Top Costumes

This comes from Snopes.com - a generally reliable source.

This year, the National Retail Foundation (NRF) and the consumer market intelligence firm BIGresearch surveyed 8,000 consumers during the second week of September to find out (among other things) what sorts of costumes both children and adults were planning to wear for Halloween 2006. The results were as follows:

Top Children's Costumes 2006
1.	Princess (generic)	11.5%
2.	Pirate	5.0%
3.	Witch	4.8%
4.	Spider-Man	4.4%
5.	Superman	3.7%
6.	Princess (Disney)	3.1%
7.	Power Ranger	2.9%
8.	Pumpkin/Jack o'Lantern	2.2%
9.	Cat	2.0%
10.	Vampire (generic)	1.5%
11.	Angel	1.4%
12.	Fairy	1.4%
13.	Ninja	1.4%
14.	SpongeBob SquarePants	1.4%
15.	Batman	1.3%
16.	Cheerleader	1.3%
17.	Football Player	1.3%
18.	Tinker Bell	1.3%
19.	Monster (generic)	1.2%
20.	Star Wars character	1.2%

Top Adults' Costumes 2006
1.	Witch	17.5%
2.	Pirate	3.7%
3.	Vampire (generic)	3.7%
4.	Cat	2.6%
5.	Clown	1.8%
6.	Fairy	1.6%
7.	Gypsy	1.6%
8.	Superhero	1.6%
9.	Ghost	1.4%
10.	Dracula	1.3%
11.	Devil	1.2%
12.	Hooker	1.1%
13.	Nurse	1.1%
14.	Pumpkin/Jack o'Lantern	1.1%
15.	Athlete	1.0%
16.	Princess	1.0%
17.	Zombie	1.0%
18.	Angel	0.8%
19.	French Maid	0.8%
20.	Cowboy/Cowgirl	0.7%