State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 184,507 Illinois births in 1970 across 2,175 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Illinois more than they say America.

#79Maurice#165 nationally
#64Andre#134 nationally
#80Kurt#149 nationally
#100Luis#145 nationally
#64Yolanda#106 nationally
#53Beth#92 nationally
#80Colleen#117 nationally
#68Brett#99 nationally
#79Kristine#109 nationally
#67Derrick#96 nationally
#95Tricia#124 nationally
#96Nicholas#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,729US #1
#2Kimberly2,116US #3
#3Lisa2,075US #2
#4Michelle1,991US #4
#5Amy1,443US #5
#6Angela1,332US #6
#7Julie1,201US #11
#8Laura1,161US #13
#9Tracy1,128US #10
#10Dawn1,066US #16
#11Mary1,045US #9
#12Christine1,040US #14
#13Melissa1,005US #7
#14Susan913US #15
#15Karen905US #12
#16Elizabeth901US #18
#17Kelly876US #20
#18Tammy816US #8
#19Patricia778US #24
#20Tina742US #21
#21Heather733US #19
#22Cynthia709US #25
#23Lori701US #23
#24Nicole651US #30
#25Stephanie643US #17
#26Sandra634US #27
#27Pamela606US #26
#28Deborah560US #33
#29Michele545US #31
#30Denise541US #36
#31Kathleen527US #45
#32Maria521US #39
#33Rebecca515US #29
#34Shannon495US #22
#35Linda494US #38
#36Christina491US #35
#37Wendy483US #28
#38Jill475US #52
#39Sharon459US #37
#40Donna453US #32
#41Andrea450US #43
#42Debra447US #47
#43Barbara437US #41
#44Nancy430US #50
#45Teresa425US #34
#46Gina424US #61
#47Theresa399US #53
#48Cheryl395US #44
#49Stacy373US #42
#50Brenda369US #40
#51Ann363US #62
#52Catherine345US #59
#53Beth342US #92
#54Katherine341US #67
#55Stacey341US #48
#56Tracey334US #55
#57Rhonda332US #46
#58Kristin321US #63
#59Diane318US #70
#60Carrie315US #73
#61Tonya315US #49
#62Jacqueline312US #66
#63Rachel311US #58
#64Yolanda307US #106
#65Sheila306US #75
#66Dana305US #54
#67Sarah305US #65
#68Kathy293US #77
#69Paula292US #57
#70Robin292US #51
#71Margaret286US #80
#72Monica277US #56
#73Renee277US #68
#74Victoria277US #85
#75Tanya276US #76
#76Valerie274US #97
#77Sherry273US #60
#78Tamara272US #79
#79Kristine264US #109
#80Colleen263US #117
#81Tara261US #69
#82Diana258US #89
#83Deanna256US #90
#84Carol252US #71
#85Heidi249US #81
#86Leslie247US #64
#87Janet246US #96
#88Carolyn236US #84
#89Carla235US #94
#90Suzanne233US #87
#91Kristen232US #83
#92Anne228US #112
#93Jodi226US #95
#94Cindy224US #72
#95Tricia223US #124
#96Holly222US #74
#97Julia213US #121
#98Melinda213US #93
#99Regina213US #86
#100Tiffany212US #99

Boys

#1Michael4,979US #1
#2David3,247US #3
#3John3,200US #4
#4Robert3,177US #5
#5James3,135US #2
#6Brian2,014US #8
#7Christopher1,978US #6
#8William1,945US #7
#9Mark1,847US #9
#10Jeffrey1,784US #11
#11Scott1,737US #12
#12Steven1,700US #15
#13Thomas1,659US #17
#14Richard1,567US #10
#15Joseph1,554US #16
#16Kevin1,518US #14
#17Daniel1,481US #19
#18Timothy1,377US #20
#19Anthony1,362US #22
#20Eric1,335US #18
#21Matthew1,246US #24
#22Jason1,220US #13
#23Paul1,154US #23
#24Charles1,084US #21
#25Kenneth919US #25
#26Todd882US #28
#27Gregory836US #26
#28Ronald794US #29
#29Patrick754US #33
#30Edward711US #31
#31Donald705US #30
#32Andrew699US #32
#33Stephen633US #27
#34Douglas628US #36
#35Keith603US #38
#36Peter511US #44
#37Sean508US #37
#38Bradley507US #47
#39Craig488US #39
#40Gary452US #35
#41George446US #40
#42Shawn443US #34
#43Frank433US #48
#44Jeffery419US #50
#45Larry402US #43
#46Aaron392US #52
#47Troy385US #41
#48Dennis378US #46
#49Jose366US #56
#50Jonathan365US #42
#51Jerry355US #45
#52Raymond349US #49
#53Chad337US #51
#54Bryan324US #53
#55Terry307US #54
#56Marcus304US #71
#57Tony284US #57
#58Rodney281US #55
#59Carl280US #66
#60Russell267US #58
#61Marc266US #60
#62Phillip262US #73
#63Lawrence255US #83
#64Andre253US #134
#65Gerald239US #67
#66Adam236US #72
#67Derrick234US #96
#68Brett233US #99
#69Randy233US #59
#70Joel232US #82
#71Corey230US #84
#72Brent223US #74
#73Vincent222US #79
#74Juan219US #95
#75Martin214US #93
#76Curtis211US #88
#77Darren208US #75
#78Derek205US #77
#79Maurice203US #165
#80Kurt199US #149
#81Erik193US #101
#82Jon191US #68
#83Carlos190US #98
#84Wayne189US #80
#85Chris188US #63
#86Alan187US #91
#87Roger187US #61
#88Willie187US #103
#89Victor185US #106
#90Philip183US #92
#91Randall182US #100
#92Jeremy181US #70
#93Samuel181US #62
#94Jeff178US #116
#95Dale175US #110
#96Nicholas175US #123
#97Johnny174US #65
#98Lance169US #76
#99Walter167US #89
#100Luis166US #145

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑44Marcus#56
↑32Carrie#60
↑24Tonya#61
↑24Chad#53
↑23Tanya#75
↑20Heather#21
↑19Brent#72
↑19Maurice#79

Falling

↓31Roger#87
↓23Carol#84
↓21Alan#86
↓18Robin#70
↓18Corey#71
↓17Darren#77
↓15Paula#69
↓15Carolyn#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.