Popular baby names in Illinois, 2005

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2005 were Emily for girls (1,005 babies) and Michael for boys (1,116). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 144,309 babies born in Illinois in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 2005

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

Girls

Maeve: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Yaritza: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Clare: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 119 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ashanti: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jamya: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Itzel: 77 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Anne: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Yadira: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Margaret: 173 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kacper: 42 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Jakub: 49 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Mohammed: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mohammad: 44 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Damarion: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jamari: 66 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Davion: 56 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maximilian: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Declan: 68 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Terrell: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emily	1,005	–	1
2	Emma	810	–	2
3	Olivia	774	–	5
4	Isabella	709	↑3	6
5	Abigail	695	↓1	4
6	Ava	631	↑16	9
7	Grace	620	↓1	14
8	Samantha	596	↑2	8
9	Elizabeth	591	–	11
10	Mia	583	↑10	17
11	Hannah	579	–	7
12	Madison	572	↓7	3
13	Sophia	557	↑3	12
14	Ashley	554	↓6	10
15	Natalie	509	↑4	18
16	Alexis	489	↓3	13
17	Ella	439	↑8	23
18	Alyssa	413	↓4	16
19	Jessica	406	↓4	27
20	Lauren	403	↓2	21
21	Sarah	400	↓9	15
22	Anna	382	↓5	22
23	Julia	382	↑1	31
24	Alexandra	368	↑8	37
25	Kayla	356	↓4	25
26	Taylor	339	↑1	24
27	Brianna	336	↓4	20
28	Victoria	336	↑5	28
29	Chloe	334	↓1	19
30	Katherine	303	↑7	36
31	Morgan	303	↑10	33
32	Sydney	291	↓6	30
33	Nicole	286	↑5	56
34	Megan	284	↓3	41
35	Hailey	283	–	26
36	Madeline	281	↑3	70
37	Jasmine	280	↓7	29
38	Maya	279	new	73
39	Allison	275	↓3	45
40	Kaitlyn	268	↓6	34
41	Jennifer	264	↓12	42
42	Evelyn	263	new	71
43	Destiny	257	new	32
44	Rachel	255	↓1	38
45	Sofia	252	new	52
46	Jocelyn	248	↓4	87
47	Angelina	241	new	43
48	Stephanie	240	–	64
49	Lily	239	new	39
50	Ariana	233	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Michael	1,116	–	2
2	Jacob	1,115	–	1
3	Daniel	1,071	–	7
4	Alexander	993	↑2	13
5	Matthew	974	↑2	4
6	Joseph	945	↑2	9
7	Joshua	942	↓2	3
8	Anthony	927	↓4	8
9	Andrew	857	–	6
10	Ryan	841	–	14
11	David	823	↑1	12
12	Nicholas	817	↓1	15
13	Ethan	814	–	5
14	William	753	–	11
15	John	752	↑2	18
16	Tyler	719	↓1	16
17	Christopher	716	↓1	10
18	Nathan	691	↑1	20
19	Jack	658	↑4	34
20	Benjamin	632	↑1	25
21	Jonathan	607	↓1	19
22	Christian	589	↑4	22
23	James	588	↓5	17
24	Brandon	566	↑3	27
25	Samuel	563	↓3	21
26	Kevin	539	↑2	33
27	Zachary	534	↓2	29
28	Angel	523	↑6	32
29	Jose	514	–	30
30	Logan	512	–	26
31	Noah	502	↑5	23
32	Aidan	494	–	43
33	Gabriel	484	↑7	28
34	Dylan	469	↓10	24
35	Thomas	443	↓2	40
36	Charles	441	↑6	56
37	Evan	441	↑2	39
38	Luke	400	↓3	41
39	Diego	394	new	62
40	Juan	394	↑8	55
41	Caleb	384	new	35
42	Robert	379	↑3	37
43	Connor	377	↓12	48
44	Julian	373	new	74
45	Elijah	367	↓2	31
46	Aiden	365	new	50
47	Brian	365	↓6	63
48	Adam	353	↓2	64
49	Austin	353	↓5	38
50	Justin	352	↓13	36

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