Popular baby names in Illinois, 2010

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2010 were Isabella for girls (946 babies) and Alexander for boys (915). Alexander ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 130,644 babies born in Illinois in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 2010

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: 66 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Emilia: 86 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Armani: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clare: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Julissa: 73 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Francesca: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Greta: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alani: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Janiyah: 73 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jaliyah: 45 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Filip: 38 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Jakub: 43 babies, 8× the national rate
Mohammad: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Armani: 61 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mohammed: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Giovani: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maximilian: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alonzo: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kamari: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Aldo: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Isabella	946	–	1
2	Sophia	921	↑1	2
3	Olivia	823	↓1	4
4	Emma	654	–	3
5	Emily	650	–	6
6	Abigail	618	↑1	7
7	Ava	605	↓1	5
8	Mia	478	–	10
9	Madison	427	–	8
10	Addison	419	–	11
11	Grace	419	↑4	18
12	Elizabeth	411	–	12
13	Ella	406	↓2	13
14	Natalie	403	–	14
15	Chloe	397	↑1	9
16	Samantha	386	↓3	15
17	Sofia	340	↑4	28
18	Evelyn	320	↑6	39
19	Lily	313	↑1	17
20	Avery	299	↑13	23
21	Leah	290	↓3	24
22	Lillian	289	↑8	22
23	Alexis	275	↓6	16
24	Ashley	273	↓1	29
25	Hannah	273	↑4	20
26	Anna	271	↓4	27
27	Brooklyn	267	↑21	34
28	Alyssa	265	↓9	21
29	Taylor	265	↓4	37
30	Julia	264	↑5	55
31	Victoria	263	↑13	32
32	Charlotte	262	new	46
33	Amelia	260	↑8	41
34	Hailey	253	↑3	19
35	Gianna	248	↓3	67
36	Allison	247	↓10	38
37	Gabriella	245	↑3	33
38	Layla	241	new	36
39	Nevaeh	241	new	25
40	Brianna	240	↓12	30
41	Zoe	233	new	31
42	Sarah	228	↓11	26
43	Maya	227	↓16	66
44	Riley	218	new	40
45	Aaliyah	217	new	56
46	Alexandra	215	↓8	64
47	Claire	214	↑2	53
48	Camila	212	new	61
49	Alexa	210	↓10	50
50	Aubrey	209	–	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Alexander	915	–	6
2	Jacob	915	–	1
3	Michael	745	↑1	3
4	Daniel	736	↓1	8
5	Anthony	722	–	10
6	Ethan	722	–	2
7	Jayden	688	↑4	4
8	William	675	–	5
9	Joshua	649	↓2	11
10	Noah	609	↑5	7
11	Logan	608	↑8	17
12	David	602	–	15
13	Mason	598	↑35	12
14	Aiden	587	↓4	9
15	Andrew	582	↑5	14
16	Matthew	581	↓3	16
17	Nathan	563	↓8	27
18	Benjamin	551	↓1	22
19	Joseph	545	↓3	20
20	Ryan	531	↓2	23
21	Christopher	526	↓7	13
22	Lucas	516	↑14	35
23	Jonathan	496	↑7	28
24	Jackson	480	↑5	25
25	Christian	476	↑1	29
26	James	474	↓4	19
27	John	470	↓4	26
28	Liam	466	↑15	30
29	Elijah	462	↑6	18
30	Gabriel	451	↓2	21
31	Angel	447	↓7	42
32	Nicholas	436	↓7	37
33	Jack	435	↓6	45
34	Tyler	434	↓13	34
35	Julian	429	↓1	53
36	Samuel	428	↑1	24
37	Evan	427	↓5	36
38	Dylan	425	↓7	31
39	Gavin	387	↓6	38
40	Charles	381	↑2	63
41	Owen	370	↓1	47
42	Luke	363	new	41
43	Landon	355	new	33
44	Connor	352	↑1	49
45	Caleb	350	↓1	32
46	Carter	345	–	48
47	Isaac	344	–	39
48	Kevin	342	↓7	59
49	Henry	341	new	67
50	Adrian	340	↓11	56

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