Popular baby names in Illinois, 2000

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2000 were Emily for girls (1,172 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,593). Social Security records list 151,688 babies born in Illinois in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 2000

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

Girls

Nora: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Amari: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 128 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gisselle: 72 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Clare: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maritza: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nicolette: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Margaret: 272 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Giselle: 129 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gina: 74 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Kevon: 74 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mohammad: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mohammed: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Salvador: 88 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jermaine: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Giovanni: 150 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kendall: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Elian: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Deshawn: 41 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Terrence: 41 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	1,172	–	1
2	Hannah	1,003	–	2
3	Alexis	846	↑2	6
4	Jessica	846	↓1	8
5	Samantha	800	↓1	7
6	Grace	754	↑6	19
7	Ashley	723	↑1	4
8	Elizabeth	722	↓2	9
9	Sarah	682	↓2	5
10	Madison	681	↑3	3
11	Kayla	646	↑5	13
12	Olivia	635	↑9	16
13	Lauren	633	↓3	11
14	Alyssa	632	–	12
15	Emma	609	↓4	17
16	Abigail	595	↑1	14
17	Taylor	572	↓8	10
18	Megan	569	↑1	18
19	Brianna	529	↑1	15
20	Jennifer	517	↓5	26
21	Rachel	477	↑1	21
22	Anna	475	↑8	22
23	Natalie	462	↑1	34
24	Sydney	459	↓1	23
25	Nicole	454	↓7	31
26	Stephanie	443	↑3	40
27	Jasmine	438	↓1	27
28	Katherine	432	↑3	33
29	Morgan	423	↑3	25
30	Amanda	405	↓2	32
31	Victoria	394	↑3	20
32	Julia	387	↓7	29
33	Haley	380	↑3	28
34	Alexandra	369	↓7	36
35	Destiny	368	↓2	24
36	Kaitlyn	347	↑3	30
37	Michelle	337	↑5	52
38	Jacqueline	335	↑8	64
39	Maria	335	↓1	41
40	Madeline	333	↑4	56
41	Hailey	314	new	35
42	Rebecca	313	↓1	39
43	Chloe	308	new	38
44	Sophia	304	new	42
45	Allison	295	↓10	44
46	Mary	293	↓1	46
47	Isabella	290	new	45
48	Danielle	280	↓11	48
49	Andrea	272	new	55
50	Margaret	272	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	1,593	↑1	1
2	Michael	1,543	↓1	2
3	Matthew	1,392	–	3
4	Daniel	1,261	–	9
5	Nicholas	1,189	–	6
6	Joseph	1,142	–	8
7	Joshua	1,101	–	4
8	Anthony	1,005	↑3	17
9	Andrew	973	↓1	7
10	Ryan	946	↓1	13
11	Alexander	942	↑2	20
12	Christopher	934	↑2	5
13	John	924	↑3	14
14	Tyler	922	↓4	10
15	Brandon	852	–	12
16	David	851	↓4	16
17	Zachary	800	–	15
18	Jonathan	753	↑4	21
19	William	749	↓1	11
20	Justin	746	–	19
21	Benjamin	725	↑4	26
22	James	705	↓3	18
23	Kevin	695	↑3	32
24	Christian	677	↑5	22
25	Ethan	667	↑11	25
26	Thomas	637	↑1	33
27	Jose	634	↑4	34
28	Kyle	632	↓5	37
29	Samuel	629	↓1	28
30	Dylan	598	↓6	24
31	Nathan	589	↑1	30
32	Robert	585	↓2	29
33	Noah	580	–	27
34	Austin	579	↓13	23
35	Jack	556	–	46
36	Brian	497	↑2	43
37	Eric	477	↓3	42
38	Jordan	456	↓1	36
39	Cameron	410	↑1	31
40	Juan	409	↑3	48
41	Luis	404	↑1	49
42	Logan	398	↑7	40
43	Charles	393	↓2	51
44	Adam	389	↓5	45
45	Connor	383	–	50
46	Jason	382	↓2	39
47	Sean	374	–	57
48	Patrick	363	new	68
49	Angel	358	new	67
50	Timothy	345	new	58

← Illinois 1999 Illinois: all years · US 2000 Illinois 2001 →