
Baby Names You Won’t See In Illinois During 2025
Long before there were trending posts on the internet, there were baby names that would trend among parents of newborns who were all looking for the perfect fit for their child.
Extinct Baby Names In Illinois For 2025
One of your most important jobs as a parent is to name your children. If you pick the wrong one or make a bad choice, your child will have to live with that for the rest of their lives. It doesn't look good when they legally change it as an adult.
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The reason this is so important is because kids can be extremely mean. Trust me, I know personally. My name is Terry and lots of words rhyme with that. I got picked on all the time and it wasn't fun. I wasn't a big fan of my own name.

When I was growing up, there wasn't a lot of creativity in baby names. I think the majority of the children in my class were named Jim, John, Jenny, or Lori. Nowadays, most kids have really cool names.
It's funny because also in the world today, baby names have become really trendy. Parents name their children after people or characters in popular culture so they go in and out of popularity pretty quickly.
Girl names that are no longer popular in Illinois...
- Jamie
- Katie
- Remy
- Liv
- Analia
- Karina
- Belle
- Erin
- Bristol
- Lilia
- Catherine
- Faye
- Remington
- Kelsey
- Anne
- Monroe
- Chelsea
- Kendra
- Regina
- Alexis
Boy names that are no longer popular in Illinois...
- Jamal
- Esteban
- Cannon
- Emery
- Taylor
- Kareem
- Idris
- Camilo
- Matthias
- Danny
- Aziz
- Louie
- Andy
- Billy
- Phillip
- Albert
- Jaden
- Bridger
- Cesar
- Edward
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