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AKC Dog Registration Statistics

Breeds 2005
Rank		 2005 2004 Rank 2004
Retrievers (Labrador) 1 137,867 1 146,714
Retrievers (Golden) 2 48,509 2 52,560
Yorkshire Terriers 3 47,238 5 43,527
German Shepherd Dogs 4 45,014 3 46,054
Beagles 5 42,592 4 44,557
Dachshunds 6 38,566 6 40,774
Boxers 7 37,268 7 37,744
Poodles 8 31,638 8 32,673
Shih Tzu 9 28,087 9 28,960
Miniature Schnauzers 10 24,144 11 24,083
Chihuahuas 11 23,575 10 24,853
Pugs 12 22,064 12 23,156
Bulldogs 13 20,556 14 19,396
Pomeranians 14 19,511 13 21,273
Spaniels (Cocker) 15 16,343 15 18,556
Rottweilers 16 15,916 16 17,502
Boston Terriers 17 15,852 17 16,465
Shetland Sheepdogs 18 14,278 18 15,608
Maltese 19 13,676 19 13,684
Pointers (German Shorthaired) 20 13,273 20 12,801
Doberman Pinschers 21 11,662 22 11,725
Miniature Pinschers 22 11,454 21 12,702
Welsh Corgis (Pembroke) 23 10,648 23 11,232
Great Danes 24 9,640 27 9,510
Siberian Huskies 25 9,452 24 10,569
Bichons Frises 26 9,184 26 9,797
Basset Hounds 27 8,890 25 9,815
Spaniels (English Springer) 28 8,749 28 9,376
Weimaraners 29 8,623 29 9,013
Brittanys 30 7,853 30 8,152
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels 31 7,678 32 7,101
West Highland White Terriers 32 7,597 31 7,746
Mastiffs 33 6,799 33 6,442
Australian Shepherds 34 6,221 34 6,116
Papillons 35 6,005 35 6,020
Collies 36 5,098 36 5,486
St. Bernards 37 4,352 37 4,491
French Bulldogs 38 4,210 49 3,380
Lhasa Apsos 39 3,921 40 4,316
Scottish Terriers 40 3,795 42 3,855
Cairn Terriers 41 3,739 43 3,751
Bullmastiffs 42 3,668 47 3,433
Havanese 43 3,595 52 2,950
Vizslas 44 3,559 44 3,616
Chinese Shar-Pei 45 3,544 41 3,924
Newfoundlands 46 3,493 45 3,505
Bernese Mountain Dogs 47 3,479 48 3,431
Pekingese 48 3,441 39 4,335
Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay) 49 3,332 46 3,454
Bloodhounds 50 3,112 50 3,113
Akitas 51 2,839 51 3,112
Airedale Terriers 52 2,670 53 2,821
Chinese Crested 53 2,586 57 2,314
Rhodesian Ridgebacks 54 2,424 55 2,427
Border Collies 55 2,378 60 1,984
Italian Greyhounds 56 2,323 54 2,535
Great Pyrenees 57 2,226 56 2,340
Alaskan Malamutes 58 2,052 58 2,187
Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers 59 2,015 59 2,148
Brussels Griffons 60 1,805 63 1,802
Whippets 61 1,749 62 1,849
Bull Terriers 62 1,744 68 1,548
American Staffordshire Terriers 63 1,677 65 1,723
Chow Chows 64 1,673 61 1,865
Silky Terriers 65 1,610 72 1,500
Shiba Inu 66 1,604 66 1,714
Setters (Irish) 67 1,517 64 1,743
Japanese Chin 68 1,479 67 1,580
Old English Sheepdogs 69 1,460 73 1,494
Australian Cattle Dogs 70 1,441 74 1,478
Portuguese Water Dogs 71 1,412 69 1,535
Parson Russell Terriers 72 1,338 71 1,502
Pointers (German Wirehaired) 73 1,322 70 1,514
Spaniels (English Cocker) 74 1,313 75 1,326
Samoyeds 75 1,223 76 1,309
Fox Terriers (Wire) 76 1,141 77 1,205
Dalmatians 77 1,041 80 1,012
Giant Schnauzers 78 1,032 81 1,012
Welsh Corgis (Cardigan) 79 1,022 85 913
Schipperkes 80 994 79 1,092
Basenjis 81 982 78 1,181
Border Terriers 82 952 82 983
Irish Wolfhounds 83 886 84 980
Staffordshire Bull Terriers 84 856 90 791
Bouviers des Flandres 85 851 83 981
Setters (Gordon) 86 811 87 842
Belgian Malinois 87 785 98 680
Toy Fox Terriers 88 758 95 702
Norwich Terriers 89 741 99 652
Welsh Terriers 90 724 88 805
Keeshonden 91 706 91 764
Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs 92 702 93 704
Tibetan Terriers 93 696 97 685
Borzois 94 696 89 795
Afghan Hounds 95 673 86 854
Norwegian Elkhounds 96 669 92 738
