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.
2014’s Most Popular Dog Breeds in America
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.
| 2014 | DOG BREEDS | 2013 | 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retrievers (Labrador) | = | 1 | = | 1 |
| 2 | German Shepherds | = | 2 | = | 2 |
| 3 | Retrievers (Golden) | = | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 | Bulldogs | +1 | 5 | +3 | 7 |
| 5 | Beagles | -1 | 4 | = | 5 |
| 6 | Yorkshire Terriers | = | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 7 | Poodles | +1 | 8 | +2 | 9 |
| 8 | Boxers | -1 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | French Bulldogs | +2 | 11 | +15 | 24 |
| 10 | Rottweilers | -1 | 9 | +3 | 13 |
| 11 | Dachshunds | -1 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 12 | Pointers (German Shorthaired) | +1 | 13 | +4 | 16 |
| 13 | Siberian Huskies | +1 | 14 | +9 | 22 |
| 14 | Doberman Pinschers | -2 | 12 | +1 | 15 |
| 15 | Great Danes | +1 | 16 | +6 | 21 |
| 16 | Miniature Schnauzers | +1 | 17 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Shih Tzu | -2 | 15 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Australian Shepherds | +2 | 20 | +10 | 28 |
| 19 | Cavalier King Charles Spaniels | -1 | 18 | +6 | 25 |
| 20 | Pomeranians | -1 | 19 | -6 | 14 |
| 21 | Shetland Sheepdogs | = | 21 | -3 | 18 |
| 22 | Pembroke Welsh Corgis | +2 | 24 | +4 | 26 |
| 23 | Boston Terriers | = | 23 | -4 | 19 |
| 24 | Chihuahuas | -2 | 22 | -12 | 12 |
| 25 | Havanese | = | 25 | +7 | 32 |
| 26 | Mastiffs | = | 26 | +1 | 27 |
| 27 | Brittanys | +3 | 30 | +3 | 30 |
| 28 | Spaniels (English Springer) | = | 28 | +1 | 29 |
| 29 | Maltese | -2 | 27 | -9 | 20 |
| 30 | Spaniels (Cocker) | -1 | 29 | -7 | 23 |
| 31 | Bernese Mountain Dogs | +1 | 32 | +8 | 39 |
| 32 | Pugs | -1 | 31 | -15 | 17 |
| 33 | Vizslas | +1 | 34 | +9 | 42 |
| 34 | Weimaraners | -1 | 33 | -3 | 31 |
| 35 | Collies | = | 35 | +3 | 38 |
| 36 | Newfoundlands | +1 | 37 | +10 | 46 |
| 37 | West Highland White Terriers | -1 | 36 | -1 | 36 |
| 38 | Rhodesian Ridgebacks | +1 | 39 | +10 | 48 |
| 39 | Border Collies | +5 | 44 | +13 | 52 |
| 40 | Newfoundlands Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay) | +3 | 43 | +9 | 49 |
| 41 | Basset Hounds | = | 41 | -7 | 34 |
| 42 | Papillons | -4 | 38 | -5 | 37 |
| 43 | Bichons Frises | -3 | 40 | -8 | 35 |
| 44 | Bullmastiffs | -4 | 40 | -2 | 42 |
| 45 | Akitas | = | 45 | +5 | 50 |
| 46 | Shiba Inu | = | 46 | +19 | 65 |
| 47 | Cane Corso | +3 | 50 | – | – |
| 48 | Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers | +3 | 51 | +14 | 62 |
| 49 | Bloodhounds | -1 | 48 | -6 | 43 |
| 50 | St. Bernards | -3 | 47 | -5 | 45 |
| 51 | Portuguese Water Dogs | -2 | 49 | +9 | 60 |
| 52 | Bull Terriers | = | 52 | +5 | 57 |
| 53 | Alaskan Malamutes | +4 | 57 | +5 | 58 |
| 54 | Australian Cattle Dogs | +4 | 58 | +13 | 67 |
| 55 | Whippets | +4 | 59 | +6 | 61 |
| 56 | Airedale Terriers | = | 56 | +3 | 59 |
| 57 | Chinese Shar-Pei | -3 | 54 | -10 | 47 |
