Name Legacy

Baby names in Illinois, 2010s

2010–2019 · 1,218,859 recorded births

Olivia was the most common name given in Illinois across the 2010s, with 8,050 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,218,859 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Illinois in the 2010s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Szymon8414×
Kacper19913×
Zuzanna13812×
Oliwia44
Mateusz73
Jakub273
Filip264
Weronika27

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Olivia8,050
#2Noah7,654
#3Sophia7,577
#4Emma7,229
#5Alexander7,023
#6Isabella6,802
#7Liam6,515
#8Jacob6,330
#9Michael6,329
#10William6,194
#11Benjamin6,107
#12Ava6,009
#13Daniel5,880
#14Mason5,667
#15Ethan5,655
#16Logan5,599
#17Mia5,516
#18Anthony5,475
#19Jayden5,119
#20James5,079
#21Aiden5,044
#22Emily4,945
#23Lucas4,814
#24Henry4,603
#25Matthew4,567

Other decades in Illinois

All Illinois names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org