Setters (English) 97 657 96 700
Retrievers (Flat-Coated) 98 589 100 612
Standard Schnauzers 99 585 101 590
Belgian Tervuren 100 507 106 519
Bearded Collies 101 485 102 562
Tibetan Spaniels 102 483 105 534
Fox Terriers (Smooth) 103 481 103 553
Manchester Terriers 104 458 109 473
Kerry Blue Terriers 105 442 108 488
Plotts 106 439 145 79
Australian Terriers 107 416 111 438
American Eskimo Dogs 108 414 110 470
Wirehaired Pointing Griffons 109 410 112 370
Pointers 110 384 107 512
Belgian Sheepdogs 111 372 115 346
Norfolk Terriers 112 366 117 323
Retrievers (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) 113 347 118 318
Anatolian Shepherds 114 337 114 357
Spinoni Italiani 115 329 116 336
Neapolitan Mastiffs 116 316 38 4,341
Irish Terriers 117 311 121 287
Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens 118 289 122 286
Salukis 119 286 113 364
Bedlington Terriers 120 275 127 208
Briards 121 272 123 271
Spaniels (Clumber) 122 266 125 235
English Toy Spaniels 123 256 124 262
Spaniels (Welsh Springer) 124 254 119 310
Affenpinschers 125 243 120 289
Miniature Bull Terriers 126 213 129 175
Scottish Deerhounds 127 194 134 149
Spaniels (American Water) 128 187 132 156
Lakeland Terriers 129 178 126 221
Retrievers (Curly-Coated) 130 163 130 171
Black and Tan Coonhounds 131 161 140 114
Pulik 132 156 136 130
Ibizan Hounds 133 154 141 99
Greyhounds 134 142 131 169
Spaniels (Field) 135 137 138 125
Spaniels (Irish Water) 136 127 137 127
Kuvaszok 137 120 128 177
Polish Lowland Sheepdogs 138 119 133 153
Lowchen 139 113 135 144
Pharaoh Hounds 140 109 139 120
Black Russian Terriers 141 109 94 703
German Pinschers 142 98 144 84
Spaniels (Sussex) 143 78 151 45
Skye Terriers 144 76 149 63
Komondorok 145 76 143 84
Sealyham Terriers 146 75 146 76
Canaan Dogs 147 75 142 85
Finnish Spitz 148 61 148 66
Dandie Dinmont Terriers 149 51 147 69
Glen of Imaal Terriers 150 49 104 551
Foxhounds (American) 151 48 152 42
Otterhounds 152 44 153 23
Harriers 153 42 150 53
Foxhounds (English) 154 22 154 17
Total Registered:   920,804   958,641
  RANKING
BREED 2008 2007 2003 1998
Retrievers (Labrador) 1 1 1 1
Yorkshire Terriers 2 2 6 9
German Shepherd Dogs 3 3 4 3
Retrievers (Golden) 4 4 2 2
Beagles 5 5 3 6
Boxers 6 6 7 12
Dachshunds 7 7 5 5
Bulldogs 8 10 16 23
Poodles 9 8 8 7
Shih Tzu 10 9 9 11
Miniature Schnauzers 11 11 11 14
Chihuahuas 12 12 10 8
Pomeranians 13 13 13 10
Rottweilers 14 15 15 4
Pugs 15 14 12 17
Pointers (German Shorthaired) 16 18 21 24
Boston Terriers 17 16 18 19
Doberman Pinschers 18 21 22 22
Shetland Sheepdogs 19 20 17 15
Maltese 20 19 20 20
Spaniels (Cocker) 21 17 14 13
Great Danes 22 23 27 28
Siberian Huskies 23 24 23 18
Pembroke Welsh Corgis 24 22 24 34
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels 25 25 35 56
French Bulldogs 26 34 54 76
Spaniels (English Springer) 27 27 28 27
Mastiffs 28 28 33 41
Australian Shepherds 29 33 34 40
Brittanys 30 29 30 32
Weimaraners 31 30 29 37
Miniature Pinschers 32 26 19 16
Basset Hounds 33 31 25 21
West Highland White Terriers 34 35 31 33
Bichons Frises 35 32 26 25
Havanese 36 37 55 -
Papillons 37 36 36 47
Collies 38 38 32 31
Bullmastiffs 39 40 48 52
Bernese Mountain Dogs 40 41 47 63
Bloodhounds 41 43 49 51
Vizslas 42 42 45 48
St. Bernards 43 39 39 38
Newfoundlands 44 44 46 53
Chinese Shar-Pei 45 46 40 35
Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay) 46 47 41 43
Scottish Terriers 47 45 43 42
Rhodesian Ridgebacks 48 53 53 57
Cairn Terriers 49 48 42 44
Akitas 50 51 44 36
