Popular baby names in Illinois, 1995

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1995 were Jessica for girls (1,426 babies) and Michael for boys (2,219). Social Security records list 155,178 babies born in Illinois in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1995

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

Girls

Paris: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Araceli: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 128 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marisol: 70 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gianna: 60 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Diamond: 161 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maritza: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Yolanda: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Deja: 122 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Elise: 68 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Maurice: 91 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kendall: 69 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marquise: 58 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Denzel: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Deshawn: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Devonte: 76 babies, 2× the national rate
Demetrius: 75 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Jessica	1,426	–	1
2	Emily	1,152	↑1	3
3	Ashley	1,144	↓1	2
4	Samantha	1,069	–	4
5	Sarah	948	–	5
6	Taylor	912	–	6
7	Elizabeth	808	↑3	10
8	Rachel	787	↑6	12
9	Hannah	760	↑10	7
10	Megan	730	↑1	13
11	Stephanie	716	↑1	16
12	Amanda	713	↓4	9
13	Lauren	681	–	15
14	Nicole	664	↓7	19
15	Alexis	661	↑3	14
16	Brittany	655	↓7	8
17	Jennifer	633	↓2	18
18	Kayla	601	↑2	11
19	Jasmine	595	↓3	25
20	Brianna	535	↑8	21
21	Alyssa	521	↑2	27
22	Alexandra	518	↑2	26
23	Rebecca	507	↓1	28
24	Morgan	490	↑8	23
25	Danielle	487	↓8	24
26	Courtney	473	–	17
27	Michelle	469	↓6	41
28	Anna	468	↑14	31
29	Katherine	460	–	30
30	Abigail	442	↑3	36
31	Victoria	420	↓6	20
32	Amber	415	↓5	22
33	Melissa	412	↑1	35
34	Allison	402	↓4	34
35	Maria	367	↑3	44
36	Haley	360	↑4	32
37	Mary	356	–	40
38	Kelsey	352	↓7	33
39	Natalie	347	↑5	51
40	Olivia	346	↑7	39
41	Kelly	345	↓6	64
42	Sydney	343	new	43
43	Kaitlyn	338	new	42
44	Paige	334	↓3	58
45	Erin	331	↓9	49
46	Jacqueline	326	↑4	70
47	Andrea	317	↓8	55
48	Madeline	310	new	79
49	Sara	299	↓6	48
50	Emma	296	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Michael	2,219	–	1
2	Matthew	1,675	–	2
3	Nicholas	1,537	–	7
4	Jacob	1,494	↑1	4
5	Daniel	1,445	↓1	9
6	Christopher	1,296	–	3
7	Joseph	1,293	–	12
8	Joshua	1,233	↑3	5
9	Andrew	1,188	↑4	11
10	Ryan	1,138	↓2	15
11	Tyler	1,136	↓1	6
12	John	1,130	–	13
13	Brandon	1,085	↓4	8
14	Zachary	1,063	–	14
15	David	1,060	–	16
16	Anthony	1,056	–	19
17	Alexander	1,048	↑1	21
18	Austin	985	↑4	10
19	Kyle	947	–	24
20	James	941	↓3	17
21	Kevin	839	↓1	25
22	Justin	822	↑4	18
23	Robert	783	↓2	22
24	Jonathan	768	–	23
25	Thomas	753	↓2	27
26	William	731	↓1	20
27	Eric	696	–	32
28	Christian	616	↑11	28
29	Jose	610	↑3	35
30	Benjamin	598	↑8	31
31	Jordan	597	↑3	29
32	Adam	587	↓2	38
33	Cody	570	↓5	26
34	Samuel	554	↑2	33
35	Brian	553	↓6	36
36	Patrick	550	↓3	43
37	Aaron	533	↓6	30
38	Timothy	488	↓3	40
39	Nathan	479	↑1	39
40	Dylan	469	↑1	34
41	Steven	468	↓4	37
42	Jeremy	421	–	48
43	Sean	420	↑1	45
44	Jason	405	↑4	41
45	Charles	400	↓2	44
46	Alex	389	–	47
47	Juan	340	–	50
48	Mark	337	↓3	52
49	Richard	337	–	42
50	Connor	333	new	55

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