Most Popular Children's Halloween Costumes for 2011
Princess is still the number one choice for children's Halloween costumes according to NRF’s 2011 Top Costumes survey, conducted by BIGresearch. Princess has been the top pick for seven consecutive years. Zombie costumes are more popular this year. They jumped from number 22 last year to number nine on the children's top costume list. Superheroes and characters from popular movies are also popular choices. The Gryffindor Robe child costume and a Stealth Ninja child costume are pictured above.
Here are the results of the survey. The parents of over 69 million children were surveyed and at the time nearly 74% of them knew what their children's Halloween costume choice would be. The results below show the costume choices of the 46,784,950 children who had already made their costume choice.
Rank
Costume
%
# of Children
1
Princess
11.0%
5,134,868
2
Witch
4.4%
2,058,908
3
Spider-Man
3.1%
1,438,755
4
Pirate
2.8%
1,314,725
5
Pumpkin
2.8%
1,289,918
6
Fairy
2.6%
1,215,500
7
Action/Super Hero
2.5%
1,190,694
8-tie
Batman
2.4%
1,141,082
8-tie
Vampire
2.4%
1,141,082
9-tie
Disney Princess
2.2%
1,041,857
9-tie
Zombie
2.2%
1,041,857
10
Star Wars Character
2.1%
992,245
11
Ghost
2.0%
917,827
12
Ninja
1.7%
818,602
13
Cat
1.4%
669,765
14
Superman
1.3%
620,153
15-tie
Angel
1.3%
595,347
15-tie
Transformer
1.3%
595,347
16
Tinker Bell
1.3%
570,541
17
Ladybug
1.2%
545,735
18-tie
Athlete (Baseball, Football, etc.)
1.1%
520,929
18-tie
Bee
1.1%
520,929
19
Toy Story Character
1.0%
471,316
20
SpongeBob Squarepants
1.0%
471,316
21-tie
Harry Potter Character
0.8%
396,898
21-tie
Super Mario Bros.
0.8%
396,898
22-tie
Captain America
0.8%
372,092
22-tie
Power Ranger
0.8%
372,092
22-tie
Winnie the Pooh Character
0.8%
372,092
Other
36.7%
18,579,787
You can see lists of the most popular children costumes for previous years here: 2010,
2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
