IRISH WOLFHOUND SOCIETY OF IRELAND

 

Bulldog Muscles Its Way Into AKC's List Of Top 10 Most Popular Dogs In America

 

AKC Dog Registration Statistics

 

RANKING
BREED 2007 2006 2002 1997
Retrievers (Labrador) 1 1 1 1
Yorkshire Terriers 2 2 6 9
German Shepherd Dogs 3 3 3 3
Retrievers (Golden) 4 4 2 4
Beagles 5 5 4 6
Boxers 6 7 7 13
Dachshunds 7 6 5 7
Poodles 8 8 8 5
ShihTzu 9 9 10 11
Bulldogs 10 12 18 26
Miniature Schnauzers 11 10 11 14
Chihuahuas 12 11 9 12
Pomeranians 13 14 12 10
Pugs 14 13 14 19
Rottweilers 15 17 13 2
BostonTerriers 16 15 17 20
Spaniels (Cocker) 17 16 15 8
Pointers (GermanShorthaired) 18 19 22 24
Maltese 19 18 20 21
Shetland Sheepdogs 20 20 16 15
Doberman Pinschers 21 21 23 22
Pembroke Welsh Corgis 22 22 25 37
Great Danes 23 24 28 29
Siberian Huskies 24 25 21 16
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels 25 27 40 70
Miniature Pinschers 26 23 19 18
Spaniels (English Springer) 27 26 27 25
Mastiffs 28 32 34 41
Brittanys 29 31 30 33
Weimaraners 30 30 29 39
Basset Hounds 31 28 24 23
Bichons Frises 32 29 26 28
Australian Shepherds 33 34 35 40
French Bulldogs 34 36 58 76
West Highland White Terriers 35 33 31 36
Papillons 36 35 38 52
Havanese 37 38 64 -
Collies 38 37 32 30
St. Bernards 39 39 37 38
Bullmastiffs 40 40 47 53
Bernese Mountain Dogs 41 41 51 62
Vizslas 42 43 46 50
Bloodhounds 43 45 49 55
Newfoundlands 44 44 45 49
Scottish Terriers 45 42 44 43
Chinese Shar-Pei 46 47 39 32
Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay) 47 50 42 42
Cairn Terriers 48 48 43 45
Lhasa Apsos 49 46 36 31
Pekingese 50 49 33 27
Akitas 51 53 41 34
Chinese Crested 52 52 62 68
Rhodesian Ridgebacks 53 54 57 56
Border Collies 54 56 63 74
Airedale Terriers 55 55 48 47
Alaskan Malamutes 56 57 53 46
Great Pyrenees 57 58 50 44
Bull Terriers 58 61 79 82
Italian Greyhounds 59 59 52 54
Brussels Griffons 60 63 78 91
Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers 61 62 56 63
Whippets 62 60 60 66
Chow Chows 63 64 54 35
Australian Cattle Dogs 64 67 71 65
Portuguese Water Dogs 65 69 73 84
Setters (Irish) 66 68 59 59
Shiba Inu 67 65 55 58
American Staffordshire Terriers 68 66 61 67
Spaniels (English Cocker) 69 74 75 75
Pointers (German Wirehaired) 70 73 76 73
Japanese Chin 71 72 74 78
Old English Sheepdogs 72 71 67 60
Samoyeds 73 76 69 48
Silky Terriers 74 70 66 64
Parson Russell Terriers - Jack Russell Terriers 75 75 65 -
Beaucerons 76 157 - -
Dalmatians 77 85 68 17
Cardigan Welsh Corgis 78 79 82 88
Belgian Malinois 79 90 90 95
Irish Wolfhounds 80 77 83 77
Border Terriers 81 81 86 87
Fox Terriers (Wire) 82 78 70 61
Giant Schnauzers 83 83 80 81
Bouviersdes Flandres 84 86 81 71
Staffordshire Bull Terriers 85 80 91 100
Schipperkes 86 82 72 51
Swedish Vallhunds 87 156 - -
Toy Fox Terriers 88 89 - -
Basenjis 89 84 77 69
Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs 90 97 97 111
Setters (Gordon) 91 88 84 79
Tibetan Terriers 92 95 92 90
Setters (English) 93 98 93 86
Afghan Hounds 94 87 89 83
Norwich Terriers 95 94 102 108
Norwegian Elkhounds 96 92 87 72
Welsh Terriers 97 91 94 93
Borzois 98 96 88 80
Keeshonden 99 93 85 57
Retrievers (Flat-Coated) 100 100 98 102
FoxTerriers (Smooth) 101 102 95 85
Standard Schnauzers 102 99 101 98
Belgian Tervuren 103 107 104 97
Tibetan Spaniels 104 101 100 105
Wirehaired Pointing Griffons 105 105 113 121
Pointers 106 103 99 92
Bearded Collies 107 104 96 89
Australian Terriers 108 113 106 99
American Eskimo Dogs 109 109 103 94
Retrievers(Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) 110 110 - -
Anatolian Shepherd Dogs 111 111 126 -
Norfolk Terriers 112 115 110 112
Manchester Terriers 113 106 107 96
Kerry Blue Terriers 114 114 105 104
Neapolitan Mastiffs 115 112 - -
Plotts 116 108 - -
Spinoni Italiani 117 117 114 -
Salukis 118 116 108 106
Belgian Sheepdogs 119 122 109 101
Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens 120 119 116 113
English Toy Spaniels 121 120 121 114
Spaniels (Clumber) 122 121 120 120
Briards 123 118 115 107
Spaniels (Welsh Springer) 124 124 112 116
Affenpinschers 125 125 117 124
Irish Terriers 126 123 111 110
Miniature Bull Terriers 127 129 132 128
Tibetan Mastiffs 128 51 - -
Bedlington Terriers 129 128 118 118
Lakeland Terriers 130 127 123 122
Black Russian Terriers 131 134 - -
Spaniels (Field) 132 126 131 132
Greyhounds 133 136 124 125
Kuvaszok 134 130 127 109
German Pinschers 135 143 - -
Black and Tan Coonhounds 136 131 125 119
Scottish Deerhounds 137 135 122 117
Spaniels (American Water) 138 133 119 115
Lowchen 139 132 130 -
Ibizan Hounds 140 138 144 133
Pulik 141 140 129 123
Polish Lowland Sheepdogs 142 142 134 -
Retrievers (Curly-Coated) 143 137 128 126
Komondorok 144 148 141 130
Pharaoh Hounds 145 141 135 131
Sealyham Terriers 146 149 137 136
Spaniels (Irish Water) 147 139 133 129
Dandie Dinmont Terriers 148 144 139 134
Glen of Imaal Terriers 149 153 - -
Harriers 150 154 146 140
Finnish Spitz 151 147 143 135
Skye Terriers 152 146 142 127
Canaan Dogs 153 150 138 103
Spaniels (Sussex) 154 145 136 138
Foxhounds (American) 155 151 140 137
Otterhounds 156 152 147 139
Foxhounds (English) 157 155 145 141

 

Source:  American Kennel Club