Most Popular Nursery Wallpaper: Top 5 Designs from 50,000+ Orders

Decorating a nursery is one of the happiest jobs there is, and also one of the most agonized over. So if you want to skip the guesswork, here's a shortcut: the designs other parents have chosen most. We added up every nursery order we've shipped since 2014 and pulled our five all time best sellers, ranked by the number of orders each one earned. These are the walls that have welcomed the most babies home.

Between them, these five have gone up in nearly 4,900 nurseries. Three are soft, nature-inspired prints, one is a bold modern classic, and two are the storybook motifs parents never seem to tire of. 

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The 5 best selling nursery wallpaper designs, ranked

Each number above is the total number of orders that design has earned since we opened in 2014, and the list runs from most ordered to least. We rank by orders because every one stands for a family choosing that pattern for their own baby's room. The top three were remarkably close, which tells you just how loved soft, nature-inspired nurseries have become.

Now let's walk through them.

1. Delicate Floral Design Wallpaper

Our most loved nursery design of all time, with 1,274 orders. Delicate Floral Design is soft, airy, and hand drawn, with just enough scale to feel special without overwhelming a small room. It's the wallpaper equivalent of fresh flowers by the crib.

It's a natural fit for a girl's nursery, but the muted, painterly palette makes it just as lovely as a gentle neutral. It pairs beautifully with plain linen, painted wood, and rattan. See it alongside the rest of our floral wallpaper collection.

2. Black Delicate Herringbone Wallpaper

The modern classic, and the choice behind 1,224 orders. Black Delicate Herringbone proves that a baby's room doesn't have to mean pastels. The fine, high-contrast lines are gentle enough for a crib wall but graphic enough to grow with a child for years.

Parents love it as a gender neutral choice, and there's a happy bonus: newborns are drawn to high-contrast black and white, so it gives tiny eyes something to focus on. See more like it in our herringbone wallpaper collection or browse the full nursery wallpaper range.

3. Light Green Botanical Foliage Wallpaper

Our calmest all-time favorite, with 1,168 orders. Light Green Botanical Foliage scatters delicate leaves across a clean background, bringing the quiet of a garden indoors without turning the room into a jungle. It's soothing for a baby and easy on tired parents' eyes too.

It's a favorite for gender neutral and nature themed nurseries, and it looks especially good with natural wood and woven baskets. Browse the full botanical wallpaper collection or the wider green wallpaper range.

4. Vintage Airplane Wallpaper

A genuine classic for little dreamers, and one 715 families took home. Vintage Airplane scatters charming propeller planes and it's been a nursery staple for us for years.

Part of its staying power is the nostalgia, the kind of pattern parents loved as children themselves. It's perfect for a boys' room or an adventure themed nursery, and it comes in several colorways so it suits a calm neutral scheme or a bolder big kid room equally well. Find more like it in our nursery wallpaper collection.

5. Blue Air Balloon Wallpaper

Rounding out the all-time five, with 509 orders, is a little bit of magic. Blue Air Balloon floats gentle hot air balloons across a soft sky, for a nursery that feels dreamy and full of possibility. It's the design that makes visitors smile.

It's a joy in a whimsical or adventure nursery, especially paired with warm wood and soft cream textiles. See it with the rest of our nursery wallpaper designs.

Line these five up and a clear picture of what parents want appears. Three themes run through every one.

Soft, hand drawn nature leads. Florals and botanical foliage took three of the top spots. Gentle, illustrated nature is calming for a baby and timeless enough to carry a room from newborn to toddler.

High contrast black and white earns its place. Our herringbone landed at number two, and for good reason. Newborns see high contrast most easily, so a crisp black and white wall is both modern and genuinely good for developing eyes.

Storybook motifs never go out of style. Airplanes and hot air balloons made the list because nostalgia is powerful. Parents love giving their child the patterns they dreamed under themselves.

If you want to shop the whole range in one place, our nursery wallpaper collection has more than 150 designs, and our all wallpaper designs page lets you filter by color and style.

Is peel and stick wallpaper safe for a nursery?

Yes, and it's one of the easiest ways to decorate a baby's room. Our wallpaper is printed to order with eco-conscious inks and we use non-toxic wallpaper materials. Best of all, it comes off cleanly, so you can refresh the room as your child grows without damaging the walls. As with any new surface, we suggest letting a freshly hung wall air out and testing a small area first on newly painted plaster.