Top Baby Names In Illinois For This Year Revealed

If you're getting ready to have a baby, I'm sure you've been thinking about what to name them, but what are the most popular baby names in Illinois?

Did You Make The List Of The Most Popular Baby Names In Illinois?

This is the first very important decision you have to make for your unborn child. That is coming up with their name. That is something they will have to live with the rest of their lives, so you don't want to screw it up. If you choose the wrong name for your kid, they could be made fun of all of the time. When you pick a bad one, the children could possibly end up hating it and being bitter towards you.

According to WGN TV Chicago...

Olivia and Liam are still America’s most popular baby names, topping Social Security’s annual list for the seventh straight year.

Newly released rankings for 2025 — based on Social Security card applications at birth — show few changes in the top 10.

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Here are the most popular baby names for boys in Illinois...

# 1 Liam

# 2 Noah

# 3 Oliver

# 4 Theodore

# 5 Henry

# 6 James

# 7 Elijah

# 8 Mateo

# 9 William

#10 Locus

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Here are the most popular baby names for girls in Illinois...

# 1 Olivia

# 2 Charlotte

# 3 Emma

# 4 Amelia

# 5 Sophia

# 6 Mia

# 7 Isabella

# 8 Evelyn

# 9 Sofia

# 10 Eliana

I think most parents do a nice job naming their children. I love hearing the stories of how they come up with it. There are so many original names that parents come up with nowadays, I think that's pretty cool.

LOOK: Unique baby names from the year you were born

Stacker highlighted one of the least-used baby names from each year between 1950 and 2022, using data from the Social Security Administration.

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LOOK: Baby names losing popularity in the 21st century

Stacker took a look at the names losing popularity in the 21st century, using data from the Social Security Administration.

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LOOK: Baby boomer baby names that have gone out of style

Using info from the Social Security Administration's baby name database, Stacker compiled a list of baby boomer baby names that have declined in popularity.

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KEEP READING: Here are the most popular baby names in every state

Using March 2019 data from the Social Security Administration, Stacker compiled a list of the most popular names in each of the 50 states and Washington D.C., according to their 2018 SSA rankings. The top five boy names and top five girl names are listed for each state, as well as the number of babies born in 2018 with that name. Historically common names like Michael only made the top five in three states, while the less common name Harper ranks in the top five for 22 states.

Curious what names are trending in your home state? Keep reading to see if your name made the top five -- or to find inspiration for naming your baby.

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LOOK: The most popular biblical baby names

To determine the most popular biblical baby names, Stacker consulted the name origin site Behind the Name and the Social Security Administration's baby names database then ranked the top 50 names from Behind the Name's Biblical Names origins list of 564 names, based on how many babies had been given these names in 2019. Click through to find out which biblical names have stood the test of time.

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