Most Popular Baby Names in Illinois (2025)

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 2025 were Olivia for girls and Liam for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Illinois than in the country as a whole include Cameron, Leonardo, and Adam.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Illinois

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Olivia	501	–
2	Charlotte	500	↑ 1
3	Sophia	473	↑ 1
4	Emma	458	↑ 1
5	Mia	412	↓ 3
6	Amelia	405	–
7	Sofia	343	–
8	Isabella	338	–
9	Camila	298	↑ 2
10	Evelyn	296	↓ 1
11	Eliana	281	↑ 3
12	Violet	273	–
13	Eleanor	268	↑ 3
14	Nora	260	↓ 1
15	Penelope	255	↑ 9
16	Ailany	242	new
17	Ava	240	↓ 7
18	Chloe	217	↓ 3
19	Gianna	216	↑ 2
20	Elizabeth	215	↑ 2
21	Emilia	214	↑ 2
22	Lily	214	↑ 14
23	Grace	210	↑ 4
24	Harper	210	↓ 6
25	Aria	206	↑ 3
26	Elena	206	↑ 6
27	Isla	205	↑ 8
28	Zoe	205	↑ 10
29	Hazel	204	↑ 1
30	Layla	204	↓ 4
31	Lucy	200	↓ 2
32	Emily	190	↓ 15
33	Luna	185	↓ 13
34	Mila	184	↓ 15
35	Ivy	181	↑ 2
36	Ella	180	↓ 3
37	Valentina	179	↑ 13
38	Avery	178	↓ 13
39	Maeve	169	↓ 8
40	Aurora	168	↑ 3
41	Madison	168	↑ 12
42	Scarlett	168	↓ 8
43	Lainey	165	↑ 30
44	Eloise	160	↑ 14
45	Josephine	160	↑ 1
46	Leilani	160	↑ 19
47	Ellie	157	↓ 5
48	Maya	153	↓ 7
49	Naomi	153	↓ 9
50	Lucia	147	↑ 39
51	Vivian	146	↓ 4
52	Lillian	145	↑ 3
53	Willow	145	↑ 1
54	Victoria	142	↓ 9
55	Abigail	137	↓ 16
56	Hannah	135	↑ 13
57	Nova	135	↓ 6
58	Riley	132	↓ 10
59	Stella	131	↓ 10
60	Sophie	130	↓ 8
61	Ayla	129	↓ 1
62	Zoey	129	↓ 3
63	Claire	128	↓ 2
64	Iris	128	↑ 8
65	Clara	126	↑ 10
66	Liliana	126	↓ 9
67	Delilah	125	↓ 23
68	Madeline	123	↑ 8
69	Quinn	123	↓ 7
70	Adeline	119	↓ 14
71	Sadie	116	↓ 3
72	Madelyn	115	↑ 7
73	Leah	112	↓ 9
74	Ruby	112	↓ 8
75	Margot	109	new
76	Audrey	108	↓ 6
77	Genesis	105	↓ 6
78	Lyla	105	↓ 4
79	Cecilia	104	↑ 5
80	Julia	104	new
81	Georgia	102	new
82	Sienna	100	↑ 4
83	Catalina	98	↑ 2
84	Melody	98	↑ 14
85	Daisy	97	new
86	Millie	96	new
87	Addison	95	↓ 10
88	Alice	95	↓ 5
89	Kennedy	95	↑ 2
90	Sloane	95	↓ 9
91	Natalie	93	↓ 11
92	Gabriella	92	↑ 1
93	Natalia	92	↓ 30
94	Emerson	91	new
95	Amara	90	new
96	Parker	90	↑ 3
97	Emery	89	new
98	Melanie	88	new
99	Valerie	88	new
100	Eden	87	↓ 18

