Popular baby names in Illinois, 1993

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1993 were Jessica for girls (1,763 babies) and Michael for boys (2,693). Social Security records list 160,764 babies born in Illinois in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1993

Names given at least 15 times in Illinois that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Marquita: 67 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Gianna: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nora: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maritza: 57 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Yaritza: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tierra: 79 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lizbeth: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kierra: 67 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Yasmin: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Araceli: 40 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Dantrell: 43 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Cortez: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Devonta: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deonte: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darnell: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Antoine: 54 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Giovanni: 103 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kendall: 96 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Deshawn: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Deandre: 105 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Jessica	1,763	–	1
2	Ashley	1,559	–	2
3	Samantha	1,182	–	4
4	Emily	1,142	↑2	5
5	Sarah	1,080	↓1	3
6	Taylor	971	↑9	7
7	Brittany	938	↓2	6
8	Elizabeth	902	–	9
9	Amanda	900	↓2	8
10	Lauren	883	↑2	12
11	Nicole	879	↑2	13
12	Stephanie	857	↓3	10
13	Jennifer	800	↓3	15
14	Megan	776	↓3	11
15	Jasmine	750	↑2	23
16	Rachel	730	↓2	14
17	Danielle	602	↓1	18
18	Michelle	593	↑1	31
19	Rebecca	586	↓1	22
20	Hannah	585	↑9	21
21	Alyssa	580	↑5	26
22	Kayla	556	↓1	16
23	Amber	539	↑2	17
24	Melissa	534	↓4	30
25	Kelsey	528	↓3	24
26	Alexis	522	↑12	27
27	Katherine	519	↓3	29
28	Alexandra	499	↓5	28
29	Courtney	471	↓1	20
30	Brianna	470	↑16	32
31	Victoria	458	↓4	19
32	Allison	439	↑5	41
33	Mary	420	–	36
34	Kelly	413	↓3	51
35	Christina	384	↓1	35
36	Morgan	370	new	34
37	Sara	363	↓5	40
38	Andrea	359	↓3	44
39	Kaitlyn	350	↑1	46
40	Haley	339	new	42
41	Maria	327	↑8	45
42	Erin	324	↓1	48
43	Anna	323	–	47
44	Jacqueline	316	new	74
45	Shannon	314	new	53
46	Paige	311	new	60
47	Heather	310	↓5	38
48	Crystal	306	new	57
49	Laura	305	↓10	43
50	Erica	303	↓5	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	2,693	–	1
2	Matthew	1,875	–	3
3	Daniel	1,591	–	7
4	Nicholas	1,503	↑1	8
5	Christopher	1,478	↓1	2
6	Joseph	1,383	–	12
7	Jacob	1,344	↑5	9
8	Joshua	1,283	↑1	4
9	Ryan	1,281	↓1	13
10	Andrew	1,244	↓3	10
11	David	1,225	–	11
12	Brandon	1,221	↓2	6
13	Zachary	1,208	↑6	15
14	Tyler	1,204	↑2	5
15	John	1,169	↓1	16
16	James	1,157	↓3	14
17	Anthony	1,135	↓2	19
18	Kyle	1,120	↑2	23
19	Kevin	1,107	↓2	25
20	Alexander	1,077	↓2	21
21	Robert	990	–	17
22	William	907	↑1	18
23	Eric	829	↓1	29
24	Jonathan	814	–	22
25	Thomas	788	–	27
26	Justin	765	–	20
27	Cody	742	↑1	24
28	Austin	738	↑17	26
29	Brian	659	↓2	34
30	Timothy	616	–	38
31	Jordan	607	↑4	28
32	Steven	604	↓3	31
33	Adam	587	↓2	39
34	Patrick	569	↓2	43
35	Benjamin	535	↓1	32
36	Jose	534	↑1	36
37	Samuel	522	↑2	37
38	Christian	508	↑3	35
39	Aaron	505	↓6	30
40	Sean	496	↓4	42
41	Dylan	489	↓3	33
42	Jeremy	457	–	46
43	Alex	453	↑4	52
44	Charles	448	–	44
45	Richard	435	↓5	40
46	Nathan	430	↓3	41
47	Mark	408	↓1	49
48	Jason	374	–	45
49	Juan	349	new	55
50	Jeffrey	332	–	53

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