Chicago Popularity by Year
Follow Chicago across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Chicago birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 11 | #7,194 | Down 725 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 12 | #8,362 | Up 81 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 13 | #6,469 | Down 249 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 12 | #8,443 | Up 2,726 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 14 | #6,220 | Up 1,042 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 8 | #11,169 | Down 1,489 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 11 | #7,262 | Down 564 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 10 | #9,680 | Up 3,784 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 12 | #6,698 | Up 1,369 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 6 | #13,464 | Up 329 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 9 | #8,067 | Up 4,078 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 5 | #12,145 | Up 11 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 5 | #12,156 | Down 2,588 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 6 | #13,793 | — |
| 2015 | Boys | 7 | #9,568 | Up 1,469 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 6 | #11,037 | Up 435 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 3,912 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | Down 424 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 7 | #7,136 | Down 1,208 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 9 | #5,928 | — |