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Liam	690	–
2	Noah	683	–
3	Oliver	541	–
4	Theodore	537	–
5	Henry	462	↑ 1
6	Mateo	417	↓ 1
7	James	406	–
8	Leo	385	↑ 10
9	Benjamin	365	↓ 1
10	Sebastian	360	↑ 3
11	Santiago	356	↓ 1
12	Lucas	340	–
13	Jack	335	↓ 2
14	William	334	↓ 5
15	Michael	329	↓ 1
16	Julian	314	↑ 1
17	Luca	302	↓ 2
18	Elijah	296	↑ 4
19	Elias	293	↑ 10
20	Owen	289	↓ 1
21	Daniel	284	↓ 5
22	John	279	↓ 1
23	Alexander	261	↓ 3
24	Joseph	261	↑ 2
25	Bennett	259	↑ 2
26	Cooper	259	↑ 52
27	Levi	249	↓ 4
28	Ethan	245	↓ 3
29	Gabriel	243	↑ 5
30	Charles	239	–
31	Samuel	238	↑ 8
32	Miles	236	↑ 13
33	Thomas	236	↑ 10
34	Hudson	235	↓ 3
35	Cameron	230	↑ 3
36	Anthony	225	↓ 4
37	Jackson	225	↑ 3
38	Logan	215	↓ 2
39	Ezra	214	↓ 6
40	David	212	↓ 12
41	Matthew	211	↓ 4
42	Asher	209	↑ 2
43	Carter	204	↑ 20
44	Leonardo	203	↓ 9
45	Adam	200	↑ 7
46	Thiago	200	↑ 9
47	Mason	198	–
48	Roman	197	↑ 13
49	Isaac	196	↓ 8
50	Wyatt	189	↓ 1
51	August	182	↑ 7
52	Angel	181	↑ 4
53	Dylan	181	↓ 29
54	Emiliano	179	↑ 26
55	Caleb	176	↓ 7
56	Luke	176	↓ 6
57	Beau	173	↑ 11
58	Luka	173	↑ 12
59	Jacob	172	↓ 13
60	Nolan	172	–
61	Maverick	165	↓ 7
62	Everett	163	↑ 30
63	Wesley	163	↑ 8
64	Grayson	162	↓ 7
65	Lincoln	160	↑ 4
66	Vincent	160	↑ 22
67	Aiden	157	↓ 25
68	Gael	156	↓ 9
69	Nathan	155	↓ 18
70	Brooks	154	↑ 6
71	Ezekiel	154	↓ 9
72	Theo	154	–
73	Isaiah	152	↓ 9
74	Adrian	147	↓ 21
75	Rowan	147	↓ 10
76	George	146	↑ 8
77	Amir	145	–
78	Weston	145	new
79	Arthur	144	new
80	Waylon	140	↑ 19
81	Adriel	139	new
82	Lorenzo	139	↓ 1
83	Joshua	138	–
84	Parker	137	new
85	Josiah	135	↓ 6
86	Archer	134	new
87	Andrew	133	↓ 13
88	Christian	132	↑ 2
89	Nicholas	132	↑ 8
90	Axel	130	↓ 15
91	Christopher	130	↓ 9
92	Damian	130	↓ 3
93	Enzo	124	↑ 1
94	Dominic	123	↓ 27
95	Eithan	119	new
96	Dean	118	new
97	Emmett	118	new
98	Aaron	117	↓ 3
99	Robert	116	new
100	Jayden	115	↓ 15

Names more popular in Illinois

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Illinois than across the US.

Boys

Name	Illinois	US
Cameron	#35	#76
Leonardo	#44	#91
Adam	#45	#101

Number-one names in Illinois by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Olivia (501)	Liam (690)
2024	Olivia (502)	Liam (738)
2023	Olivia (535)	Noah (673)
2022	Olivia (625)	Noah (699)
2021	Olivia (700)	Noah (654)
2020	Olivia (641)	Noah (711)
2019	Olivia (727)	Noah (772)
2018	Olivia (718)	Noah (718)
2017	Olivia (728)	Noah (778)
2016	Olivia (770)	Noah (800)
2015	Olivia (816)	Noah (869)
2014	Olivia (906)	Noah (843)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Illinois

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Illinois

Boys

Number-one names in Illinois by year

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