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AKC dog registration statistics were issued at the end of February of 2012.  Welsh Springer Spaniels are way down here, at 130, and this is a drop of 18 places  from a rank of 112 in 2001.  Labs remain the most popular breed in the land.  Some other points of note:

• American Water Spaniels dropped 33 places from 124th to 157th between 2001 and 2011.
• Irish Water Spaniels dropped 19 places from 131 to 150 between 2001 and 2011.
• Sussex down 16 from 145 to 161.
• Cockers down 13 from 14 to 27.
• Clumbers down 13 from 120 to 133.
• Field down 8 from 133 to 141.
• English up 2 from 27 to 29.
• English cockers up 13 from 76 to 63.

No change analysis for Boykins (ranked 138 in 2011 and 133 in 2010) since they were not part of the AKC analysis in 2001.

	RANKING
BREED	2011	2010	2006	2001
Labrador Retrievers	1	1	1	1
German Shepherd Dogs	2	2	3	3
Beagles	3	4	5	5
Golden Retrievers	4	5	4	2
Yorkshire Terriers	5	3	2	6
Bulldogs	6	6	12	19
Boxers	7	7	7	8
Poodles	8	9	8	7
Dachshunds	9	8	6	4
Rottweilers	10	11	17	11
Shih Tzu	11	10	9	10
Miniature Schnauzers	12	12	10	13
Doberman Pinschers	13	14	21	24
Chihuahuas	14	13	11	9
German Shorthaired Pointers	15	16	20	22
Siberian Huskies	16	18	25	21
Pomeranians	17	15	14	12
French Bulldogs	18	21	36	64
Great Danes	19	17	24	28
Shetland Sheepdogs	20	19	19	16
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels	21	23	27	44
Boston Terriers	22	20	15	18
Maltese	23	22	18	20
Australian Shepherds	24	26	34	35
Pembroke Welsh Corgis	25	27	22	26
Pugs	26	24	13	15
Cocker Spaniels	27	25	16	14
Mastiffs	28	28	32	37
English Springer Spaniels	29	29	26	27
Brittanys	30	30	31	31
Havanese	31	31	38	75
Weimaraners	32	32	30	29
American English Coonhounds**	33	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bernese Mountain Dogs	34	39	41	54
West Highland White Terriers	35	34	33	30
Collies	36	38	37	33
Vizslas	37	41	43	45
Papillons	38	35	35	40
Bichons Frises	39	37	29	25
Bullmastiffs	40	42	40	49
Basset Hounds	41	36	28	23
Miniature Pinschers	42	40	23	17
Newfoundlands	43	44	44	50
Rhodesian Ridgebacks	44	46	54	57
Border Collies	45	47	56	61
Chesapeake Bay Retrievers	46	48	50	41
Akitas	47	49	53	39
Bloodhounds	48	43	45	48
St. Bernards	49	45	39	36
Chinese Shar-Pei	50	50	47	38
Bull Terriers	51	53	61	80
Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers	52	59	62	56
Shiba Inu	53	63	65	55
Scottish Terriers	54	52	42	43
Airedale Terriers	55	54	55	46
Portuguese Water Dogs	56	55	69	78
Whippets	57	60	60	67
Alaskan Malamutes	58	58	57	53
Cairn Terriers	59	56	48	42
Australian Cattle Dogs	60	64	67	72
Chinese Crested	61	57	52	62
Lhasa Apsos	62	62	46	34
English Cocker Spaniels	63	66	74	76
Pekingese	64	61	49	32
Italian Greyhounds	65	67	59	51
Dogues de Bordeaux	66	68	N/A	N/A
Cane Corso	67	51	N/A	N/A
Chow Chows	68	65	64	52
Samoyeds	69	72	76	66
Irish Setters	70	77	68	59
Great Pyrenees	71	71	58	47
American Staffordshire Terriers	72	70	66	63
Dalmatians	73	69	85	58
Belgian Malinois	74	76	90	94
German Wirehaired Pointers	75	73	73	73
Staffordshire Bull Terriers	76	74	80	95
Brussels Griffons	77	80	63	77
Japanese Chin	78	75	72	74
Irish Wolfhounds	79	79	77	86
Border Terriers	80	83	81	87
