74 72 71 74
Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs 74 75 78 78 80
Chow Chows 75 76 74 73 70
Irish Wolfhounds 76 73 73 69 72
Irish Setters 77 71 76 72 73
Giant Schnauzers 78 80 79 81 83
Chinese Crested 79 79 77 75 65
Staffordshire Bull Terriers 80 82 82 79 79
Coton de Tulear 81 81 80 85 31
Russell Terriers 82 78 90 104 105
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers 83 89 87 99 99
Bouviers des Flandres 84 85 83 83 81
American Staffordshire Terriers 85 83 81 77 84
Rat Terriers 86 97 96 101 111
Basenjis 87 84 88 87 86
Border Terriers 88 92 86 82 85
Standard Schnauzers 89 90 85 91 90
Anatolian Shepherd Dogs 90 86 84 92 94
Flat-Coated Retrievers 91 96 89 86 92
Pekingese 92 88 93 80 82
Leonbergers 93 100 95 93 94
English Setters 94 95 102 96 89
Keeshonden 95 87 92 84 87
Tibetan Terriers 96 101 91 90 88
Norwegian Elkhounds 97 91 94 88 103
Brussels Griffons 98 94 97 95 91
Lagotti Romagnoli 99 117 114 N/A N/A
Boykin Spaniels 100 98 110 107 108
Wire Fox Terriers 101 99 101 94 95
Neapolitan Mastiffs 102 107 99 106 114
Borzois 103 102 98 89 102
Japanese Chin 104 108 108 97 93
Schipperkes 105 110 112 109 109
Belgian Tervurens 106 103 107 98 110
Welsh Terriers 107 109 111 108 106
Norwich Terriers 108 105 103 103 97
Spinoni Italiani 109 111 105 112 118
Miniature Bull Terriers 110 115 120 121 129
Toy Fox Terriers 111 112 116 110 115
Silky Terriers 112 106 100 102 101
Afghan Hounds 113 93 113 100 98
Pointers 114 113 117 114 119
Gordon Setters 115 104 104 105 100
Irish Terriers 116 114 115 113 125
Parson Russell Terriers 117 119 109 111 116
Black Russian Terriers 118 116 119 116 127
Tibetan Spaniels 119 121 118 115 122
Salukis 120 123 125 132 134
Boerboels 121 124 131 126 64
American Eskimo Dogs 122 118 122 118 120
Smooth Fox Terriers 123 122 124 122 124
Beaucerons 124 141 140 142 145
Belgian Sheepdogs 125 120 129 120 123
Norfolk Terriers 126 128 134 131 131
Bearded Collies 127 125 126 119 121
Welsh Springer Spaniels 128 133 123 128 133
Kerry Blue Terriers 129 129 127 124 128
Bluetick Coonhounds 130 132 121 123 130
Tibetan Mastiffs 131 153 135 133 135
Briards 132 128 132 130 132
Manchester Terriers 133 135 133 137 136
German Pinschers 134 136 146 138 141
English Toy Spaniels 135 134 130 129 138
American Hairless Terriers 136 126 106 N/A N/A
Treeing Walker Coonhounds 137 131 137 117 112
Black and Tan Coonhounds 138 130 128 127 126
Australian Terriers 139 137 136 125 139
Xoloitzcuintli 140 143 139 135 142
Bedlington Terriers 141 151 138 146 140
Redbone Coonhounds 142 139 143 139 148
Clumber Spaniels 143 140 144 134 143
Berger Picards 144 146 141 N/A N/A
Greyhounds 145 156 151 147 147
Irish Red and White Setters 146 154 142 148 155
Lakeland Terriers 147 138 145 141 149
Affenpinschers 148 147 149 136 144
Field Spaniels 149 145 14 145 137
Nederlandse Kooikerhondjes 150 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Pumik 151 162 N/A N/A N/A
Ibizan Hounds 152 165 152 160 159
Spanish Water Dogs 153 148 162 167 113
Portuguese Podengo Pequenos 154 159 160 153 166
Icelandic Sheepdogs 155 144 153 140 146
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeens 156 160 148 143 150
Entlebucher Mountain Dogs 157 152 161 159 153
Scottish Deerhounds 158 168 154 152 157
Irish Water Spaniels 159 164 150 144 152
Pulik 160 142 159 154 151
Finnish Lapphunds 161 173 173 169 173
Curly-Coated Retrievers 162 171 164 151 163
Kuvaszok 163 157 165 150 161
Sealyham Terriers 164 150 155 158 169
Norwegian Buhunds 165 170 174 165 172
American Water Spaniels 166 167 156 157 160
Wirehaired Vizslas 167 155 157 156 107
Lowchen 168 169 171 161 165
Swedish Vallhunds 169 149 165 155 158
Polish Lowland Sheepdogs 170 176 169 164 170
Plott Hounds 171 166 158 149 154
Pharoah Hounds 172 174 168 171 164
Komondorok 173 163 177 163 168
Glen of Imaal Terriers 174 158 180 168 162
American English Coonhounds 175 178 170 166 156
Dandie Dinmont Terriers 176 182 167 172 167
Grand Basset Griffon Vendeens 177 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Skye Terriers 178 172 178 175 177
Canaan Dogs 179 175 181 170 176
Sussex Spaniels 180 161 172 173 175
Pyrenean Shepherds 181 180 176 176 178
Otterhounds 182 188 166 180 179
Cirnechi dell’Etna 183 184 183 162 117
Finnish Spitz 184 177 179 178 174
Cesky Terriers 185 185 182 179 182
American Foxhounds 186 187 189 181 180
Bergamasco Sheepdogs 187 181 184 174 96
English Foxhounds 188 189 187 184 183
Harriers 189 183 186 193 181
Chinooks 190 179 175 177 171
Norwegian Lundehunds 191 190 188 182 184
Sloughis 192 188 185 N/A N/A

 

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