Popular baby names in Illinois, 2003

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2003 were Emily for girls (1,103 babies) and Michael for boys (1,346). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 148,518 babies born in Illinois in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 2003

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: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Maeve: 60 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 122 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Aniya: 87 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Julissa: 80 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Francesca: 63 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Emilia: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Clare: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joanna: 109 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ashanti: 80 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jakub: 41 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Amarion: 65 babies, 4× the national rate
Mohammad: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jamari: 54 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Omarion: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kendall: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maximilian: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jalen: 222 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Giovanni: 182 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Salvador: 72 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emily	1,103	–	1
2	Emma	1,019	–	2
3	Olivia	802	–	5
4	Abigail	765	↑3	6
5	Grace	747	↑1	13
6	Madison	719	↓2	3
7	Elizabeth	686	↑5	9
8	Alexis	664	↑2	7
9	Hannah	643	↓4	4
10	Ashley	642	↓2	8
11	Isabella	604	↑4	12
12	Samantha	582	↓3	10
13	Jessica	579	↓2	18
14	Sarah	565	–	11
15	Kayla	535	↑1	16
16	Alyssa	527	↓3	14
17	Lauren	477	–	15
18	Brianna	463	↑2	17
19	Anna	451	–	21
20	Natalie	448	↑1	23
21	Sophia	437	↑3	20
22	Jennifer	403	↑1	31
23	Mia	393	↑11	36
24	Julia	391	↑4	33
25	Taylor	390	↓7	19
26	Megan	376	↓4	30
27	Morgan	372	↑4	29
28	Jasmine	364	↓2	27
29	Chloe	358	↑4	24
30	Rachel	342	–	28
31	Sydney	342	↓6	25
32	Nicole	331	↓5	40
33	Victoria	324	↓1	22
34	Katherine	303	↑5	35
35	Ella	298	new	44
36	Madeline	298	↑4	61
37	Stephanie	298	↓8	49
38	Destiny	295	↓2	37
39	Kaitlyn	294	↓4	32
40	Alexandra	293	↓2	38
41	Hailey	293	↑1	26
42	Jocelyn	289	↑6	87
43	Maria	280	↑4	42
44	Paige	274	↓1	47
45	Ava	272	new	39
46	Michelle	272	↓5	62
47	Haley	267	↓1	34
48	Allison	262	↓11	46
49	Andrea	251	new	60
50	Vanessa	247	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Michael	1,346	–	2
2	Jacob	1,249	–	1
3	Daniel	1,100	↑1	8
4	Joseph	1,077	↑4	6
5	Anthony	1,070	↑2	10
6	Matthew	1,055	↓3	4
7	Alexander	1,001	↑2	16
8	Joshua	992	↓3	3
9	Andrew	961	↑1	5
10	Nicholas	950	↓4	12
11	Ryan	931	↑4	13
12	David	871	–	14
13	Tyler	819	↑1	15
14	Ethan	807	↓3	7
15	William	765	↑1	11
16	John	755	↓3	17
17	Christopher	752	–	9
18	Nathan	700	↑5	26
19	James	686	↑3	18
20	Zachary	666	↑1	20
21	Benjamin	662	↓1	24
22	Samuel	629	↑3	23
23	Kevin	627	↑1	32
24	Brandon	621	↓5	21
25	Jonathan	615	↓7	22
26	Dylan	611	–	19
27	Jack	611	↑7	45
28	Christian	583	↓1	25
29	Justin	557	–	27
30	Jose	551	↓2	30
31	Logan	518	↑2	28
32	Thomas	518	–	36
33	Angel	514	↑7	47
34	Aidan	488	↑10	39
35	Gabriel	461	↑3	29
36	Noah	460	↓1	31
37	Kyle	451	↓7	53
38	Brian	445	↓1	59
39	Connor	436	↑6	43
40	Luke	429	↓1	46
41	Evan	420	new	44
42	Robert	401	↓6	35
43	Caleb	399	–	34
44	Jason	384	↓3	42
45	Adam	382	↓3	58
46	Austin	376	↓15	33
47	Eric	375	↑1	56
48	Charles	372	↓1	57
49	Sean	369	new	61
50	Juan	367	↓4	55

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