Los Angeles - Suri Cruise, the 2-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, has been named Hollywood's most influential baby by business magazine Forbes.

The title is far from academic. According to Forbes, the growing need to generate magazine sales and Web traffic in a softening economy, means that media outlets are increasingly turning to the star babies that readers can't resist.

The ranking was decided through an examination of media coverage and through a poll that judged public awareness of the babies and the popularity of their celebrity parents.

Suri earned the top spot for public awareness, received more blog mentions than any other Tinseltown kiddie and was referenced in more than 1,300 news articles, Forbes said.

She was closely followed by the three older children of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, headed by Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, their first biological child. Rounding out the top five is Sam Alexis Woods, the daughter of superstar golfer Tiger Woods and his model wife Elin Nordegren.(dpa)