2024 Most Popular Halloween Costumes

What's the really "in" costume? What will my friends wear? How do I want to be seen by the other children? Do I want to be scary? Funny? Unique? A dinosaur? a fairy princess? A unicorn? A wizard, a vampire, a skeleton, a dragon. A fireman, the choices are almost endless!

We've gathered up the most. popular, and highly rated. costumes available on. short notice at good prices from your favorite online retailer and put them all below!

Most Popular Costumes

The top five costumes for don't vary greatly from year to year - see the list below!

For adults are a Batman character, a witch, and animal, a superhero, and a vampire.
Also popular are, for boys, Zombies, superheros, Star Wars and for girls Disney's Frozen characters, especially Princess Elena.

Top costumes last year, according to the National Retail Federation:

Top 10 Children's Costumes - Recent Years 2019 rank 2017 rank Where to get 2022 Rank Children   Children 1 Spiderman 6 4 2 Princess (generic) 1 2 3 Witch 5 6 4 Ghost 8 9 5 Batman 3 2 6 Pumpkin NR NR 7 Zombie NR NR 8 Vampire NR NR 9 Pirate 9 NR 10 Superman Superhero 2 1   NR Character from Star Wars 4 5              NR Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man) 7 7   NR Disney Princess 10 8   NR Animal (Dog, Cat, etc) NR 3   NR Wonder Woman NR 10

Top 10 Adult Costumes - This Year and Previous Years
2019 data		2017 rank	2015 rank
2019 Rank	Adults	Adults	Adults
1	Witch	1	8
2	Vampire	7	1
3	Character from Batman	2	3
4	Pirate	4	8
5	Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man)
6	DC superhero (excluding Batman, Wonderwoman, and Star Wars)	8	NR
7	Star Wars character	NR
8	Ghost
9	Superhero (any of them)	6	5
10	Clown
NR	Villain from a Slasher Movie	9	NR
NR	Animal (Dog, Cat, etc)	3	2
NR	Wonder Woman	10	NR

	Top 10 Pet Costumes - This Year and Previous Years
	2019 Rank	Pets	2017 Rank
	1	Pumpkin	1
	2	Hot dog	2
	3	Bumblebee	4
	4	Devil	5
	5	Cat	8
	6	Dog	7 (tie)
	7	Lion	7 (tie)
	8	Character from a Star Wars movie	10
	9	Superhero	9
	10	Ghost	7
	NR	Witch	9

2015's top costumes were very similar.

For comparison, here's the list from 2013:

Top Adult Costumes	Top Children's Costumes	Top Pet Costumes
1. Witch	1. Princess	1. Pumpkin
2. Batman character	2. Animal	2. Hot dog
3. Vampire	3. Batman character	3. (T) Cat
4. Zombie	4. Action/super hero	3. (T) Devil
5. Pirate	5. Spider-Man	4. Witch
6. Action/super hero	6. Witch	5. Superman
7. Superman	7. Zombie	6. Dog
8. Dracula	8. Disney princess	7. Bowties/fancy collar
9. Cat	9. Superman	8. Bee
10. Scary costume/mask	10. Fairy	9. (T) Batman
		9. (T) Vampire
		10. Ghost

Sources and references

1. NRF (National Retail Federation
2. CNBC
3. Arnold, Bettina (2001-10-31). "Bettina Arnold - Halloween Lecture: Halloween Customs in the Celtic World" . Halloween Inaugural Celebration. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Center for Celtic Studies. http://www.uwm.edu/~barnold/lectures/holloween.html . Retrieved 2007-10-16.
4. Skal, David J. (2002). Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween, p.34. New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN 1-58234-230-X.
5. Pope John Paul, July 1994, conversation with the author in Rome, Italy
6. US Census Bureau

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Other fun and useful Halloween information

• Halloween around the world
• How to choose a pumpkin
• How to EASILY carve a beautiful Jack-O-Lantern, fully illustrated!
• How to make a pumpkin pie from an actual pumpkin (it's easy!)
• Other pumpkin recipes (pie, soup, bread, roasted seeds)
• History of the Jack-o-Lantern
• Tips for a safe and fun Halloween
• Halloween clip art
• Pumpkin Facts and What to do with the pumpkin after Halloween.
• Halloween links to Halloween web sites

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Halloween Costumes

Here are some of the most popular Halloween costumes for children this year. For more choices, see our Halloween costumes pages.

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