Popular baby names in Illinois, 1994

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1994 were Jessica for girls (1,603 babies) and Michael for boys (2,376). Social Security records list 158,668 babies born in Illinois in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1994

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

Girls

Yaritza: 38 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tierra: 87 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nora: 58 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diamond: 189 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gianna: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 128 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Paris: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Yesenia: 147 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Viviana: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Osvaldo: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darnell: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Giovanni: 94 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Demetrius: 88 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Deandre: 108 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jermaine: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Devonte: 88 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kendall: 88 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Denzel: 67 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Jessica	1,603	–	1
2	Ashley	1,288	–	2
3	Emily	1,135	↑1	3
4	Samantha	1,108	↓1	4
5	Sarah	1,000	–	5
6	Taylor	982	–	6
7	Nicole	891	↑4	11
8	Amanda	848	↑1	8
9	Brittany	812	↓2	7
10	Elizabeth	805	↓2	9
11	Megan	785	↑3	10
12	Stephanie	774	–	15
13	Lauren	771	↓3	14
14	Rachel	726	↑2	13
15	Jennifer	690	↓2	17
16	Jasmine	676	↓1	23
17	Danielle	659	–	20
18	Alexis	629	↑8	18
19	Hannah	619	↑1	16
20	Kayla	592	↑2	12
21	Michelle	556	↓3	33
22	Rebecca	555	↓3	24
23	Alyssa	525	↓2	26
24	Alexandra	497	↑4	28
25	Victoria	481	↑6	19
26	Courtney	477	↑3	22
27	Amber	476	↓4	21
28	Brianna	471	↑2	27
29	Katherine	468	↓2	30
30	Allison	455	↑2	34
31	Kelsey	448	↓6	29
32	Morgan	430	↑4	25
33	Abigail	428	new	42
34	Melissa	414	↓10	31
35	Kelly	370	↓1	62
36	Erin	361	↑6	45
37	Mary	348	↓4	37
38	Maria	344	↑3	47
39	Andrea	343	↓1	49
40	Haley	341	–	36
41	Paige	338	↑5	63
42	Anna	334	↑1	41
43	Sara	332	↓6	43
44	Natalie	319	new	56
45	Christina	313	↓10	39
46	Shannon	310	↓1	60
47	Olivia	308	new	50
48	Laura	302	↑1	46
49	Vanessa	301	new	59
50	Jacqueline	294	↓6	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	2,376	–	1
2	Matthew	1,660	–	3
3	Nicholas	1,560	↑1	9
4	Daniel	1,559	↓1	8
5	Jacob	1,395	↑2	7
6	Christopher	1,373	↓1	2
7	Joseph	1,281	↓1	11
8	Ryan	1,268	↑1	16
9	Brandon	1,266	↑3	6
10	Tyler	1,242	↑4	5
11	Joshua	1,238	↓3	4
12	John	1,213	↑3	15
13	Andrew	1,172	↓3	10
14	Zachary	1,127	↓1	12
15	David	1,119	↓4	13
16	Anthony	1,115	↑1	18
17	James	1,057	↓1	14
18	Alexander	1,053	↑2	22
19	Kyle	986	↓1	24
20	Kevin	984	↓1	26
21	Robert	938	–	21
22	Austin	926	↑6	17
23	Thomas	808	↑2	27
24	Jonathan	803	–	23
25	William	783	↓3	19
26	Justin	776	–	20
27	Eric	765	↓4	30
28	Cody	693	↓1	25
29	Brian	638	–	37
30	Adam	618	↑3	38
31	Aaron	601	↑8	28
32	Jose	582	↑4	36
33	Patrick	566	↑1	42
34	Jordan	564	↓3	29
35	Timothy	554	↓5	39
36	Samuel	551	↑1	33
37	Steven	551	↓5	34
38	Benjamin	544	↓3	31
39	Christian	491	↓1	35
40	Nathan	480	↑6	40
41	Dylan	476	–	32
42	Jeremy	455	–	47
43	Charles	446	↑1	43
44	Sean	442	↓4	44
45	Mark	399	↑2	48
46	Alex	387	↓3	50
47	Juan	383	↑2	51
48	Jason	353	–	46
49	Richard	351	↓4	41
50	Luis	347	new	57

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