Popular baby names in Illinois, 1998

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1998 were Emily for girls (1,179 babies) and Michael for boys (1,933). Social Security records list 150,744 babies born in Illinois in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1998

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: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Noemi: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 138 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Paulina: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gianna: 107 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Diamond: 165 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bridget: 113 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Katharine: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Maritza: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jocelyn: 220 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Mohammad: 51 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kendall: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Maurice: 74 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marquis: 62 babies, 2× the national rate
Devonte: 44 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	1,179	–	1
2	Samantha	1,013	↑1	3
3	Jessica	967	↓1	8
4	Alexis	930	↑2	6
5	Ashley	852	↑2	5
6	Hannah	850	↓2	2
7	Sarah	803	↓2	4
8	Taylor	752	–	7
9	Elizabeth	700	–	10
10	Alyssa	641	↑4	11
11	Lauren	638	↑2	14
12	Megan	621	↓2	13
13	Jennifer	592	↓1	20
14	Kayla	589	↑2	12
15	Abigail	580	↑4	18
16	Madison	579	↑6	9
17	Nicole	542	↓2	24
18	Rachel	539	↓7	15
19	Emma	526	↑8	22
20	Brianna	494	–	17
21	Stephanie	494	↓4	29
22	Amanda	472	↓4	19
23	Olivia	472	↑1	21
24	Jasmine	471	↓3	26
25	Allison	452	↑10	38
26	Alexandra	445	–	27
27	Katherine	437	↑5	33
28	Morgan	425	↑1	23
29	Brittany	410	↓6	25
30	Julia	401	↑9	32
31	Victoria	399	↓3	16
32	Grace	391	↑15	53
33	Rebecca	391	↓8	30
34	Anna	383	↓3	31
35	Sydney	375	↑7	28
36	Natalie	374	↑7	40
37	Madeline	350	↓1	50
38	Danielle	343	↓8	41
39	Destiny	341	new	34
40	Haley	336	↓6	36
41	Vanessa	332	↑4	52
42	Maria	331	↓9	43
43	Michelle	326	↓2	55
44	Amber	317	↓6	37
45	Kaitlyn	313	↑3	35
46	Paige	302	new	63
47	Mary	293	↓3	44
48	Erin	290	↑2	57
49	Melissa	281	↓12	59
50	Gabrielle	274	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	1,933	–	1
2	Jacob	1,648	–	2
3	Matthew	1,525	↑1	3
4	Nicholas	1,388	↓1	6
5	Daniel	1,277	–	12
6	Joshua	1,150	↑1	4
7	Joseph	1,112	↓1	11
8	Andrew	1,052	↑2	9
9	Brandon	1,022	↑3	7
10	Christopher	1,003	↓1	5
11	John	979	–	15
12	Tyler	977	↓4	8
13	Anthony	976	–	19
14	Ryan	955	↑1	17
15	David	940	↓1	13
16	Alexander	916	↑2	22
17	Zachary	909	–	16
18	Austin	859	↓2	10
19	James	837	–	18
20	Kyle	806	–	24
21	Justin	753	↑2	20
22	William	743	–	14
23	Jonathan	740	↓2	21
24	Kevin	660	–	32
25	Thomas	650	↑2	31
26	Samuel	644	↓1	28
27	Robert	632	↓1	23
28	Jose	619	↑3	33
29	Benjamin	593	↑1	30
30	Christian	590	↓2	26
31	Nathan	578	↑3	34
32	Jordan	564	↓3	27
33	Dylan	559	↑2	25
34	Eric	556	↓2	39
35	Brian	541	↓2	41
36	Noah	508	↑7	29
37	Ethan	488	↑5	38
38	Jack	468	↑1	61
39	Adam	432	↓3	45
40	Aaron	407	↓2	37
41	Patrick	405	↓4	57
42	Sean	398	↓2	50
43	Luis	377	↑6	53
44	Jason	376	↑2	40
45	Juan	374	↑2	52
46	Timothy	373	↓2	49
47	Charles	372	↑1	48
48	Cameron	365	new	35
49	Connor	350	new	47
50	Alex	331	–	55

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