Oct 01, 2026
(KRON) -- It’s almost Halloween, and many people are starting to think about their costumes. To help with some dress-up inspiration, we did some digging and looked at the trending costumes based on Google search data from the Bay Area. Here's what we found trending in 2026: Rumi Halloween Costu me If you’re not familiar or have been living under a rock for the last year and a half – Rumi is the lead singer from the Netflix hit "KPop Demon Hunters." Image courtesy Spirit Halloween Dungeon Crawler Carl Costume Dungeon Crawler Carl is the main character from a currently popular LitRPG (Literary Role Playing Game) book with the same name written by Matt Dinniman. Carl is a Coast Guard vet, surviving the apocalypse and apparently doing it in style. Image courtesy Spirit Halloween Spirit Halloween Lady Bug Costume This one is pretty self-explanatory – although there are a variety of directions you can take with it. Image courtesy Spirit Halloween Powerpuff Girls Costume This is the late 90s animated Cartoon Network hit featuring Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup - three children with super powers who have dedicated their life to fighting evil -- of course the girls were created thanks to Professor Utonium accidentally adding chemical X to his sugar, spice and everything nice recipe while trying to create the perfect little girl. Image courtesy Spirit Halloween Cher Halloween Costume / Clueless Halloween Costume Cher is the main character from the 1995 cult classic Clueless played by Alicia Silverstone -- raising the question for those not wearing this costume: do you prefer fashion victim or ensemble-y challenged? Image courtesy Spirit Halloween Mad Hatter Costume The famous character from Disney's "Alice in Wonderland," or if you're more of a book fan, you'll better know him from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll which came about 100 years before the movie. Image courtesy Spirit Halloween Dolls Kill Halloween Costume Dolls Kill is not actually a single costume, but an online boutique that describes itself as featuring "rebellious spirit and attitude mixed with a bit of punk rock, goth, glam and festival fashion. There is a screenshot of the website below, but you can check out their modern take on a lot of classic costumes here. Dollskill.com 'Kill Bill' Halloween Costume This iconic costume is from the Quentin Tarantino martial arts film 'Kill Bill' -- the main character, The Bride, is a former assassin who goes on a wild revenge quest against Bill. The sword may or may not be sold separately. Image from Dolls Kill Corpse Bride Halloween Costume This is Victor or Emily from the 2005 stop motion film by Tim Burton, "The Corpse Bride" - a couple's costume classic with some staying power. Image courtesy Spirit Halloween A few other honorable mentions that showed up on the trending search costume list include Medusa, Princess Jasmine from Disney's Aladdin, Playboy Bunny, Mean Girls, Stitch and Raven from Teen Titans and Strawberry Shortcake, Dune, Super Mario, Minion, Vampire and Chucky from Child's Play. ...read more read less
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