Popular baby names in Illinois, 2023
The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2023 were Olivia for girls (535 babies) and Noah for boys (673). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 94,715 babies born in Illinois in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Illinois in 2023
Names given at least 15 times in Illinois that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Maryam: 63 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Zainab: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Inaya: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Naya: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Mae: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Violeta: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Milana: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Jream: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Francesca: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Legacy: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Boys
- Damir: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Vincenzo: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Idris: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Abdullah: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Mohammed: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Ahmad: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Santino: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Musa: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Quinn: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Leandro: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 2023
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2022 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 535 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Emma | 494 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 3 | Mia | 439 | ↑3 | 6 |
| 4 | Sophia | 435 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 5 | Charlotte | 433 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 6 | Amelia | 430 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sofia | 375 | ↑3 | 12 |
| 8 | Ava | 357 | – | 8 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 349 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 10 | Isabella | 346 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 11 | Camila | 316 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 12 | Eleanor | 276 | – | 14 |
| 13 | Nora | 269 | ↑4 | 24 |
| 14 | Violet | 258 | ↑8 | 16 |
| 15 | Gianna | 247 | ↑4 | 21 |
| 16 | Emily | 246 | ↑4 | 19 |
| 17 | Luna | 242 | ↓4 | 10 |
| 18 | Penelope | 231 | ↓2 | 23 |
| 19 | Mila | 230 | ↓5 | 28 |
| 20 | Emilia | 229 | ↑8 | 42 |
| 21 | Harper | 217 | ↓6 | 11 |
| 22 | Eliana | 214 | ↑14 | 34 |
| 23 | Lily | 210 | ↑1 | 20 |
| 24 | Avery | 208 | ↑5 | 29 |
| 25 | Layla | 208 | ↓7 | 30 |
| 26 | Aria | 204 | ↓3 | 25 |
| 27 | Chloe | 200 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 28 | Elizabeth | 200 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 29 | Nova | 197 | ↑14 | 35 |
| 30 | Ivy | 189 | ↑5 | 38 |
| 31 | Zoe | 189 | new | 36 |
| 32 | Ella | 186 | ↓2 | 32 |
| 33 | Grace | 181 | ↓8 | 39 |
| 34 | Scarlett | 176 | ↓13 | 17 |
| 35 | Lucy | 174 | ↑5 | 40 |
| 36 | Maya | 169 | ↑8 | 49 |
| 37 | Hazel | 168 | ↓5 | 18 |
| 38 | Victoria | 168 | ↓4 | 45 |
| 39 | Madison | 166 | ↓1 | 37 |
| 40 | Isla | 164 | ↓7 | 33 |
| 41 | Ellie | 160 | ↓2 | 27 |
| 42 | Abigail | 159 | ↓11 | 31 |
| 43 | Zoey | 159 | ↑2 | 51 |
| 44 | Maeve | 158 | ↓2 | 73 |
| 45 | Elena | 156 | ↓8 | 47 |
| 46 | Riley | 154 | ↓5 | 43 |
| 47 | Willow | 151 | – | 41 |
| 48 | Stella | 146 | ↑1 | 46 |
| 49 | Lillian | 144 | ↓1 | 55 |
| 50 | Vivian | 144 | new | 87 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2022 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 673 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Liam | 665 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Oliver | 497 | – | 3 |
| 4 | Theodore | 483 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 5 | Mateo | 481 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 6 | Henry | 462 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 7 | Benjamin | 431 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 8 | Lucas | 393 | ↑13 | 9 |
| 9 | James | 358 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 10 | Michael | 354 | ↑4 | 16 |
| 11 | Jack | 351 | – | 14 |
| 12 | Leo | 350 | ↑5 | 18 |
| 13 | William | 349 | ↓4 | 10 |
| 14 | Daniel | 323 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 15 | Sebastian | 323 | ↓5 | 13 |
| 16 | Owen | 309 | – | 20 |
| 17 | Luca | 307 | ↑5 | 25 |
| 18 | Elijah | 305 | ↓6 | 5 |
| 19 | Santiago | 304 | ↑6 | 45 |
| 20 | John | 294 | ↑11 | 26 |
| 21 | Alexander | 293 | ↓6 | 22 |
| 22 | Julian | 289 | ↓3 | 33 |
| 23 | Levi | 288 | ↑6 | 12 |
| 24 | David | 262 | ↑4 | 27 |
| 25 | Joseph | 257 | ↑8 | 29 |
| 26 | Ethan | 255 | ↑8 | 24 |
| 27 | Aiden | 253 | ↓1 | 40 |
| 28 | Mason | 250 | ↓5 | 30 |
| 29 | Miles | 247 | ↑8 | 43 |
| 30 | Logan | 246 | ↓12 | 39 |
| 31 | Cameron | 241 | ↑15 | 58 |
| 32 | Jackson | 241 | ↓5 | 28 |
| 33 | Gabriel | 238 | ↑7 | 38 |
| 34 | Ezra | 237 | ↑13 | 15 |
| 35 | Anthony | 234 | ↓15 | 46 |
| 36 | Hudson | 233 | – | 21 |
| 37 | Leonardo | 232 | ↓13 | 84 |
| 38 | Charles | 231 | ↓6 | 54 |
| 39 | Elias | 231 | ↑10 | 36 |
| 40 | Dylan | 224 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 41 | Jacob | 223 | ↓11 | 35 |
| 42 | Asher | 221 | ↓7 | 23 |
| 43 | Isaac | 220 | ↓5 | 42 |
| 44 | Samuel | 215 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 45 | Matthew | 206 | new | 32 |
| 46 | Thomas | 200 | ↓5 | 41 |
| 47 | Nolan | 196 | new | 57 |
| 48 | Wyatt | 189 | ↓6 | 47 |
| 49 | Isaiah | 186 | new | 56 |
| 50 | Carter | 183 | new | 48 |
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