Cardigan Welsh Corgis	81	84	79	85
Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs	82	88	97	101
Bouviers des Flandres	83	85	86	81
Old English Sheepdogs	84	81	71	68
Silky Terriers	85	78	70	60
Tibetan Terriers	86	90	95	91
English Setters	87	101	98	89
Afghan Hounds	88	86	87	90
Norwich Terriers	89	100	94	99
Flat-Coated Retrievers	90	103	100	98
Standard Schnauzers	91	95	99	97
Wirehaired Pointing Griffons	92	93	105	115
Basenjis	93	89	84	71
Gordon Setters	94	98	88	84
Giant Schnauzers	95	94	83	82
Norwegian Elkhounds	96	106	92	83
Parson Russell Terriers	97	92	75	70
Keeshonden	98	87	93	79
Welsh Terriers	99	105	91	92
Wire Fox Terriers	100	97	78	69
Toy Fox Terriers	101	99	89	N/A
Borzois	102	96	96	88
Leonbergers	103	33	N/A	N/A
Finnish Lapphunds**	104	N/A	N/A	N/A
Schipperkes	105	102	82	65
Cesky Terriers**	106	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers	107	107	110	N/A
Belgian Tervuren	108	108	107	106
Black and Tan Coonhounds	109	91	131	125
Neapolitan Mastiffs	110	113	112	N/A
Anatolian Shepherd Dogs	111	109	111	119
Bearded Collies	112	112	104	96
Smooth Fox Terriers	113	110	102	93
Tibetan Spaniels	114	104	101	102
Pointers	115	111	103	100
American Eskimo Dogs	116	114	109	103
Salukis	117	115	116	107
Belgian Sheepdogs	118	116	121	108
Manchester Terriers	119	121	106	105
Norfolk Terriers	120	117	115	114
Australian Terriers	121	123	113	104
Tibetan Mastiffs	122	124	51	N/A
Spinoni Italiani	123	118	117	122
Kerry Blue Terriers	124	120	114	109
Briards	125	125	118	113
Redbone Coonhounds	126	122	N/A	N/A
Miniature Bull Terriers	127	130	129	132
Black Russian Terriers	128	135	134	N/A
English Toy Spaniels	129	126	120	116
Welsh Springer Spaniels	130	127	124	112
Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens	131	129	119	114
Irish Terriers	132	128	123	110
Clumber Spaniels	133	131	122	120
Bedlington Terriers	134	140	128	118
Lakeland Terriers	135	137	127	126
Bluetick Coonhounds	136	119	N/A	N/A
German Pinschers	137	138	143	N/A
Boykin Spaniels	138	133	N/A	N/A
Affenpinschers	139	136	125	117
Greyhounds	140	139	136	123
Field Spaniels	141	132	126	133
Scottish Deerhounds	142	141	135	121
Icelandic Sheepdogs	143	82	N/A	N/A
Beaucerons	144	153	N/A	N/A
Plotts	145	134	108	N/A
Entlebucher Mountain Dogs**	146	N/A	N/A	N/A
Irish Red and White Setters	147	150	N/A	N/A
Kuvaszok	148	144	130	127
Ibizan Hounds	149	151	138	140
Irish Water Spaniels	150	148	139	131
Pharaoh Hounds	151	156	141	135
Lowchen	152	147	132	134
Swedish Vallhunds	153	142	N/A	N/A
Curly-Coated Retrievers	154	146	137	129
Xoloitzcuintli**	155	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pulik	156	145	140	130
American Water Spaniels	157	143	133	124
Glen of Imaal Terriers	158	157	153	N/A
Polish Lowland Sheepdogs	159	149	142	128
Dandie Dinmont Terriers	160	164	144	141
Sussex Spaniels	161	155	145	145
Pyrenean Shepherds	162	162	N/A	N/A
Sealyham Terriers	163	152	149	142
Skye Terriers	164	160	146	138
Norwegian Buhunds	165	159	N/A	N/A
Komondorok	166	154	148	139
Finnish Spitz	167	158	147	136
Canaan Dogs	168	163	150	137
Otterhounds	169	161	152	147
Norwegian Lundehunds**	170	N/A	N/A	N/A
English Foxhounds	171	167	155	144
Harriers	172	165	154	143
American Foxhounds	173	166	151	146