Popular baby names in Illinois, 1997

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1997 were Emily for girls (1,180 babies) and Michael for boys (2,011). Social Security records list 149,565 babies born in Illinois in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1997

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

Girls

Lisette: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Monika: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gianna: 86 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lizbeth: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jocelyne: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colleen: 99 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Diamond: 163 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Deja: 130 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maritza: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jocelyn: 231 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Kendall: 86 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mohammad: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Giovanni: 143 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Devonte: 56 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maurice: 77 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Stefan: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	1,180	↑1	1
2	Jessica	1,105	↓1	2
3	Samantha	986	↑1	6
4	Hannah	913	↑5	5
5	Sarah	882	–	4
6	Alexis	872	↑2	8
7	Ashley	868	↓4	3
8	Taylor	807	↓2	7
9	Elizabeth	746	↓2	9
10	Megan	682	–	11
11	Rachel	647	–	13
12	Jennifer	630	↑1	18
13	Lauren	607	↑3	14
14	Alyssa	599	↑4	15
15	Nicole	588	↓1	21
16	Kayla	545	↓1	12
17	Stephanie	541	↓5	23
18	Amanda	534	↓1	16
19	Abigail	530	↑5	26
20	Brianna	522	–	17
21	Jasmine	489	↑1	24
22	Madison	484	↑10	10
23	Brittany	468	↓4	20
24	Olivia	467	↑12	27
25	Rebecca	438	↓4	25
26	Alexandra	418	↓3	30
27	Emma	409	↑16	36
28	Victoria	403	↑5	19
29	Morgan	396	–	22
30	Danielle	395	↓4	34
31	Anna	391	↓6	33
32	Katherine	390	↓5	32
33	Maria	389	↓5	38
34	Haley	375	↑1	31
35	Allison	364	↓1	39
36	Madeline	362	↑4	59
37	Melissa	355	↑2	44
38	Amber	353	–	29
39	Julia	353	new	37
40	Courtney	352	↓10	28
41	Michelle	346	↓10	55
42	Sydney	344	↓1	35
43	Natalie	331	↓6	48
44	Mary	320	↑4	46
45	Vanessa	318	new	54
46	Jordan	315	new	40
47	Grace	301	new	69
48	Kaitlyn	292	↓6	41
49	Andrea	290	↑1	58
50	Erin	287	↓6	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	2,011	–	1
2	Jacob	1,574	–	2
3	Nicholas	1,516	↑1	6
4	Matthew	1,494	↓1	3
5	Daniel	1,330	–	11
6	Joseph	1,224	–	12
7	Joshua	1,135	↑1	5
8	Tyler	1,078	↑4	10
9	Christopher	1,063	↓2	4
10	Andrew	1,048	↓1	7
11	John	1,046	↑5	15
12	Brandon	1,045	↓1	8
13	Anthony	1,041	↑1	18
14	David	1,012	↓4	14
15	Ryan	998	↓2	16
16	Austin	985	↓1	9
17	Zachary	958	–	13
18	Alexander	876	–	22
19	James	842	↑1	17
20	Kyle	826	↓1	24
21	Jonathan	820	–	21
22	William	744	↑1	19
23	Justin	725	↑1	20
24	Kevin	694	↓2	28
25	Samuel	668	↑3	27
26	Robert	667	↓1	23
27	Thomas	647	↓1	31
28	Christian	646	↓1	25
29	Jordan	641	↑2	26
30	Benjamin	605	–	29
31	Jose	570	↑1	32
32	Eric	540	↓3	35
33	Brian	518	–	37
34	Nathan	512	↑2	34
35	Dylan	489	↑4	30
36	Adam	465	↓2	39
37	Patrick	454	↑1	50
38	Aaron	431	↓1	33
39	Jack	396	new	76
40	Sean	395	↑2	48
41	Cody	393	↓6	36
42	Ethan	386	new	46
43	Noah	385	↑4	38
44	Timothy	385	↓4	43
45	Steven	384	↓4	40
46	Jason	371	↓1	41
47	Juan	370	↑2	54
48	Charles	365	↓5	49
49	Luis	363	new	53
50	Alex	350	↓2	55

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