Popular baby names in Illinois, 2001

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2001 were Emily for girls (1,171 babies) and Michael for boys (1,448). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 150,592 babies born in Illinois in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 2001

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

Girls

Giselle: 141 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Citlalli: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jocelyn: 259 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Clare: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 113 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lizbeth: 69 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Amari: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marlene: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Julissa: 71 babies, 2× the national rate
Isis: 38 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Kevon: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maurice: 70 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Osvaldo: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mohammed: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mohammad: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Giovanni: 158 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	1,171	–	1
2	Hannah	858	–	3
3	Jessica	787	↑1	11
4	Grace	758	↑2	16
5	Samantha	754	–	7
6	Madison	744	↑4	2
7	Alexis	727	↓4	5
8	Abigail	717	↑8	8
9	Elizabeth	704	↓1	9
10	Ashley	654	↓3	4
11	Olivia	650	↑1	10
12	Emma	636	↑3	13
13	Sarah	635	↓4	6
14	Alyssa	604	–	14
15	Kayla	589	↓4	17
16	Taylor	560	↑1	12
17	Lauren	542	↓4	15
18	Jennifer	518	↑2	26
19	Anna	508	↑3	19
20	Megan	486	↓2	20
21	Brianna	476	↓2	18
22	Nicole	459	↑3	36
23	Julia	453	↑9	27
24	Sydney	437	–	23
25	Rachel	422	↓4	24
26	Natalie	405	↓3	32
27	Isabella	400	↑20	28
28	Jasmine	396	↓1	25
29	Katherine	387	↓1	35
30	Stephanie	384	↓4	43
31	Destiny	378	↑4	22
32	Victoria	371	↓1	21
33	Chloe	366	↑10	30
34	Morgan	356	↓5	29
35	Alexandra	355	↓1	38
36	Maria	329	↑3	41
37	Andrea	328	↑12	49
38	Kaitlyn	328	↓2	31
39	Sophia	328	↑5	37
40	Jenna	324	new	45
41	Michelle	323	↓4	59
42	Allison	320	↑3	44
43	Haley	308	↓10	34
44	Amanda	307	↓14	39
45	Madeline	296	↓5	56
46	Mackenzie	289	new	40
47	Hailey	281	↓6	33
48	Jacqueline	274	↓10	70
49	Rebecca	267	↓7	46
50	Jocelyn	259	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Michael	1,448	↑1	2
2	Jacob	1,421	↓1	1
3	Matthew	1,343	–	3
4	Daniel	1,185	–	9
5	Nicholas	1,133	–	6
6	Joshua	1,117	↑1	4
7	Anthony	1,032	↑1	11
8	Joseph	1,005	↓2	8
9	Andrew	956	–	7
10	Alexander	945	↑1	20
11	David	925	↑5	12
12	Christopher	909	–	5
13	John	861	–	14
14	Ryan	860	↓4	15
15	Tyler	838	↓1	13
16	William	824	↑3	10
17	Zachary	819	–	16
18	Brandon	763	↓3	18
19	Jonathan	746	↓1	23
20	Ethan	734	↑5	17
21	James	722	↑1	19
22	Benjamin	677	↓1	27
23	Kevin	674	–	32
24	Christian	656	–	24
25	Justin	652	↓5	22
26	Dylan	650	↑4	21
27	Samuel	650	↑2	26
28	Thomas	609	↓2	33
29	Jack	593	↑6	48
30	Nathan	593	↑1	31
31	Kyle	565	↓3	40
32	Jose	561	↓5	34
33	Robert	537	↓1	30
34	Austin	526	–	25
35	Brian	511	↑1	46
36	Logan	507	↑6	29
37	Noah	494	↓4	28
38	Jason	438	↑8	41
39	Gabriel	424	new	38
40	Luke	417	new	50
41	Eric	411	↓4	44
42	Cameron	396	↓3	35
43	Caleb	394	new	37
44	Angel	393	↑5	58
45	Charles	393	↓2	55
46	Juan	391	↓6	53
47	Connor	389	↓2	49
48	Adam	386	↓4	51
49	Jordan	383	↓11	39
50	Luis	380	↓9	52

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