Popular baby names in Illinois, 2002

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2002 were Emily for girls (1,082 babies) and Michael for boys (1,430). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 147,096 babies born in Illinois in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 2002

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

Girls

Karolina: 37 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Maeve: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Monserrat: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Emilia: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Clare: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Giselle: 132 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 113 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Itzel: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Julissa: 66 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jane: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jakub: 47 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Amarion: 48 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mohammad: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamari: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Davion: 62 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Amari: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Demetrius: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Trevon: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ahmad: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Declan: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	1,082	–	1
2	Emma	824	↑10	4
3	Olivia	772	↑8	10
4	Madison	758	↑2	2
5	Hannah	756	↓3	3
6	Grace	754	↓2	15
7	Abigail	717	↑1	7
8	Ashley	667	↑2	6
9	Samantha	651	↓4	9
10	Alexis	643	↓3	5
11	Jessica	634	↓8	16
12	Elizabeth	625	↓3	11
13	Alyssa	572	↑1	12
14	Sarah	562	↓1	8
15	Isabella	556	↑12	14
16	Kayla	528	↓1	19
17	Lauren	520	–	13
18	Taylor	475	↓2	18
19	Anna	469	–	20
20	Brianna	450	↑1	17
21	Natalie	423	↑5	30
22	Megan	420	↓2	22
23	Jennifer	417	↓5	28
24	Sophia	403	↑15	27
25	Sydney	391	↓1	23
26	Jasmine	381	↑2	26
27	Nicole	380	↓5	37
28	Julia	371	↓5	33
29	Stephanie	366	↑1	41
30	Rachel	365	↓5	24
31	Morgan	353	↑3	29
32	Victoria	346	–	21
33	Chloe	344	–	25
34	Mia	344	new	43
35	Kaitlyn	341	↑3	32
36	Destiny	340	↓5	34
37	Allison	334	↑5	44
38	Alexandra	328	↓3	38
39	Katherine	317	↓10	36
40	Madeline	317	↑5	56
41	Michelle	312	–	58
42	Hailey	297	↑5	31
43	Paige	297	new	51
44	Jenna	278	↓4	47
45	Amanda	277	↓1	46
46	Haley	277	↓3	35
47	Maria	274	↓11	40
48	Jocelyn	266	↑2	92
49	Mary	262	new	49
50	Mackenzie	244	↓4	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Michael	1,430	–	2
2	Jacob	1,373	–	1
3	Matthew	1,157	–	4
4	Daniel	1,134	–	10
5	Joshua	1,054	↑1	3
6	Nicholas	1,012	↓1	9
7	Anthony	986	–	12
8	Joseph	978	–	7
9	Alexander	963	↑1	15
10	Andrew	951	↓1	6
11	Ethan	900	↑9	5
12	David	850	↓1	13
13	John	838	–	17
14	Tyler	834	↑1	14
15	Ryan	826	↓1	16
16	William	797	–	11
17	Christopher	762	↓5	8
18	Jonathan	739	↑1	21
19	Brandon	713	↓1	20
20	Benjamin	698	↑2	27
21	Zachary	696	↓4	19
22	James	670	↓1	18
23	Nathan	627	↑7	28
24	Kevin	624	↓1	33
25	Samuel	608	↑2	25
26	Dylan	605	–	23
27	Christian	596	↓3	24
28	Jose	572	↑4	30
29	Justin	564	↓4	22
30	Kyle	561	↑1	40
31	Austin	552	↑3	26
32	Thomas	551	↓4	36
33	Logan	543	↑3	29
34	Jack	534	↓5	44
35	Noah	477	↑2	31
36	Robert	457	↓3	34
37	Brian	456	↓2	51
38	Gabriel	424	↑1	32
39	Luke	419	↑1	46
40	Angel	411	↑4	49
41	Jason	403	↓3	42
42	Adam	400	↑6	55
43	Caleb	400	–	35
44	Aidan	388	new	60
45	Connor	386	↑2	47
46	Juan	374	–	54
47	Charles	369	↓2	58
48	Eric	361	↓7	52
49	Luis	351	↑1	57
50	Jordan	349	↓1	37

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