The Most Popular Halloween Costumes For Kids From the Past 7 Decades

Halloween costumes for kids have adapted and changed over the years, mostly following pop culture and media trends. Since the 1950s, kids' costume ideas have definitely come and gone, some reappearing over the years due to movie remakes and TV adaptations of old classics. If you're curious as to which costumes have been around for the past 70 years, or you want to see which costumes were "one-decade wonders," scroll through for the most popular kids' costumes since the 1950s.

2000s
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2000s

Captain Jack Sparrow

1980s
Flickr user Casey Fleser

1980s

Freddy Krueger

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The Wizard of Oz

1960s
Flickr user Charles Kremenak

1960s

Dennis the Menace

1950s
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1950s

Hula girl