| 58 | Scottish Terriers | -3 | 55 | -7 | 51 |
| 59 | Belgian Malinois | +1 | 60 | +22 | 81 |
| 60 | Miniature Pinscher | -7 | 53 | -27 | 33 |
| 61 | Spaniels (English Cocker) | +1 | 62 | +5 | 66 |
| 62 | Dogues De Bordeaux | +3 | 65 | +7 | 69 |
| 63 | Chinese Crested | +5 | 68 | -8 | 55 |
| 64 | Dalmatians | = | 64 | +11 | 75 |
| 65 | Lhasa Apsos | -2 | 63 | -11 | 54 |
| 66 | Samoyeds | +1 | 67 | +10 | 76 |
| 67 | Cairn Terriers | -6 | 61 | -11 | 56 |
| 68 | Chow Chows | +2 | 70 | -5 | 63 |
| 69 | Pointers (German Wirehaired) | +2 | 71 | +5 | 74 |
| 70 | Irish Wolfhounds | +3 | 73 | +14 | 84 |
| 71 | Setters (Irish) | +1 | 72 | +2 | 73 |
| 72 | Italian Greyhounds | -6 | 66 | -4 | 68 |
| 73 | Great Pyrenees | -4 | 69 | -9 | 64 |
| 74 | Wirehaired Pointing Griffons | +6 | 80 | +34 | 108 |
| 75 | Old English Sheepdogs | +3 | 78 | +4 | 79 |
| 76 | Cardigan Welsh Corgis | -1 | 75 | +7 | 83 |
| 77 | Staffordshire Bull Terriers | +2 | 79 | = | 77 |
| 78 | Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs | -4 | 74 | +23 | 101 |
| 79 | Bouviers Des Flandres | +3 | 82 | +6 | 85 |
| 80 | Pekingese | -3 | 77 | -27 | 53 |
| 81 | Giant Schnauzers | +2 | 83 | +8 | 89 |
| 82 | American Staffordshire Terriers | -6 | 76 | -12 | 70 |
| 83 | Border Terriers | -2 | 81 | -1 | 82 |
| 84 | Basenjis | +1 | 85 | +4 | 88 |
| 85 | Keeshonden | +1 | 86 | +17 | 102 |
| 86 | Tibetan Terriers | +2 | 88 | +10 | 96 |
| 87 | Setters (English) | +4 | 91 | +7 | 94 |
| 88 | Standard Schnauzers | +2 | 90 | +11 | 99 |
| 89 | Brussels Griffons | -5 | 84 | -17 | 72 |
| 90 | Retrievers (Flat-Coated) | +4 | 94 | +16 | 106 |
| 91 | Japanese Chin | -4 | 87 | -20 | 71 |
| 92 | Anatolian Shepherd Dogs | +1 | 93 | +23 | 115 |
| 93 | Fox Terriers (Wire) | +3 | 96 | +2 | 95 |
| 94 | Norwich Terriers | -5 | 89 | +4 | 98 |
| 95 | Afghan Hounds | = | 95 | -4 | 91 |
| 96 | Retrievers (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) | +1 | 97 | +14 | 110 |
| 97 | Setters (Gordon) | +8 | 105 | = | 97 |
| 98 | Silky Terriers | -6 | 92 | -20 | 78 |
| 99 | Borzois | = | 99 | -9 | 90 |
| 100 | Norwegian Elkhounds | +3 | 103 | +5 | 105 |
| 101 | Leonbergers | -3 | 98 | – | – |
| 102 | Russell Terriers | = | 102 | – | – |
| 103 | Welsh Terriers | +1 | 104 | = | 103 |
| 104 | Spaniels (Boykin) | +17 | 121 | -12 | 92 |
| 105 | Schipperkes | +4 | 109 | -12 | 93 |
| 106 | Belgian Tervuren | +2 | 108 | +3 | 109 |
| 107 | Rat Terriers | – | – | – | – |
| 108 | Treeing Walker Coonhounds | -7 | 101 | – | – |
| 109 | Neapolitan Mastiffs | +2 | 111 | +4 | 113 |
| 110 | Toy Fox Terriers | -3 | 107 | -10 | 100 |
| 111 | Parson Russell Terriers | -11 | 100 | -24 | 87 |
| 112 | Spinoni Italiani | +5 | 117 | +7 | 119 |
| 113 | Pointers | +1 | 114 | +1 | 114 |
| 114 | American Eskimo Dogs | -4 | 110 | +4 | 118 |
| 115 | Bearded Collies | -3 | 112 | +1 | 116 |
| 116 | Tibetan Spaniels | -10 | 106 | -5 | 111 |
| 117 | Belgian Sheepdogs | +2 | 119 | +3 | 120 |
| 118 | Fox Terriers (Smooth) | -2 | 116 | +5 | 123 |
| 119 | Irish Terriers | +4 | 123 | +13 | 132 |
