If you've ever shopped for prom dresses you know that you will find thousands and thousands of styles available. So it's surprising that brides across the nation (with their friends, hopefully) are reaching for exactly the same dresses again and again.

We polled Bella Bridesmaids showrooms in five major markets to determine what styles were local favorites; several designers were popular nationwide, and something dress in particular put their hands up among the Top 5* in each and every market. And these aren't shops that carry 2 or 3 designers—the number varies by location, however the Birmingham, Ala., store offers dresses by 31 designers while NYC sells 21.

*Some cities were built with a Top 5, while some only had clear-cut best-sellers within the Top 3 spots.

Something else surprising: While brides and bridesmaids happen to be clamoring for cocktail-length dresses, it appears they're still purchasing the floor-length gowns. (There's merely a single above-the-knee dress yourself in the mix below.) They're also making more-expensive picks: Several locations carry lower-price lines, for example Wtoo, but many of the burgundy bridesmaid dresses below are within the mid-$200 to low-$300 range.