Popular baby names in Illinois, 1996

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1996 were Jessica for girls (1,241 babies) and Michael for boys (2,132). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 152,382 babies born in Illinois in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1996

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

Girls

Clare: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Diamond: 169 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jocelyne: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nora: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Margaret: 264 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 112 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Natalia: 68 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deangelo: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maurice: 81 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kendall: 66 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dangelo: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jermaine: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marquise: 51 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Demetrius: 68 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Giovanni: 109 babies, 2× the national rate
Salvador: 76 babies, 2× the national rate
Dwayne: 41 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jessica	1,241	–	2
2	Emily	1,128	–	1
3	Ashley	1,016	–	3
4	Samantha	947	–	5
5	Sarah	915	–	4
6	Taylor	871	–	6
7	Elizabeth	823	–	10
8	Alexis	812	↑7	8
9	Hannah	760	–	7
10	Megan	713	–	12
11	Rachel	712	↓3	9
12	Stephanie	652	↓1	20
13	Jennifer	647	↑4	19
14	Nicole	636	–	22
15	Kayla	617	↑3	11
16	Lauren	615	↓3	16
17	Amanda	608	↓5	13
18	Alyssa	576	↑3	23
19	Brittany	565	↓3	14
20	Brianna	531	–	17
21	Rebecca	528	↑2	24
22	Jasmine	522	↓3	28
23	Alexandra	485	↓1	26
24	Abigail	460	↑6	32
25	Anna	449	↑3	33
26	Danielle	441	↓1	29
27	Katherine	440	↑2	31
28	Maria	436	↑7	37
29	Morgan	434	↓5	25
30	Courtney	417	↓4	21
31	Michelle	415	↓4	47
32	Madison	401	new	15
33	Victoria	396	↓2	18
34	Allison	394	–	38
35	Haley	388	↑1	30
36	Olivia	376	↑4	34
37	Natalie	369	↑2	46
38	Amber	368	↓6	27
39	Melissa	359	↓6	42
40	Madeline	350	↑8	67
41	Sydney	346	↑1	39
42	Kaitlyn	345	↑1	40
43	Emma	331	↑7	53
44	Erin	321	↑1	51
45	Kelsey	318	↓7	36
46	Jacqueline	317	–	69
47	Paige	317	↓3	65
48	Mary	314	↓11	44
49	Kelly	297	↓8	73
50	Andrea	288	↓3	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	2,132	–	1
2	Jacob	1,534	↑2	3
3	Matthew	1,489	↓1	2
4	Nicholas	1,476	↓1	6
5	Daniel	1,444	–	11
6	Joseph	1,222	↑1	12
7	Christopher	1,193	↓1	4
8	Joshua	1,134	–	5
9	Andrew	1,111	–	10
10	David	1,091	↑5	13
11	Brandon	1,083	↑2	8
12	Tyler	1,083	↓1	7
13	Ryan	1,061	↓3	16
14	Anthony	1,028	↑2	19
15	Austin	994	↑3	9
16	John	990	↓4	15
17	Zachary	985	↓3	14
18	Alexander	956	↓1	22
19	Kyle	852	–	25
20	James	846	–	17
21	Jonathan	811	↑3	21
22	Kevin	810	↓1	26
23	William	794	↑3	18
24	Justin	781	↓2	20
25	Robert	740	↓2	23
26	Thomas	691	↓1	28
27	Christian	684	↑1	24
28	Samuel	624	↑6	30
29	Eric	619	↓2	35
30	Benjamin	617	–	29
31	Jordan	610	–	27
32	Jose	553	↓3	32
33	Brian	532	↑2	36
34	Adam	484	↓2	39
35	Cody	484	↓2	31
36	Nathan	483	↑3	37
37	Aaron	476	–	34
38	Patrick	466	↓2	44
39	Dylan	448	↑1	33
40	Timothy	447	↓2	40
41	Steven	436	–	38
42	Sean	402	↑1	46
43	Charles	370	↑2	43
44	Jeremy	368	↓2	56
45	Jason	365	↓1	41
46	Connor	362	↑4	54
47	Noah	361	new	50
48	Alex	355	↓2	53
49	Juan	340	↓2	52
50	Richard	331	↓1	45

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