| 120 | Black And Tan Coonhounds | -7 | 113 | -34 | 86 |
| 121 | Black Russian Terriers | -3 | 118 | +9 | 130 |
| 122 | Kerry Blue Terriers | +4 | 126 | -1 | 121 |
| 123 | Miniature Bull Terriers | +2 | 125 | +2 | 125 |
| 124 | Bluetick Coonhounds | +4 | 128 | -80 | 44 |
| 125 | Norfolk Terriers | +4 | 129 | -3 | 122 |
| 126 | Briards | +1 | 127 | +1 | 127 |
| 127 | Spaniels (Welsh Springer) | -3 | 124 | +9 | 136 |
| 128 | Salukis | -13 | 115 | -16 | 112 |
| 129 | Tibetan Mastiffs | +3 | 132 | +2 | 131 |
| 130 | Manchester Terriers | -10 | 120 | -13 | 117 |
| 131 | Spaniels (Field) | +9 | 140 | +6 | 137 |
| 132 | English Toy Spaniels | +3 | 135 | -3 | 129 |
| 133 | Australian Terriers | -11 | 122 | -9 | 124 |
| 134 | Bedlington Terriers | +3 | 137 | +1 | 135 |
| 135 | German Pinschers | -5 | 130 | +11 | 146 |
| 136 | Xoloitzcuintli | +3 | 139 | – | – |
| 137 | Spaniels (Clumber) | -6 | 131 | -9 | 128 |
| 138 | Affenpinschers | +5 | 143 | -5 | 133 |
| 139 | Beaucerons | +13 | 152 | +9 | 148 |
| 140 | Icelandic Sheepdogs | +2 | 142 | – | – |
| 141 | Greyhounds | +7 | 148 | -1 | 140 |
| 142 | Redbone Coonhounds | -9 | 133 | -101 | 41 |
| 143 | Lakeland Terriers | -9 | 134 | -5 | 138 |
| 144 | Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens | -6 | 138 | -10 | 134 |
| 145 | Pulik | -9 | 136 | +4 | 149 |
| 146 | Spaniels (Irish Water) | -5 | 141 | +4 | 150 |
| 147 | Entlebucher Mountain Dogs | +8 | 155 | – | – |
| 148 | Plotts | +1 | 149 | -22 | 126 |
| 149 | Setters (Irish Red And White) | -4 | 145 | -69 | 80 |
| 150 | American English Coonhounds | -4 | 146 | – | – |
| 151 | Scottish Deerhounds | +14 | 165 | -9 | 142 |
| 152 | Swedish Vallhunds | -5 | 147 | -5 | 147 |
| 153 | Ibizan Hounds | -2 | 151 | -9 | 144 |
| 154 | Spaniels (American Water) | -10 | 144 | -15 | 139 |
| 155 | Kuvaszok | -5 | 150 | -14 | 141 |
| 156 | Glen Of Imaal Terriers | +11 | 167 | +2 | 158 |
| 157 | Retrievers (Curly-Coated) | +6 | 163 | -12 | 145 |
| 158 | Pharaoh Hounds | +2 | 160 | -6 | 152 |
| 159 | Lowchen | -5 | 154 | -16 | 143 |
| 160 | Portuguese Podengo Pequenos | -7 | 153 | – | – |
| 161 | Dandie Dinmont Terriers | +7 | 168 | -10 | 151 |
| 162 | Komondorok | -3 | 159 | -8 | 154 |
| 163 | Sealyham Terriers | -5 | 158 | -6 | 157 |
| 164 | Polish Lowland Sheepdogs | -7 | 157 | -11 | 153 |
| 165 | Chinooks | -9 | 156 | – | – |
| 166 | Norwegian Buhunds | = | 166 | -62 | 104 |
| 167 | Finnish Lapphunds | +4 | 171 | – | – |
| 168 | Finnish Spitz | +2 | 170 | -8 | 160 |
| 169 | Spaniels (Sussex) | -7 | 162 | -10 | 159 |
| 170 | Canaan Dogs | -6 | 164 | -14 | 156 |
| 171 | Skye Terriers | -10 | 161 | -16 | 155 |
| 172 | Pyrenean Shepherds | -3 | 169 | -65 | 107 |
| 173 | Otterhounds | -1 | 172 | -12 | 161 |
| 174 | American Foxhounds | +2 | 176 | -12 | 162 |
| 175 | Harriers | -2 | 173 | -12 | 163 |
| 176 | Cesky Terriers | -2 | 174 | – | – |
| 177 | English Foxhounds | = | 177 | -13 | 164 |
| 178 | Norwegian Lundehunds | -3 | 175 | – | – |
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