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Baby names in Illinois, 2020s

2020–2025 · 587,896 recorded births

Noah was the most common name given in Illinois across the 2020s, with 4,164 births in the decade. The state recorded 587,896 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Illinois in the 2020s

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
Nikodem31
Jakub80
Filip98
Lazar37
Zuzanna24
Antoni68
Krystian37
Petar22

Top 25 in the 2020s

RankNameBirths
#1Noah4,164
#2Liam3,916
#3Olivia3,504
#4Oliver3,339
#5Emma3,034
#6Charlotte2,900
#7Sophia2,869
#8Theodore2,846
#9Henry2,812
#10Mateo2,718
#11Amelia2,691
#12Benjamin2,682
#13Mia2,551
#14James2,425
#15William2,336
#16Isabella2,322
#17Ava2,239
#18Jack2,224
#19Lucas2,203
#20Michael2,191
#21Sofia2,083
#22Sebastian2,079
#23Leo2,076
#24Alexander2,074
#25Evelyn2,038

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