Popular baby names in Illinois, 2018

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2018 were Olivia for girls (718 babies) and Noah for boys (718). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 113,200 babies born in Illinois in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 2018

Names given at least 15 times in Illinois that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Jaylani: 34 babies, 5× the national rate
Maeve: 85 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Clare: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ailani: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Julissa: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colette: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vivienne: 89 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Malaysia: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sloan: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Filip: 30 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Zyaire: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bryant: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mohammad: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maximilian: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ahmad: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nasir: 67 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Leonardo: 286 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Santino: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Khalil: 53 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Olivia	718	–	2
2	Emma	644	–	1
3	Ava	599	–	3
4	Isabella	572	↑1	4
5	Sophia	561	↓1	5
6	Charlotte	548	–	6
7	Mia	534	–	7
8	Amelia	462	–	8
9	Evelyn	431	–	10
10	Harper	385	↑2	9
11	Sofia	351	–	17
12	Abigail	338	↑3	11
13	Emily	332	↓3	12
14	Camila	330	–	18
15	Mila	317	↑7	14
16	Grace	316	–	24
17	Aria	311	↑13	19
18	Victoria	310	↓5	21
19	Elizabeth	307	↓2	13
20	Ella	294	↑3	15
21	Penelope	293	↑3	26
22	Layla	292	↓1	27
23	Avery	283	↓5	16
24	Eleanor	278	↑2	32
25	Nora	251	↓6	30
26	Scarlett	238	↑1	20
27	Madison	237	↓2	22
28	Chloe	234	↑1	25
29	Riley	228	↓1	28
30	Emilia	223	new	58
31	Addison	222	↓11	35
32	Hannah	220	↓1	33
33	Aubrey	216	↓1	37
34	Lillian	214	–	34
35	Natalie	214	–	39
36	Brooklyn	206	↓3	47
37	Claire	206	↑4	50
38	Zoe	204	↑2	40
39	Stella	197	↑9	38
40	Ellie	195	new	36
41	Luna	194	new	23
42	Bella	188	↑8	48
43	Lily	188	↓1	31
44	Violet	187	↓8	43
45	Hazel	184	new	42
46	Madelyn	182	new	72
47	Maya	179	↓3	62
48	Samantha	179	new	61
49	Zoey	178	↓12	29
50	Elena	171	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Noah	718	–	2
2	Liam	712	–	1
3	Oliver	586	↑4	5
4	Benjamin	550	↓1	6
5	William	532	↑3	3
6	Alexander	531	↓1	11
7	Logan	528	↓3	10
8	James	523	↓2	4
9	Henry	506	↑3	16
10	Lucas	491	↑6	8
11	Michael	482	↓2	14
12	Daniel	459	↓2	15
13	Mason	458	↓2	9
14	Elijah	452	↑5	7
15	Jack	436	↑10	28
16	Mateo	423	↑4	37
17	Owen	411	↑6	25
18	Jacob	410	↓5	13
19	Sebastian	410	↓2	18
20	Ethan	400	↓5	12
21	Aiden	386	↓3	19
22	Anthony	386	↓8	38
23	Julian	380	↑1	36
24	Jackson	354	↓2	17
25	John	352	↑4	26
26	Theodore	348	↑8	44
27	Joseph	347	↓1	23
28	Leo	338	↑11	50
29	Matthew	337	↓8	20
30	Isaac	334	↑5	34
31	David	332	↓3	22
32	Jayden	322	↓2	29
33	Carter	318	↓6	24
34	Samuel	317	↓1	21
35	Nathan	304	↓3	48
36	Wyatt	291	↑7	27
37	Gabriel	290	↓1	35
38	Lincoln	289	–	41
39	Dylan	288	↓8	31
40	Leonardo	286	new	93
41	Charles	270	↓4	53
42	Thomas	266	↑5	49
43	Luke	260	↑1	30
44	Andrew	259	↓4	43
45	Nolan	258	new	65
46	Connor	257	new	58
47	Christian	254	new	54
48	Levi	252	–	33
49	Adam	244	new	78
50	Grayson	243	↓9	32

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