Popular baby names in Illinois, 2006

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2006 were Emily for girls (909 babies) and Daniel for boys (1,023). Daniel ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 145,131 babies born in Illinois in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 2006

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

Girls

Guadalupe: 116 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maeve: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Monserrat: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Diamond: 87 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nora: 111 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Itzel: 68 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Emilia: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Julissa: 117 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lizbeth: 77 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Francesca: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kacper: 47 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Jakub: 70 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Mohammed: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mohammad: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Krish: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jamari: 61 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Deshawn: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kendall: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ahmad: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Oswaldo: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Emily	909	–	1
2	Isabella	797	↑2	4
3	Emma	792	↓1	2
4	Olivia	787	↓1	7
5	Ava	709	↑1	5
6	Abigail	676	↓1	6
7	Madison	637	↑5	3
8	Grace	629	↓1	16
9	Sophia	621	↑4	9
10	Mia	605	–	13
11	Samantha	585	↓3	10
12	Hannah	560	↓1	8
13	Elizabeth	550	↓4	11
14	Ashley	485	–	12
15	Natalie	457	–	17
16	Ella	446	↑1	21
17	Alexis	426	↓1	14
18	Sarah	419	↑3	15
19	Chloe	381	↑10	18
20	Brianna	377	↑7	20
21	Addison	370	new	28
22	Lauren	368	↓2	24
23	Julia	367	–	31
24	Kayla	367	↑1	26
25	Alyssa	356	↓7	19
26	Anna	356	↓4	22
27	Taylor	339	↓1	23
28	Jessica	338	↓9	32
29	Maya	323	↑9	57
30	Victoria	313	↓2	27
31	Alexandra	304	↓7	40
32	Morgan	293	↓1	35
33	Sofia	284	↑12	55
34	Evelyn	283	↑8	65
35	Jasmine	282	↑2	29
36	Sydney	282	↓4	34
37	Jocelyn	280	↑9	73
38	Hailey	278	↓3	25
39	Katherine	276	↓9	37
40	Lillian	276	new	38
41	Andrea	269	new	59
42	Alexa	263	new	39
43	Allison	263	↓4	47
44	Natalia	257	new	94
45	Destiny	255	↓2	36
46	Jennifer	254	↓5	51
47	Kaitlyn	246	↓7	41
48	Stephanie	243	–	70
49	Angelina	242	↓2	49
50	Lily	241	↓1	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Daniel	1,023	↑2	6
2	Michael	991	↓1	2
3	Jacob	964	↓1	1
4	Alexander	945	–	12
5	Joshua	919	↑2	3
6	Anthony	911	↑2	9
7	Matthew	864	↓2	5
8	Joseph	834	↓2	11
9	Andrew	795	–	7
10	Ryan	788	–	14
11	Ethan	785	↑2	4
12	Christopher	764	↑5	8
13	Nicholas	756	↓1	17
14	David	748	↓3	13
15	William	717	↓1	10
16	Nathan	706	↑2	23
17	John	683	↓2	19
18	James	644	↑5	16
19	Benjamin	633	↑1	24
20	Tyler	624	↓4	18
21	Jack	616	↓2	36
22	Logan	601	↑8	20
23	Noah	593	↑8	15
24	Jonathan	589	↓3	22
25	Angel	568	↑3	31
26	Christian	540	↓4	21
27	Kevin	510	↓1	37
28	Samuel	493	↓3	25
29	Dylan	491	↑5	26
30	Brandon	476	↓6	27
31	Aidan	474	↑1	44
32	Gabriel	454	↑1	28
33	Aiden	453	↑13	32
34	Zachary	453	↓7	33
35	Diego	448	↑4	56
36	Jose	438	↓7	30
37	Evan	431	–	42
38	Charles	425	↓2	60
39	Elijah	411	↑6	29
40	Luke	408	↓2	43
41	Julian	405	↑3	65
42	Lucas	398	new	59
43	Isaiah	380	new	39
44	Gavin	379	new	38
45	Adrian	375	new	63
46	Thomas	374	↓11	51
47	Jackson	370	new	35
48	Mason	366	new	40
49	Brian	365	↓2	72
50	Connor	365	↓7	53

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