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Dog Registration Statistics

The following breed statistics were provided by the American Kennel Club, New York, NY.

Breed Ranking 1995
Labrador Retriever 1 132,051
Rottweiler 2 93,656
German Shepherd Dog 3 78,088
Golden Retriever 4 64,107
Beagle 5 57,063
Poodle 6 54,784
Cocker Spaniel 7 48,065
Dachshund 8 44,680
Pomeranian 9 37,894
Yorkshire Terrier 10 36,881
Dalmatian 11 36,714
Shih Tzu 12 34,947
Shetland Sheepdog 13 33,721
Chihuahua 14 33,542
Boxer 15 31,804
Miniature Schnauzer 16 30,266
Siberian Husky 17 24,291
Doberman Pinscher 18 18,141
Miniature Pinscher 19 17,810
Chow Chow 20 17,722
Maltese 21 16,179
Basset Hound 22 16,055
Boston Terrier 23 16,031
Pug 24 15,927
English Springer Spaniel 25 15,039
German Shorthaired Pointer 26 14,113
Chinese Shar-Pei 27 13,174
Pekingese 28 13,081
Collie 29 12,850
Bulldog 30 12,092
Lhasa Apso 31 12,060
Brittany Spaniel 32 11,618
Great Dane 33 11,015
Bichon Frise 34 10,817
Akita 35 10,661
West Highland White Terrier 36 7,773
St. Bernard 37 6,537
Pembroke Welsh Corgi 38 6,520
Weimeraner 39 6,312
Australian Shepherd 40 5,940
Scottish Terrier 41 5,311
Chesapeake Bay Retriever 42 5,069
Alaskan Malamute 43 4,510
Great Pyranese 44 4,465
Mastiff 45 4,245
Cairn Terrier 46 4,102
Samoyed 47 4,088
Airedale Terrier 48 3,307
Schipperke 49 3,162
Keeshond 50 3,119
Newfoundland 51 2,862
Papillon 52 2,592
Bullmastiff 53 2,575
Vizsla 54 2,540
Old English Sheepdog 55 2,534
Irish Setter 56 2,364
Italian Greyhound 57 2,324
Rhodesian Ridgeback 58 2,217
Wire Fox Terrier 59 2,118
Whippet 60 1,952
Bouvier des Flandres 61 1,875
Norwegian Elkhound 62 1,811
Silky Terrier 63 1,758
Australian Cattle Dog 64 1,731
Bloodhound 65 1,720
Bernese Mountain Dog 66 1,709
Basenji 67 1,661
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier 68 1,637
Shiba Inu 69 1,534
American Staffordshire Terrier 70 1,443
German Wirehaired Pointer 71 1,394
Gordon Setter 72 1,300
Chinese Crested 73 1,294
Irish Wolfhound 74 1,229
English Cocker Spaniel 75 1,191
Afghan Hound 76 1,142
Giant Schnauzer 77 1,124
Borzoi 78 1,110
Bull Terrier 79 1,096
Japanese Chin 80 1,084
French Bulldog 81 1,039
Smooth Fox Terrier 82 945
English Setter 83 938
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog 84 931
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 85 921
Portuguese Water Dog 86 919
Bearded Collie 87 762
Border Collie 88 704
Tibetan Terrier 89 694
Border Terrier 90 663
Cardigan Welsh Corgib 91 650
Belgian Malinois 92 631
Belgian Sheepdog 93 617
Pointer 94 604
Welsh Terrier 95 556
Brussels Griffon 96 546
Flat-Coated Retriever 97 530
Manchester Terrier 98 529
Belgian Tervuren 99 527
Standard Schnauzer 100 500
American Eskimo Dog 101 492
Saluki 102 473
Australian Terrier 103 455
Kuyasz 104 388
Norwich Terrier 105 388
Kerry Blue Terrier 106 386
Staffordshire Bull Terrier 107 372
Tibetan Spaniel 108 338
Briard 109 324
American Water Spaniel 110 323
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen 111 323
Irish Terrier 112 313
Norfolk Terrier 113 297
Welsh Springer Spaniel 114 288
Lakeland Terrier 115 228
Bedlington Terrier 116 213
Black and Tan Coonhound 117 196
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon 118 183
Clumber Spaniel 119 183
English Toy Spaniel 120 182
Komondor 121 180
Scottish Deerhound 122 179
Affenpinscher 123 166
Puli 124 165
Greyhound 125 147
Irish Water Spaniel 126 131
Miniature Bull Terrier 127 129
Curly-Coated Retriever 128 126
Field Spaniel 129 119
Pharaoh Hound 130 110
Finnish Spitz 131 108
Sealyham Terrier 132 96
Skye Terrier 133 84
Dandie Dinmont Terrier 134 78
Ibizan Hound 135 64
American Foxhound 136 55
Otterhound 137 48
Sussex Spaniel 138 47
English Foxhound 13931
Harrier 140 25
TOTAL REGISTERED = 1,277,039    

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