Princess and Batman Top Children's Halloween Costume Choices for 2015
Posted on October 15, 2015
Princess and Batman costumes are the top choice for children this year. The rankings come from the National Retail Federations (NRF) 2015 Halloween Consumer Top Costumes Survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics. The costumes pictured above include the Batman The Dark Knight Rises and Princess Leia Deluxe child costumes by Rubie's.
Over 60 million parents were surveyed and asked what their kids will dress up as this year. At the time the survey was taken 44.6 million parents already knew what costume their child or children would be wearing. Other hot costumes this year include Frozen character costumes, Star Wars costumes, Minions, zombies and witches.NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said in a statement, "As we've seen for several years, Hollywood and pop culture both have a tremendous impact on how adults and their children decide to dress the part each Halloween, and it’s evident some of the biggest newsmakers of the year will be out in full force this fall."
Here is the list of the the top children's costumes for 2015:
- 1. Princess - 7.2%
- 2. Batman Character - 5.9%
- 3. Action/Superhero - 5.3%
- 4. Animal - 4.8%
- 5. Frozen Character - 4.6%
- 6. Star Wars Character - 4.0%
- 7. Zombie - 3.2%
- 8. Witch - 2.6%
- 9. Pumpkin - 2.5%
- 10. Minion - 2.4%
- 11. Spider-Man - 2.3%
- 12. Pirate - 2.0%
- 13. Disney Princess - 1.9%
- 14. (tie) Superman - 1.9%
- 14. (tie) Vampire - 1.9%
- 15. Ghost - 1.8%
- Other - 45.7%