American Girl Doll News

American Girl is having a fall sale! If you spend $150 or more, you get $25 off. -Sierra

It's not even 2024 yet, Lila won't be out for another three weeks, but Sydney did some research about the trademarked 2025 name, Summer McKinney, and has some apperance theories! "According to a name statistics website I found, Summer was a popular name for girls born in the early to mid 2010s, around the time period Summer would be born if she was Girl of the Year in 2025. Heck, I even named a Truly Me 'Summer' in 2015, and if Summer is 10 years old, she would have been born that year! Race wise, 75% of girls named Summer are European/White, while 14% of girls named Summer are African/Black and 5% are Hispanic/Latina, with Asian and multiracial only polling at 2% each. It could be possible that Summer will be our first Black Girl of the Year since Gabriela in 2017, and we can take the first name with a grain of salt - after all, on the same website, only 2% of girls named Corinne are Asian. Her last name, McKinny, however, supports these exact chances, with 69% of people with the last name McKinny being of European descent and 27% of people with this last name being of African descent. With these theories, there are two plausible outcomes for what Summer will look like. One - she's White, specifically Irish (as McKinny is an Irish last name) with red hair. Or two - she's Black, and presumably has brown or black hair. As for what hair type she'll have, I'll have to see what Lila looks like to accurately make a prediction. If Lila has straight hair, Summer is for sure having wavy or curly hair. If Lila has curly hair, however, Summer will probably have straight or wavy." What do you all think? Have a great day! -Sierra

With the Girls of the Year releasing earlier in the year now, it seems like we're around a year and a few months away from Girl of the Year 2025. And now, it looks like we have our first hint of the Girl of the Year that will be debuting in October 2024! Her potential name was just trademarked, and it is "Summer McKinny". What do you think of this name? Sydney told me that she has a Truly Me named Summer, but what about you guys? Have a good night! -Sierra

To tie in with the release of the American Girl Meet Isabel and Nicki book, new Isabel and Nicki items are rumored to be releasing soon! These items are supposedly rereleases of the Red Vinyl Jumper Outfit (Nicki's New Years outfit) and Year 2000 Outfit (Isabel's New Years outfit), as well as New Year's accessories. Have a great day! -Sierra

Today is Corinne and Kira's shared birthday! Corinne was born in 2011, making her 12 years old today, and Kira was born a year earlier in 2010, making her 13.

Hi again! Sierra here! American Girl just announced that next Wednesday, on September 20, select Truly Me holiday outfits from the archives will be back to purchase for twenty-four hours only! Teased outfits that will be making a return are 1999's Ballet Costume and 2004's Winter Magic Outfit. (Thanks for telling me which outfits those were, Sydney!) If you could bring back one outfit from the archives, what would you bring back? Have a great day! -Sierra

