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Most Popular Dog Breeds in America (Official Full Ranking)

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Published on
Friday 27 February 2015
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Tuesday 9 May 2023
Most Popular Dog Breeds in America
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Although the Bulldogs continue their incredible ascension to the top, Labrador Retrievers are still the most popular dogs in the United States according to a ranking released Thursday by the famous American Kennel Club. We find the usual suspects in the first positions including German Shepherds, Beagles, Poodles, Boxers and the Dachshunds who surprisingly left the top ten.

If you want to learn more about the most famous dog breeds and the ones nobody knows about, definitely give a look to the below recommendation.

Ranking provided by the American Kennel Club that does not release raw statistics but the position that reflects the number of dogs registered the last year.

2014DOG BREEDS20132009
1Retrievers (Labrador)=1=1
2German Shepherds=2=2
3Retrievers (Golden)=3+14
4Bulldogs+15+37
5Beagles-14=5
6Yorkshire Terriers=6-33
7Poodles+18+29
8Boxers-17-26
9French Bulldogs+211+1524
10Rottweilers-19+313
11Dachshunds-110-38
12Pointers (German Shorthaired)+113+416
13Siberian Huskies+114+922
14Doberman Pinschers-212+115
15Great Danes+116+621
16Miniature Schnauzers+117-511
17Shih Tzu-215-710
18Australian Shepherds+220+1028
19Cavalier King Charles Spaniels-118+625
20Pomeranians-119-614
21Shetland Sheepdogs=21-318
22Pembroke Welsh Corgis+224+426
23Boston Terriers=23-419
24Chihuahuas-222-1212
25Havanese=25+732
26Mastiffs=26+127
27Brittanys+330+330
28Spaniels (English Springer)=28+129
29Maltese-227-920
30Spaniels (Cocker)-129-723
31Bernese Mountain Dogs+132+839
32Pugs-131-1517
33Vizslas+134+942
34Weimaraners-133-331
35Collies=35+338
36Newfoundlands+137+1046
37West Highland White Terriers-136-136
38Rhodesian Ridgebacks+139+1048
39Border Collies+544+1352
40Newfoundlands Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay)+343+949
41Basset Hounds=41-734
42Papillons-438-537
43Bichons Frises-340-835
44Bullmastiffs-440-242
45Akitas=45+550
46Shiba Inu=46+1965
47Cane Corso+350
48Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers+351+1462
49Bloodhounds-148-643
50St. Bernards-347-545
51Portuguese Water Dogs-249+960
52Bull Terriers=52+557
53Alaskan Malamutes+457+558
54Australian Cattle Dogs+458+1367
55Whippets+459+661
56Airedale Terriers=56+359
57Chinese Shar-Pei-354-1047
58Scottish Terriers-355-751
59Belgian Malinois+160+2281
60Miniature Pinscher-753-2733
61Spaniels (English Cocker)+162+566
62Dogues De Bordeaux+365+769
63Chinese Crested+568-855
64Dalmatians=64+1175
65Lhasa Apsos-263-1154
66Samoyeds+167+1076
67Cairn Terriers-661-1156
68Chow Chows+270-563
69Pointers (German Wirehaired)+271+574
70Irish Wolfhounds+373+1484
71Setters (Irish)+172+273
72Italian Greyhounds-666-468
73Great Pyrenees-469-964
74Wirehaired Pointing Griffons+680+34108
75Old English Sheepdogs+378+479
76Cardigan Welsh Corgis-175+783
77Staffordshire Bull Terriers+279=77
78Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs-474+23101
79Bouviers Des Flandres+382+685
80Pekingese-377-2753
81Giant Schnauzers+283+889
82American Staffordshire Terriers-676-1270
83Border Terriers-281-182
84Basenjis+185+488
85Keeshonden+186+17102
86Tibetan Terriers+288+1096
87Setters (English)+491+794
88Standard Schnauzers+290+1199
89Brussels Griffons-584-1772
90Retrievers (Flat-Coated)+494+16106
91Japanese Chin-487-2071
92Anatolian Shepherd Dogs+193+23115
93Fox Terriers (Wire)+396+295
94Norwich Terriers-589+498
95Afghan Hounds=95-491
96Retrievers (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)+197+14110
97Setters (Gordon)+8105=97
98Silky Terriers-692-2078
99Borzois=99-990
100Norwegian Elkhounds+3103+5105
101Leonbergers-398
102Russell Terriers=102
103Welsh Terriers+1104=103
104Spaniels (Boykin)+17121-1292
105Schipperkes+4109-1293
106Belgian Tervuren+2108+3109
107Rat Terriers
108Treeing Walker Coonhounds-7101
109Neapolitan Mastiffs+2111+4113
110Toy Fox Terriers-3107-10100
111Parson Russell Terriers-11100-2487
112Spinoni Italiani+5117+7119
113Pointers+1114+1114
114American Eskimo Dogs-4110+4118
115Bearded Collies-3112+1116
116Tibetan Spaniels-10106-5111
117Belgian Sheepdogs+2119+3120
118Fox Terriers (Smooth)-2116+5123
119Irish Terriers+4123+13132
120Black And Tan Coonhounds-7113-3486
121Black Russian Terriers-3118+9130
122Kerry Blue Terriers+4126-1121
123Miniature Bull Terriers+2125+2125
124Bluetick Coonhounds+4128-8044
125Norfolk Terriers+4129-3122
126Briards+1127+1127
127Spaniels (Welsh Springer)-3124+9136
128Salukis-13115-16112
129Tibetan Mastiffs+3132+2131
130Manchester Terriers-10120-13117
131Spaniels (Field)+9140+6137
132English Toy Spaniels+3135-3129
133Australian Terriers-11122-9124
134Bedlington Terriers+3137+1135
135German Pinschers-5130+11146
136Xoloitzcuintli+3139
137Spaniels (Clumber)-6131-9128
138Affenpinschers+5143-5133
139Beaucerons+13152+9148
140Icelandic Sheepdogs+2142
141Greyhounds+7148-1140
142Redbone Coonhounds-9133-10141
143Lakeland Terriers-9134-5138
144Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens-6138-10134
145Pulik-9136+4149
146Spaniels (Irish Water)-5141+4150
147Entlebucher Mountain Dogs+8155
148Plotts+1149-22126
149Setters (Irish Red And White)-4145-6980
150American English Coonhounds-4146
151Scottish Deerhounds+14165-9142
152Swedish Vallhunds-5147-5147
153Ibizan Hounds-2151-9144
154Spaniels (American Water)-10144-15139
155Kuvaszok-5150-14141
156Glen Of Imaal Terriers+11167+2158
157Retrievers (Curly-Coated)+6163-12145
158Pharaoh Hounds+2160-6152
159Lowchen-5154-16143
160Portuguese Podengo Pequenos-7153
161Dandie Dinmont Terriers+7168-10151
162Komondorok-3159-8154
163Sealyham Terriers-5158-6157
164Polish Lowland Sheepdogs-7157-11153
165Chinooks-9156
166Norwegian Buhunds=166-62104
167Finnish Lapphunds+4171
168Finnish Spitz+2170-8160
169Spaniels (Sussex)-7162-10159
170Canaan Dogs-6164-14156
171Skye Terriers-10161-16155
172Pyrenean Shepherds-3169-65107
173Otterhounds-1172-12161
174American Foxhounds+2176-12162
175Harriers-2173-12163
176Cesky Terriers-2174
177English Foxhounds=177-13164
178Norwegian Lundehunds-3175

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