Border Collies 51 54 65 71
Chinese Crested 52 52 61 69
Pekingese 53 50 37 26
Lhasa Apsos 54 49 38 29
Bull Terriers 55 58 72 83
Airedale Terriers 56 55 50 50
Alaskan Malamutes 57 56 57 46
Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers 58 61 58 59
Italian Greyhounds 59 59 51 49
Great Pyrenees 60 57 52 45
Whippets 61 62 59 64
Portuguese Water Dogs 62 65 71 82
Shiba Inu 63 67 62 58
Chow Chows 64 63 60 39
Brussels Griffons 65 60 70 87
Australian Cattle Dogs 66 64 73 67
Setters (Irish) 67 66 63 60
Spaniels (English Cocker) 68 69 75 77
American Staffordshire Terriers 69 68 64 68
Pointers (German Wirehaired) 70 70 74 75
Samoyeds 71 73 67 54
Japanese Chin 72 71 76 73
Old English Sheepdogs 73 72 69 65
Dalmatians 74 77 80 30
Silky Terriers 75 74 68 61
Staffordshire Bull Terriers 76 85 92 94
Belgian Malinois 77 79 96 91
Border Terriers 78 81 84 86
Irish Wolfhounds 79 80 83 81
Cardigan Welsh Corgis 80 78 81 88
Bouviers des Flandres 81 84 86 72
Parson Russell Terriers 82 75 66 -
Basenjis 83 89 79 70
Setters (English) 84 93 94 90
Giant Schnauzers 85 83 82 79
Toy Fox Terriers 86 88 95 -
Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs 87 90 98 106
Fox Terriers (Wire) 88 82 77 62
Schipperkes 89 86 78 55
Setters (Gordon) 90 91 87 78
Afghan Hounds 91 94 90 84
Borzois 92 98 93 80
Keeshonden 93 99 85 66
Tibetan Terriers 94 92 91 93
Norwich Terriers 95 95 100 102
Retrievers (Flat-Coated) 96 100 103 96
Standard Schnauzers 97 102 97 101
Norwegian Elkhounds 98 96 88 74
Welsh Terriers 99 97 89 97
Retrievers (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) 100 110 56 -
Belgian Tervuren 101 103 108 98
Tibetan Spaniels 102 104 106 103
Wirehaired Pointing Griffons 103 105 112 120
Fox Terriers (Smooth) 104 101 99 85
Manchester Terriers 105 113 107 100
American Eskimo Dogs 106 109 102 95
Bearded Collies 107 107 101 89
Anatolian Shepherd Dogs 108 111 123 -
Pointers 109 106 104 92
Neapolitan Mastiffs 110 115 - -
Australian Terriers 111 108 109 99
Spinoni Italiani 112 117 119 -
Norfolk Terriers 113 112 114 110
Belgian Sheepdogs 114 119 121 109
Spaniels (Clumber) 115 122 120 113
Salukis 116 118 110 107
Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens 117 120 121 109
Kerry Blue Terriers 118 114 105 105
Black Russian Terriers 119 131 - -
Spaniels (Welsh Springer) 120 124 116 116
Briards 121 123 115 108
Miniature Bull Terriers 122 127 132 130
English Toy Spaniels 123 121 122 118
Bedlington Terriers 124 129 118 122
Plotts 125 116 - -
Tibetan Mastiffs 126 128 - -
Greyhounds 127 133 131 117
Irish Terriers 128 126 113 111
Lakeland Terriers 129 130 126 121
Affenpinschers 130 125 117 119
Scottish Deerhounds 131 137 128 123
Ibizan Hounds 132 140 140 134
Kuvaszok 133 134 127 112
Spaniels (American Water) 134 138 125 115
Lowchen 135 139 134 -
Retrievers (Curly-Coated) 136 143 137 125
Beaucerons 137 76 - -
Spaniels (Field) 138 132 124 124
German Pinschers 139 135 144 -
Pulik 140 141 129 126
Skye Terriers 141 152 138 127
Spaniels (Irish Water) 142 147 130 128
Polish Lowland Sheepdogs 143 142 135 -
Dandie Dinmont Terriers 144 148 142 135
Spaniels (Sussex) 145 154 139 133
Pharaoh Hounds 146 145 133 129
Swedish Vallhunds 147 87 - -
Canaan Dogs 148 153 145 132
Komondorok 149 144 146 131
Sealyham Terriers 150 146 143 136
Finnish Spitz 151 151 141 138
Otterhounds 152 156 149 140
Harriers 153 149 148 139
Glen of Imaal Terriers 154 150 - -
Foxhounds (English) 155 157 150 141
Foxhounds (American) 156 155 147 137
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