American Girl caused Girl of the Year theory season to commence earlier than expected when they dropped the bombshell that 2024's doll will be releasing ahead of the 2023 holiday season! Normally, we'd be about seven months away, but now we're like... four? Anyway, I figured that I'd go about the same theory routine I went through for Kavi and Kira for the new girl, rumored to be named Lila Monetti: To start, I thought of year patterns that 2024 falls into (like even numbered years) and made a list of all the Girl of the Years that each year correlates with. Once I had my lists, my brain cells started working hard and then, conclusions were made! The first list of Girl of the Years I made was the ones from odd numbered years. To narrow it down, I made the list Lila and the last four Girl of the Years from odd numbered years- Corinne, Joss, Luciana and Lea. I observe from this pattern that these dolls are more of the active, adventure-like type dolls, who all either excel at a sport or/and go on an adventure (like Corinne's camping trip and getting lost in the ski slopes or Lea's trip to Brazil/Luciana's trip to Chile). I would say maybe a trip to Paris, where the Olympics are, but that was Grace's storyline and I doubt AG would want to make her travel like that, but chances are Lila will be sporty and like adventure. The second list is dolls from every three years. Again, I narrowed it down to the last four- Kira, Luciana, Grace and McKenna. ALL OF THESE DOLLS HAVE THE JOSEFINA MOLD. That is a weird coincidence, I know, but besides Lea, Blaire and Marisol, the only Girls of the Year with the Josefina mold have been in 2009 (Chrissa), 2012 (McKenna), 2015 (Grace), 2018 (Luciana) and 2021 (Kira). If the pattern holds, than Lila will have the Josefina mold. In addition, there are two different color palettes that each of these dolls have. McKenna and Luciana's collections focus on blues and purples, while Grace's and Kira's are more pinks. Since Kavi's palette is more purple and blue, I can imagine Lila's as more pink. In addition, this orange neutral color is the 2024 color of the year. Usually, these correlate with GOTY collections, and this correlates with the sneak peek image from Toy Fair, so it probably will show up in her collection somehow... The third list is dolls from every four years. The dolls in this pattern are Joss, Lea, McKenna and Mia. This is where I mention the theory I bring up every four years - the Olympic Theory, where in Olympic years, the doll has something to do with the Olympics. Joss surfed in 2020 (surfing was supposed to debut that year before the pandemic delay), Lea went to Brazil (where the Olympics was located), McKenna was a gymnast, and Mia was an ice skater. I doubt Lila will go to Paris, where the Olympics are being held this year, but skateboarding and climbing are the new sports this year, and I can imagine Lila being more of a climbing explorer, considering Nicki Hoffman just came out and she skateboards. The last list is dolls from every five years- Blaire, Isabelle and Chrissa are included in this pattern. It's a weird thing that ties all three together, but all three deal with some sort of social issue regarding complications of friendships. Friendship is always a part of Girl of the Year stories, but these ones take those themes to the next level - Chrissa dealt with bullying, Isabelle had trouble fitting in with a new school, and Blaire had problems communicating with friends and with social media. Before I go onto the CYO generator and try to come up with my guess on what Lila will look like, there's one more thing I thought of. Lately, Girls of the Year have been sort of similar to dolls from about ten years ago. Here are some examples: Joss and Chrissa have an eleven year gap. Joss likes surfing, and Chrissa likes swimming. Kira and Lanie have a eleven year gap. Kira and Lanie are both blonde environmentalists. Corinne and Nicki have a fifteen year gap. They both live in Colorado and ski. Gabriela and Marisol have a twelve year gap. They are both interested in dancing. Lea and Jess have a ten year gap. They both explore a tropical South American country. Ten years from Lila would be Isabelle, eleven years would be Saige and twelve years would be McKenna. I could imagine Lila being a sporty girl like McKenna who goes on an adventure and learns something about friendship along the way. Now, here's my guess on what Lila will look like: What do you guys think?

We are closer to the release of Girl of the Year 2024, Lila Monetti, than some may realize. We were told at first that she would be released earlier in 2023 than the last few days, but this led a mystery of when exactly that would be. I previously theorized September, but I'm back here with another theory. Lila will release in October. AG announced that they are having three limited edition dolls this year - FAO Schwartz, Disney (maybe?), and the Holiday doll. The first one released in July, the second one will release next month, and the third will debut in September. So where does that leave Lila? October. Does anyone else have a different theory for her release?

I was pondering some theories about the next Girl of the Year for 2024, who is rumored to be named Lila Monetti, and while I was thinking, a theory just popped into my mind. During the Mattel Toy Fair presentation back in March, this logo was shown for Girl of the Year 2024: I have seen online speculation that this symbol could possibly signify a red-haired doll, but I didn't really take that into consideration. However, I just thought of something that could mean we were getting a red-haired doll: The first truly red-haired Girl of the Year, Mia, was in 2008. Then, five years later, in 2013, Saige, the second red-haired Girl of the Year, was released. Then, six years later, in 2019, Blaire, the third red-haired Girl of the Year, was released. 2024 will mark five years since Blaire. So this could possibly mean that Girl of the Year 2024, Lila, will have red hair. Here's an updated Create Your Own doll I made of Lila: What do you all think?

According to a dug-up backlink on the Simon and Schuster website that Jenny on the AG Collectors forum found, the Girl of the Year 2024 (Lila Monetti) book will release in Spring 2024.

American Girl has just announced the day Girl of the Year 2024, Lila Monetti, will release, and reservations for her launch party are now open! The release date is Saturday, October 7, 2023. We also just got emojis on the release invitation that hint to Lila's hobbies. I will make a post about them right after this!

In the email American Girl just sent out to all Berry members to get reservations for the Girl of the Year 2024 release - which has now been confirmed to be October 7th - American Girl put these emojis in the subject line: 🏇🤸🏻. If you can't tell, these are the horseback riding and gymnastics emojis. This revealed that Lila could be interested in horseback riding and gymnastics, however, AGDN reader DylliGlea commented that this could also signify horse vaulting. Horse valuting is an Olympic sport and is defined as "gymnastics and dance on horseback, which can be practiced both competitively or non-competitively". It's clear Lila likes horses, but do you think the emojis represent horseback riding and gymnastics or horse valuting?