Popular baby names in Illinois, 2017
The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2017 were Olivia for girls (728 babies) and Noah for boys (778). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 117,473 babies born in Illinois in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Illinois in 2017
Names given at least 15 times in Illinois that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Wynter: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Viviana: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Giuliana: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Francesca: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Colette: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Frida: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Maeve: 56 babies, 2× the national rate
- Matilda: 39 babies, 2× the national rate
- Bridget: 28 babies, 2× the national rate
Boys
- Mohammad: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
- Yousef: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Bryant: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Santino: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Ayaan: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Maximilian: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Alonzo: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Mohammed: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Nasir: 51 babies, 2× the national rate
- Casey: 37 babies, 2× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2017
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2016 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 728 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Emma | 704 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Ava | 616 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sophia | 599 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 5 | Isabella | 587 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 562 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 7 | Mia | 516 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 8 | Amelia | 505 | ↑3 | 8 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 441 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 10 | Emily | 416 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 11 | Sofia | 390 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 12 | Harper | 361 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 13 | Victoria | 351 | ↑4 | 19 |
| 14 | Camila | 349 | ↑20 | 23 |
| 15 | Abigail | 344 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 16 | Grace | 322 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 321 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 18 | Avery | 320 | ↓2 | 14 |
| 19 | Nora | 318 | ↑3 | 29 |
| 20 | Addison | 305 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 21 | Layla | 275 | ↑5 | 26 |
| 22 | Mila | 273 | ↑9 | 30 |
| 23 | Ella | 268 | – | 16 |
| 24 | Penelope | 266 | ↑1 | 24 |
| 25 | Madison | 263 | ↓7 | 17 |
| 26 | Eleanor | 255 | ↑6 | 36 |
| 27 | Scarlett | 255 | ↑6 | 18 |
| 28 | Riley | 254 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 29 | Chloe | 250 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 30 | Aria | 245 | ↓3 | 20 |
| 31 | Hannah | 242 | ↑4 | 32 |
| 32 | Aubrey | 237 | ↓12 | 31 |
| 33 | Brooklyn | 237 | ↓9 | 39 |
| 34 | Lillian | 233 | ↓13 | 27 |
| 35 | Natalie | 230 | ↓7 | 35 |
| 36 | Violet | 221 | ↑6 | 47 |
| 37 | Zoey | 219 | ↓1 | 28 |
| 38 | Anna | 200 | ↑9 | 53 |
| 39 | Skylar | 200 | ↑1 | 48 |
| 40 | Zoe | 200 | ↑5 | 41 |
| 41 | Claire | 197 | ↓2 | 49 |
| 42 | Lily | 194 | ↓4 | 33 |
| 43 | Savannah | 190 | new | 38 |
| 44 | Maya | 185 | new | 60 |
| 45 | Leah | 181 | ↓2 | 40 |
| 46 | Lucy | 181 | new | 52 |
| 47 | Vivian | 181 | new | 97 |
| 48 | Stella | 180 | new | 42 |
| 49 | Quinn | 179 | new | 76 |
| 50 | Bella | 178 | new | 50 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2016 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 778 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Liam | 663 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin | 622 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 4 | Logan | 597 | ↑16 | 5 |
| 5 | Alexander | 587 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 6 | James | 564 | ↑6 | 4 |
| 7 | Oliver | 551 | – | 10 |
| 8 | William | 549 | ↓3 | 3 |
| 9 | Michael | 519 | ↓3 | 12 |
| 10 | Daniel | 514 | ↓2 | 15 |
| 11 | Mason | 495 | – | 7 |
| 12 | Henry | 492 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 13 | Jacob | 492 | ↓3 | 9 |
| 14 | Anthony | 480 | ↑1 | 33 |
| 15 | Ethan | 461 | ↓6 | 14 |
| 16 | Lucas | 460 | ↓2 | 11 |
| 17 | Sebastian | 446 | ↑4 | 23 |
| 18 | Aiden | 434 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 19 | Elijah | 414 | ↑3 | 8 |
| 20 | Mateo | 401 | ↑16 | 42 |
| 21 | Matthew | 401 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 22 | Jackson | 397 | ↑5 | 20 |
| 23 | Owen | 395 | ↓6 | 28 |
| 24 | Julian | 388 | ↑2 | 37 |
| 25 | Jack | 386 | ↓2 | 36 |
| 26 | Joseph | 383 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 27 | Carter | 372 | ↑3 | 24 |
| 28 | David | 370 | ↓10 | 22 |
| 29 | John | 362 | ↓4 | 27 |
| 30 | Jayden | 348 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 31 | Dylan | 339 | ↑1 | 29 |
| 32 | Nathan | 332 | ↓4 | 45 |
| 33 | Samuel | 332 | – | 21 |
| 34 | Theodore | 328 | ↑12 | 61 |
| 35 | Isaac | 327 | ↓4 | 32 |
| 36 | Gabriel | 324 | ↓1 | 31 |
| 37 | Charles | 319 | ↑5 | 48 |
| 38 | Lincoln | 318 | new | 41 |
| 39 | Leo | 306 | ↑10 | 62 |
| 40 | Andrew | 303 | ↓6 | 40 |
| 41 | Grayson | 298 | new | 34 |
| 42 | Adrian | 290 | new | 58 |
| 43 | Wyatt | 287 | ↓2 | 25 |
| 44 | Luke | 284 | ↓4 | 30 |
| 45 | Christopher | 280 | ↓2 | 39 |
| 46 | Ryan | 279 | ↓9 | 44 |
| 47 | Thomas | 277 | ↓3 | 49 |
| 48 | Levi | 276 | new | 35 |
| 49 | Joshua | 271 | ↓11 | 38 |
| 50 | Josiah | 262 | new | 51 |
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