| Breed | 1997 Ranking |
Total 1997 |
1979 Ranking |
Total 1979 |
| Persian all colors, including the Himalayan pattern |
1 | 39,119 | 1 | 25,819 |
| Maine Coon | 2 | 4,819 | 9 | 401 |
| Siamese | 3 | 2,657 | 2 | 3,607 |
| Abyssinian | 4 | 2,308 | 4 | 1,524 |
| Exotic | 5 | 2,037 | 12 | 289 |
| Oriental Longhair and Shorthair |
6 | 1,202 | 13 | 260 |
| Scottish Fold Longhair and Shorthair |
7 | 1,337 | 15 | 140 |
| American Shorthair | 8 | 1,072 | 5 | 758 |
| Birman | 9 | 1,007 | 14 | 258 |
| Burmese | 10 | 939 | 3 | 1,525 |
| Tonkinese | 11 | 868 | ||
| Ocicat | 12 | 816 | ||
| Cornish Rex | 13 | 709 | ||
| Devon Rex | 14 | 694 | ||
| Russian Blue | 15 | 544 | ||
| British Shorthair | 16 | 516 | ||
| Norwegian Forest Cat | 17 | 508 | ||
| Manx Longhair & Shorthair |
18 | 504 | ||
| Somali | 19 | 477 | ||
| Ragdoll | 20 | 472 | ||
| Colorpoint Shorthair | 21 | 425 | ||
| Egyptian Mau | 22 | 336 | ||
| Japanese Bobtail Longhair & Shorthair |
23 | 282 | ||
| American Curl Longhair & Shorthair |
24 | 237 | ||
| Chartreux | 25 | 194 | ||
| Balinese | 26 | 184 | ||
| Turkish Angora | 27 | 165 | ||
| Singapura | 28 | 145 | ||
| Selkirk Rex | 29 | 131 | ||
| Javanese | 30 | 139 | ||
| Bombay | 31 | 99 | ||
| Korat | 32 | 72 | ||
| American Wirehair | 33 | 55 | ||
| Turkish Van | 34 | 46 | ||
| European Burmese | 35 | 42 | ||
| Havana Brown | 36 | 36 |