Popular baby names in Illinois, 2016
The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2016 were Olivia for girls (770 babies) and Noah for boys (800). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 121,795 babies born in Illinois in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Illinois in 2016
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: 83 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Tinley: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
- Guadalupe: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Francesca: 64 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Milani: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Gwendolyn: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Giuliana: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Maryam: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Colette: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Natalia: 191 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2016
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 770 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Emma | 742 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Sophia | 711 | – | 4 |
| 4 | Ava | 631 | ↑2 | 3 |
| 5 | Mia | 582 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 6 | Isabella | 565 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 559 | ↑2 | 7 |
| 8 | Evelyn | 463 | ↑4 | 12 |
| 9 | Emily | 462 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 10 | Sofia | 452 | ↓3 | 14 |
| 11 | Amelia | 449 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 12 | Abigail | 438 | ↓4 | 8 |
| 13 | Harper | 358 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 14 | Grace | 350 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 336 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 16 | Avery | 330 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 17 | Victoria | 318 | ↑1 | 21 |
| 18 | Madison | 309 | ↓4 | 15 |
| 19 | Addison | 295 | ↑9 | 29 |
| 20 | Aubrey | 286 | – | 25 |
| 21 | Lillian | 281 | – | 28 |
| 22 | Nora | 275 | ↑1 | 36 |
| 23 | Ella | 273 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 24 | Brooklyn | 267 | ↑1 | 34 |
| 25 | Penelope | 266 | ↑8 | 27 |
| 26 | Layla | 264 | ↑5 | 30 |
| 27 | Aria | 261 | ↑11 | 23 |
| 28 | Natalie | 257 | ↓4 | 31 |
| 29 | Riley | 252 | new | 22 |
| 30 | Chloe | 251 | ↓3 | 20 |
| 31 | Mila | 245 | ↑3 | 48 |
| 32 | Eleanor | 242 | ↑13 | 41 |
| 33 | Scarlett | 241 | ↑10 | 18 |
| 34 | Camila | 232 | ↑2 | 32 |
| 35 | Hannah | 229 | ↓5 | 33 |
| 36 | Zoey | 228 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 37 | Alexa | 227 | ↓15 | 51 |
| 38 | Lily | 222 | ↑4 | 24 |
| 39 | Claire | 221 | ↑5 | 40 |
| 40 | Skylar | 218 | ↑8 | 42 |
| 41 | Audrey | 216 | ↓15 | 39 |
| 42 | Violet | 215 | ↓2 | 47 |
| 43 | Leah | 214 | ↓2 | 37 |
| 44 | Samantha | 212 | ↓5 | 44 |
| 45 | Zoe | 207 | ↓13 | 35 |
| 46 | Gianna | 203 | new | 92 |
| 47 | Anna | 196 | ↑3 | 49 |
| 48 | Emilia | 192 | new | >100 |
| 49 | Natalia | 191 | new | >100 |
| 50 | Ariana | 190 | ↓13 | 54 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 800 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Liam | 668 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Alexander | 638 | – | 11 |
| 4 | Benjamin | 633 | ↑2 | 6 |
| 5 | William | 633 | ↑2 | 3 |
| 6 | Michael | 620 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 7 | Oliver | 569 | ↑9 | 12 |
| 8 | Daniel | 550 | – | 13 |
| 9 | Ethan | 540 | ↑3 | 10 |
| 10 | Jacob | 536 | ↓6 | 7 |
| 11 | Mason | 530 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 12 | James | 526 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 13 | Henry | 518 | ↑2 | 22 |
| 14 | Lucas | 503 | ↑4 | 14 |
| 15 | Anthony | 490 | ↓1 | 30 |
| 16 | Aiden | 480 | ↓3 | 16 |
| 17 | Owen | 474 | ↑4 | 24 |
| 18 | David | 469 | ↑10 | 19 |
| 19 | Matthew | 462 | – | 15 |
| 20 | Logan | 459 | ↓9 | 18 |
| 21 | Sebastian | 454 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 22 | Elijah | 433 | ↑4 | 9 |
| 23 | Jack | 431 | ↑8 | 38 |
| 24 | Joseph | 419 | – | 20 |
| 25 | John | 405 | ↑2 | 28 |
| 26 | Julian | 396 | ↑4 | 39 |
| 27 | Jackson | 391 | ↓7 | 17 |
| 28 | Nathan | 380 | ↑5 | 43 |
| 29 | Jayden | 369 | ↓12 | 27 |
| 30 | Carter | 368 | ↓7 | 26 |
| 31 | Isaac | 358 | ↓6 | 31 |
| 32 | Dylan | 356 | ↓3 | 32 |
| 33 | Samuel | 353 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 34 | Andrew | 352 | – | 34 |
| 35 | Gabriel | 340 | – | 25 |
| 36 | Mateo | 339 | new | 59 |
| 37 | Ryan | 333 | ↑1 | 40 |
| 38 | Joshua | 324 | ↓2 | 35 |
| 39 | Jonathan | 317 | ↑1 | 56 |
| 40 | Luke | 309 | ↑2 | 29 |
| 41 | Wyatt | 309 | ↑3 | 33 |
| 42 | Charles | 308 | ↓1 | 52 |
| 43 | Christopher | 302 | ↓6 | 36 |
| 44 | Thomas | 302 | ↑1 | 48 |
| 45 | Cameron | 300 | ↑3 | 57 |
| 46 | Theodore | 283 | new | 83 |
| 47 | Jaxon | 281 | new | 41 |
| 48 | Nicholas | 275 | new | 63 |
| 49 | Leo | 274 | new | 74 |
| 50 | Caleb | 272 | ↓11 | 44 |
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