Popular baby names in Illinois, 2012

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2012 were Sophia for girls (962 babies) and Jacob for boys (764). Social Security records list 125,272 babies born in Illinois in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 2012

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: 73 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francesca: 57 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Yaritza: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Denise: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Margaret: 130 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Emilia: 90 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Itzel: 54 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Journee: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Janiya: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Julissa: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jakub: 34 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Filip: 38 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Damarion: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mohammad: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Armani: 63 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dominik: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Deandre: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mohammed: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maximilian: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maurice: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	962	–	1
2	Olivia	820	–	4
3	Isabella	813	–	3
4	Emma	773	–	2
5	Ava	602	↑1	5
6	Emily	597	↓1	6
7	Mia	550	–	8
8	Abigail	466	–	7
9	Sofia	424	–	18
10	Elizabeth	392	↑1	10
11	Ella	381	↑1	12
12	Charlotte	378	↑12	19
13	Madison	377	–	9
14	Amelia	369	↑7	23
15	Avery	354	↑4	13
16	Grace	343	↓2	21
17	Samantha	331	↑1	26
18	Chloe	324	↓3	11
19	Aubrey	319	↑8	15
20	Brooklyn	319	↑3	29
21	Lillian	317	↑5	25
22	Evelyn	315	↓5	27
23	Natalie	313	↓13	17
24	Victoria	309	↓2	28
25	Addison	299	↓9	14
26	Lily	293	↓6	16
27	Zoe	279	↑11	30
28	Zoey	275	new	20
29	Hannah	265	↑2	22
30	Harper	260	new	24
31	Hailey	245	↑12	32
32	Audrey	241	↑3	41
33	Leah	240	↓8	33
34	Layla	230	↓6	31
35	Camila	225	↑6	48
36	Claire	225	↓4	45
37	Maya	222	↓1	63
38	Aaliyah	220	↑2	36
39	Gabriella	217	↑3	37
40	Gianna	217	↓1	73
41	Anna	213	↓4	34
42	Nevaeh	208	↓9	39
43	Alexis	206	↓14	40
44	Alexa	204	new	57
45	Julia	204	↓11	65
46	Allison	203	↑1	38
47	Alyssa	199	↓17	44
48	Ashley	196	↓3	50
49	Taylor	195	new	46
50	Madelyn	184	↓1	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Jacob	764	↑2	1
2	Noah	749	↑2	4
3	Alexander	747	↓2	9
4	Michael	710	↓2	7
5	Ethan	679	↑3	3
6	Mason	661	–	2
7	Liam	660	↑5	6
8	Anthony	658	↑1	15
9	Jayden	657	↑2	8
10	Daniel	654	↓5	11
11	William	643	↓4	5
12	Aiden	596	↑1	10
13	Benjamin	569	↓3	16
14	Nathan	514	↑5	29
15	Logan	500	–	22
16	Matthew	492	↓2	12
17	James	484	↑4	14
18	David	480	↓2	20
19	Lucas	478	↑1	27
20	Jackson	477	↑3	21
21	Joshua	468	↓4	17
22	Elijah	466	↑6	13
23	Joseph	466	↑1	19
24	Andrew	463	↓6	18
25	Ryan	462	↑2	26
26	John	458	↓1	28
27	Christopher	456	↓1	23
28	Owen	451	↑5	38
29	Jack	417	↑11	46
30	Jonathan	405	–	34
31	Julian	404	↓2	53
32	Samuel	404	↑6	25
33	Dylan	402	↑2	31
34	Henry	401	–	44
35	Evan	389	↓3	47
36	Gabriel	383	↓14	24
37	Nicholas	378	–	49
38	Isaac	374	↑5	30
39	Carter	370	–	36
40	Caleb	357	↓4	32
41	Gavin	355	–	40
42	Charles	352	↑3	62
43	Adrian	331	↑3	61
44	Christian	328	↓13	33
45	Angel	324	↓3	57
46	Sebastian	314	new	64
47	Hunter	303	new	45
48	Landon	303	new	35
49	Thomas	302	↓1	63
50	Connor	300	new	59

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