Popular baby names in Illinois, 2009
The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2009 were Isabella for girls (945 babies) and Alexander for boys (1,043). Alexander ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 135,791 babies born in Illinois in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Illinois in 2009
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: 36 babies, 6.2× the national rate
- Maeve: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Emilia: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Lucille: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Yaretzi: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Taliyah: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Nora: 123 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Guadalupe: 82 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Itzel: 57 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Francesca: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Boys
- Jakub: 45 babies, 8.5× the national rate
- Damarion: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Mohammad: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Kendall: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Declan: 92 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Emmett: 83 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Armani: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Jamari: 62 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Salvador: 54 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Ahmad: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2009
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2008 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabella | 945 | ↑2 | 1 |
| 2 | Olivia | 830 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 3 | Sophia | 761 | ↑2 | 4 |
| 4 | Emma | 710 | – | 2 |
| 5 | Emily | 673 | ↓3 | 6 |
| 6 | Ava | 635 | – | 5 |
| 7 | Abigail | 616 | – | 8 |
| 8 | Mia | 581 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 9 | Madison | 465 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 10 | Addison | 459 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 11 | Ella | 459 | ↑3 | 15 |
| 12 | Elizabeth | 451 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 13 | Samantha | 428 | ↓2 | 14 |
| 14 | Natalie | 422 | ↑2 | 16 |
| 15 | Grace | 421 | ↓3 | 17 |
| 16 | Chloe | 416 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 17 | Alexis | 411 | – | 13 |
| 18 | Leah | 318 | ↑28 | 29 |
| 19 | Alyssa | 317 | – | 19 |
| 20 | Lily | 305 | ↑5 | 18 |
| 21 | Sofia | 299 | ↑6 | 36 |
| 22 | Anna | 295 | ↑7 | 28 |
| 23 | Ashley | 291 | ↓5 | 20 |
| 24 | Evelyn | 289 | ↑10 | 40 |
| 25 | Taylor | 287 | ↑3 | 22 |
| 26 | Allison | 284 | ↑6 | 30 |
| 27 | Maya | 281 | ↑9 | 61 |
| 28 | Brianna | 276 | ↓8 | 24 |
| 29 | Hannah | 276 | ↓8 | 23 |
| 30 | Lillian | 272 | ↓8 | 27 |
| 31 | Sarah | 271 | ↓5 | 21 |
| 32 | Gianna | 263 | new | 76 |
| 33 | Avery | 262 | ↑2 | 32 |
| 34 | Kayla | 254 | ↓3 | 35 |
| 35 | Julia | 253 | ↓12 | 50 |
| 36 | Jocelyn | 245 | ↓3 | 71 |
| 37 | Hailey | 244 | ↑5 | 25 |
| 38 | Alexandra | 243 | ↑2 | 69 |
| 39 | Alexa | 241 | ↑5 | 43 |
| 40 | Gabriella | 240 | ↑3 | 33 |
| 41 | Amelia | 239 | new | 55 |
| 42 | Lauren | 236 | ↓12 | 46 |
| 43 | Kaylee | 234 | new | 26 |
| 44 | Victoria | 233 | ↓20 | 31 |
| 45 | Madeline | 228 | ↓6 | 64 |
| 46 | Madelyn | 227 | new | 59 |
| 47 | Sydney | 226 | new | 48 |
| 48 | Brooklyn | 218 | new | 37 |
| 49 | Claire | 216 | ↓2 | 53 |
| 50 | Aubrey | 214 | ↓9 | 41 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2008 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander | 1,043 | – | 4 |
| 2 | Jacob | 879 | ↑2 | 1 |
| 3 | Daniel | 875 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 4 | Michael | 808 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 5 | Anthony | 775 | – | 11 |
| 6 | Ethan | 745 | – | 2 |
| 7 | Joshua | 697 | – | 6 |
| 8 | William | 693 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 9 | Nathan | 660 | ↑3 | 25 |
| 10 | Aiden | 658 | ↑7 | 12 |
| 11 | Jayden | 656 | ↑4 | 8 |
| 12 | David | 652 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 13 | Matthew | 647 | ↓3 | 13 |
| 14 | Christopher | 637 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 15 | Noah | 626 | ↑7 | 9 |
| 16 | Joseph | 598 | ↓8 | 15 |
| 17 | Benjamin | 592 | ↑2 | 19 |
| 18 | Ryan | 587 | ↓4 | 20 |
| 19 | Logan | 579 | ↑2 | 17 |
| 20 | Andrew | 563 | ↓7 | 16 |
| 21 | Tyler | 529 | ↑5 | 28 |
| 22 | James | 515 | ↓4 | 18 |
| 23 | John | 509 | – | 26 |
| 24 | Angel | 500 | ↑3 | 37 |
| 25 | Nicholas | 494 | ↓5 | 32 |
| 26 | Christian | 490 | ↑2 | 23 |
| 27 | Jack | 489 | ↓3 | 42 |
| 28 | Gabriel | 487 | ↑7 | 22 |
| 29 | Jackson | 485 | ↑3 | 27 |
| 30 | Jonathan | 485 | ↓5 | 29 |
| 31 | Dylan | 476 | ↑2 | 30 |
| 32 | Evan | 468 | ↓2 | 35 |
| 33 | Gavin | 466 | ↓2 | 33 |
| 34 | Julian | 438 | ↑7 | 62 |
| 35 | Elijah | 425 | ↑1 | 21 |
| 36 | Lucas | 418 | ↑2 | 39 |
| 37 | Samuel | 417 | ↓3 | 24 |
| 38 | Brandon | 416 | ↓9 | 38 |
| 39 | Adrian | 403 | ↑8 | 59 |
| 40 | Owen | 403 | new | 51 |
| 41 | Kevin | 391 | ↓4 | 44 |
| 42 | Charles | 387 | ↑3 | 64 |
| 43 | Liam | 380 | new | 49 |
| 44 | Caleb | 371 | ↑4 | 31 |
| 45 | Connor | 369 | new | 52 |
| 46 | Carter | 360 | new | 50 |
| 47 | Isaac | 360 | ↑2 | 40 |
| 48 | Mason | 360 | ↓9 | 34 |
| 49 | Zachary | 358 | ↓5 | 53 |
| 50 | Isaiah | 351 | new | 41 |
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