The most distinctive Illinois baby names.
In 2025 the most distinctive Illinois names were Aniela and Filip. Across the whole record it is Jorie and Dantrell.
| # | Girl | Births | vs national | Boy | Births | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aniela | 9 | 10× | Filip | 15 | 15× |
| 2 | Jenin | 7 | 8× | Danylo | 9 | 10× |
| 3 | Zuzanna | 7 | 8× | Konrad | 9 | 10× |
| 4 | Antonina | 7 | 8× | Nikodem | 8 | 9× |
| 5 | Izabela | 7 | 8× | Petar | 7 | 8× |
| 6 | Sofija | 7 | 8× | Jakub | 9 | 6× |
| 7 | Aleksandra | 8 | 6× | Marko | 15 | 6× |
| 8 | Raneem | 8 | 5× | Maher | 6 | 6× |
| 9 | Ailin | 7 | 4× | Matvii | 6 | 6× |
| 10 | Saara | 5 | 4× | Damiri | 6 | 6× |
| 11 | Keegan | 5 | 4× | Krystian | 6 | 6× |
| 12 | Ramya | 5 | 4× | Lukasz | 6 | 6× |
| 13 | Maja | 5 | 4× | Lazar | 6 | 6× |
| 14 | Kerrigan | 5 | 4× | Lyrik | 6 | 6× |
| 15 | Jamilah | 5 | 4× | Maksym | 8 | 5× |
| 16 | Kasia | 5 | 4× | Bogdan | 7 | 4× |
| 17 | Shifa | 5 | 4× | Imad | 5 | 4× |
| 18 | Safiyyah | 5 | 4× | Dionte | 5 | 4× |
| 19 | Yafa | 5 | 4× | Adi | 5 | 4× |
| 20 | Theadora | 10 | 3× | Damen | 5 | 4× |
| 21 | Zofia | 12 | 3× | Phinehas | 5 | 4× |
| 22 | Daria | 13 | 3× | Aleksandar | 5 | 4× |
| 23 | Neve | 6 | 3× | Connell | 5 | 4× |
| 24 | Kamya | 6 | 3× | Brenden | 5 | 4× |
| 25 | Klara | 13 | 3× | Abdulahad | 5 | 4× |
The most distinctive name of each decade.
| Decade | Girl | Births | vs national | Boy | Births | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | Lavergne | 77 | 13× | Byford | 24 | 10× |
| 1920s | Lavergne | 197 | 16× | Lennart | 18 | 10× |
| 1930s | Lavergne | 46 | 14× | Sherwin | 149 | 10× |
| 1940s | Suellyn | 23 | 11× | Sherwin | 114 | 12× |
| 1950s | Lorel | 26 | 11× | Casimir | 74 | 11× |
| 1960s | Joellyn | 57 | 12× | Torrence | 44 | 10× |
| 1970s | Jorie | 106 | 15× | Omarr | 33 | 11× |
| 1980s | Jorie | 102 | 16× | Piotr | 46 | 15× |
| 1990s | Jorie | 78 | 16× | Dantrell | 125 | 17× |
| 2000s | Jorie | 42 | 16× | Maksymilian | 78 | 17× |
| 2010s | Oliwia | 44 | 18× | Szymon | 84 | 20× |
| 2020s | Zuzanna | 24 | 17× | Nikodem | 31 | 19× |
| # | Girl | Births | vs national | Boy | Births | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorie | 371 | 18× | Dantrell | 160 | 17× |
| 2 | Lavergne | 325 | 17× | Maksymilian | 151 | 16× |
| 3 | Beata | 123 | 15× | Marshon | 81 | 16× |
| 4 | Aneta | 77 | 15× | Dawid | 171 | 15× |
| 5 | Justyna | 94 | 14× | Szymon | 192 | 15× |
| 6 | Weronika | 113 | 14× | Mikolaj | 59 | 15× |
| 7 | Oliwia | 103 | 14× | Matas | 50 | 15× |
| 8 | Isaly | 47 | 14× | Martrell | 48 | 14× |
| 9 | Ainslie | 46 | 14× | Krzysztof | 138 | 14× |
| 10 | Agnieszka | 77 | 14× | Tomasz | 251 | 14× |
| 11 | Ewelina | 39 | 14× | Nikodem | 46 | 14× |
| 12 | Martyna | 83 | 14× | Marshaun | 183 | 14× |
| 13 | Lorel | 32 | 13× | Lukasz | 182 | 14× |
| 14 | Tashay | 31 | 13× | Bartlomiej | 41 | 14× |
| 15 | Katarzyna | 253 | 13× | Lemont | 41 | 14× |
| 16 | Joellyn | 111 | 13× | Petar | 60 | 14× |
| 17 | Zuzanna | 274 | 12× | Marvell | 122 | 14× |
| 18 | Patrycja | 89 | 12× | Maciej | 86 | 13× |
| 19 | Wiktoria | 114 | 12× | Dariusz | 34 | 13× |
| 20 | Ruta | 24 | 12× | Vuk | 33 | 13× |
| 21 | Jetaun | 24 | 12× | Linas | 33 | 13× |
| 22 | Bernina | 24 | 12× | Dionta | 33 | 13× |
| 23 | Sylwia | 41 | 12× | Piotr | 300 | 13× |
| 24 | Suellyn | 23 | 12× | Kuba | 31 | 13× |
| 25 | Emilija | 23 | 12× | Byford | 30 | 13× |
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Multipliers compare each name’s share of Illinois births with its national share, and report the conservative low end, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.
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