Popular baby names in Illinois, 2014
The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2014 were Olivia for girls (906 babies) and Noah for boys (843). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 125,375 babies born in Illinois in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Illinois in 2014
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: 67 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Matilda: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Lucille: 69 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Malaysia: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Anabella: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Mabel: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Emilia: 136 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Nadia: 77 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Kamila: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Francesca: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2014
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2013 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 906 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Emma | 793 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 3 | Sophia | 759 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 4 | Isabella | 689 | – | 4 |
| 5 | Ava | 629 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 6 | Mia | 592 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 7 | Emily | 523 | ↓2 | 7 |
| 8 | Sofia | 460 | – | 12 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 439 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 10 | Abigail | 433 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 11 | Amelia | 398 | – | 15 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 398 | ↑4 | 16 |
| 13 | Harper | 386 | ↑11 | 11 |
| 14 | Avery | 382 | ↓2 | 14 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 378 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 16 | Madison | 371 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 17 | Victoria | 361 | ↑3 | 19 |
| 18 | Grace | 354 | ↓5 | 20 |
| 19 | Chloe | 311 | – | 18 |
| 20 | Ella | 311 | ↓3 | 17 |
| 21 | Nora | 307 | ↑21 | 49 |
| 22 | Natalie | 304 | ↓4 | 23 |
| 23 | Aubrey | 299 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 24 | Brooklyn | 295 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 25 | Lillian | 273 | ↓3 | 25 |
| 26 | Zoey | 270 | ↑8 | 22 |
| 27 | Hannah | 268 | ↑1 | 28 |
| 28 | Layla | 265 | ↓1 | 29 |
| 29 | Leah | 258 | ↑6 | 35 |
| 30 | Anna | 252 | ↑7 | 34 |
| 31 | Claire | 251 | ↑7 | 44 |
| 32 | Lily | 246 | ↓3 | 27 |
| 33 | Aria | 238 | ↑7 | 31 |
| 34 | Addison | 232 | ↓9 | 24 |
| 35 | Camila | 231 | ↓4 | 41 |
| 36 | Samantha | 231 | ↓10 | 33 |
| 37 | Penelope | 230 | new | 43 |
| 38 | Maya | 224 | ↓5 | 74 |
| 39 | Madelyn | 217 | new | 60 |
| 40 | Ariana | 211 | new | 37 |
| 41 | Zoe | 206 | ↓9 | 32 |
| 42 | Julia | 204 | ↓3 | 86 |
| 43 | Violet | 204 | ↑4 | 67 |
| 44 | Scarlett | 203 | ↓1 | 30 |
| 45 | Alexa | 201 | ↓4 | 64 |
| 46 | Allison | 199 | ↓10 | 39 |
| 47 | Audrey | 199 | ↓17 | 36 |
| 48 | Mila | 194 | new | 72 |
| 49 | Arianna | 192 | ↑1 | 40 |
| 50 | Eleanor | 191 | new | 78 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2013 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 843 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Alexander | 751 | – | 8 |
| 3 | William | 687 | ↑3 | 5 |
| 4 | Michael | 681 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 5 | Liam | 672 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 6 | Jacob | 655 | ↓3 | 4 |
| 7 | Benjamin | 649 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 8 | Mason | 605 | ↑2 | 3 |
| 9 | Logan | 594 | ↑6 | 13 |
| 10 | Daniel | 593 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 11 | Ethan | 580 | – | 6 |
| 12 | Anthony | 567 | – | 21 |
| 13 | Aiden | 540 | – | 14 |
| 14 | Jayden | 533 | ↓7 | 15 |
| 15 | Joseph | 503 | ↑3 | 20 |
| 16 | James | 486 | – | 9 |
| 17 | Lucas | 485 | – | 19 |
| 18 | Henry | 477 | ↑3 | 33 |
| 19 | Jackson | 470 | ↑1 | 18 |
| 20 | David | 468 | ↑2 | 17 |
| 21 | Elijah | 447 | ↓2 | 11 |
| 22 | Nathan | 447 | ↑2 | 38 |
| 23 | Matthew | 437 | ↓9 | 16 |
| 24 | Andrew | 434 | ↓1 | 22 |
| 25 | John | 434 | ↑3 | 26 |
| 26 | Isaac | 419 | ↑9 | 31 |
| 27 | Dylan | 417 | ↑4 | 29 |
| 28 | Joshua | 413 | ↑4 | 25 |
| 29 | Owen | 413 | ↓2 | 36 |
| 30 | Jack | 411 | ↓5 | 41 |
| 31 | Julian | 408 | ↓1 | 47 |
| 32 | Gabriel | 401 | ↑1 | 24 |
| 33 | Ryan | 400 | ↓4 | 37 |
| 34 | Oliver | 397 | ↑6 | 32 |
| 35 | Carter | 394 | ↑7 | 27 |
| 36 | Sebastian | 380 | ↑5 | 34 |
| 37 | Charles | 378 | ↑1 | 51 |
| 38 | Luke | 371 | ↑6 | 28 |
| 39 | Jonathan | 366 | ↓3 | 44 |
| 40 | Samuel | 355 | ↓14 | 23 |
| 41 | Christopher | 341 | ↓7 | 30 |
| 42 | Evan | 326 | ↑5 | 58 |
| 43 | Connor | 314 | new | 52 |
| 44 | Caleb | 313 | ↓7 | 35 |
| 45 | Christian | 310 | ↓6 | 42 |
| 46 | Thomas | 307 | new | 54 |
| 47 | Wyatt | 301 | new | 39 |
| 48 | Nicholas | 300 | ↓5 | 57 |
| 49 | Hunter | 298 | new | 40 |
| 50 | Adrian | 288 | ↓2 | 59 |
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