State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 173,720 Illinois births in 1971 across 2,219 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#73Maurice#162 nationally
#65Andre#129 nationally
#96Kurt#155 nationally
#53Yolanda#98 nationally
#78Nicholas#123 nationally
#67Antonio#110 nationally
#79Colleen#121 nationally
#62Victoria#97 nationally
#80Erica#108 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,302US #1
#2Michelle1,975US #2
#3Lisa1,835US #3
#4Kimberly1,793US #4
#5Amy1,468US #5
#6Angela1,395US #6
#7Julie1,046US #10
#8Melissa988US #7
#9Laura970US #16
#10Dawn960US #14
#11Mary883US #9
#12Tracy870US #13
#13Christine857US #18
#14Elizabeth820US #19
#15Tammy773US #8
#16Susan768US #17
#17Kelly747US #22
#18Karen723US #15
#19Tina692US #20
#20Heather670US #12
#21Stephanie647US #11
#22Cynthia639US #24
#23Rebecca638US #23
#24Nicole607US #27
#25Patricia585US #26
#26Lori553US #25
#27Christina533US #30
#28Maria502US #37
#29Denise497US #36
#30Sandra487US #31
#31Kathleen473US #53
#32Pamela457US #28
#33Wendy449US #29
#34Deborah444US #33
#35Shannon444US #21
#36Andrea436US #35
#37Stacy434US #32
#38Carrie430US #55
#39Michele429US #39
#40Sharon423US #40
#41Linda410US #42
#42Donna387US #38
#43Stacey381US #41
#44Cheryl380US #50
#45Gina373US #69
#46Jill369US #59
#47Barbara362US #47
#48Nancy359US #52
#49Teresa359US #34
#50Sarah338US #58
#51Brenda336US #43
#52Theresa336US #61
#53Yolanda333US #98
#54Dana327US #44
#55Catherine324US #65
#56Debra317US #57
#57Monica303US #48
#58Rachel295US #54
#59Rhonda294US #46
#60Tara291US #49
#61Katherine290US #67
#62Victoria284US #97
#63Ann282US #78
#64Robin281US #51
#65Tonya279US #45
#66Tiffany276US #62
#67April271US #56
#68Diana268US #82
#69Tracey268US #74
#70Kristin267US #71
#71Renee267US #73
#72Diane264US #83
#73Jacqueline261US #75
#74Tanya261US #72
#75Sheila256US #81
#76Sherry255US #60
#77Margaret254US #86
#78Beth245US #100
#79Colleen240US #121
#80Erica236US #108
#81Valerie236US #102
#82Paula232US #63
#83Tamara228US #80
#84Heidi220US #77
#85Tricia218US #109
#86Carla217US #107
#87Leslie217US #68
#88Jessica215US #64
#89Janet210US #112
#90Kathryn210US #111
#91Jodi209US #94
#92Carol207US #92
#93Cindy207US #70
#94Deanna205US #95
#95Erin205US #93
#96Carolyn204US #104
#97Holly202US #76
#98Kathy199US #91
#99Crystal198US #79
#100Felicia198US #124

Boys

#1Michael4,374US #1
#2James2,920US #2
#3David2,841US #3
#4John2,767US #4
#5Robert2,693US #5
#6Christopher2,298US #6
#7Brian2,072US #9
#8Scott1,810US #10
#9William1,760US #7
#10Jason1,564US #8
#11Mark1,509US #13
#12Jeffrey1,502US #12
#13Joseph1,461US #15
#14Eric1,410US #18
#15Thomas1,400US #17
#16Steven1,389US #16
#17Daniel1,381US #20
#18Richard1,374US #11
#19Matthew1,291US #19
#20Kevin1,232US #14
#21Timothy1,210US #21
#22Anthony1,182US #23
#23Charles970US #22
#24Paul925US #24
#25Kenneth838US #25
#26Todd740US #30
#27Gregory718US #26
#28Ronald675US #31
#29Andrew652US #33
#30Patrick650US #35
#31Chad640US #29
#32Edward633US #32
#33Donald621US #34
#34Keith596US #37
#35Shawn596US #28
#36Sean587US #36
#37Stephen504US #27
#38Douglas502US #39
#39Craig461US #43
#40Aaron445US #41
#41Peter444US #47
#42Bradley412US #58
#43George410US #42
#44Dennis399US #49
#45Gary377US #38
#46Jose377US #55
#47Larry371US #44
#48Jeffery355US #53
#49Frank350US #54
#50Jonathan346US #40
#51Jeremy337US #45
#52Troy332US #46
#53Raymond329US #52
#54Bryan325US #48
#55Adam297US #57
#56Ryan294US #51
#57Jerry285US #50
#58Marcus284US #65
#59Marc250US #70
#60Phillip247US #76
#61Terry245US #56
#62Derrick242US #84
#63Tony238US #62
#64Rodney235US #59
#65Andre229US #129
#66Shane228US #60
#67Antonio226US #110
#68Carl222US #72
#69Brett221US #90
#70Derek220US #63
#71Russell219US #64
#72Vincent214US #87
#73Maurice212US #162
#74Roger211US #71
#75Brent209US #73
#76Juan204US #81
#77Lawrence204US #85
#78Nicholas201US #123
#79Randy200US #67
#80Samuel200US #66
#81Erik198US #97
#82Joel197US #86
#83Corey193US #77
#84Carlos191US #88
#85Walter187US #91
#86Curtis185US #89
#87Benjamin183US #69
#88Joshua182US #80
#89Martin182US #105
#90Chris178US #68
#91Victor178US #113
#92Alan177US #99
#93Randall175US #102
#94Darren174US #100
#95Jon174US #78
#96Kurt172US #155
#97Willie170US #115
#98Gerald167US #83
#99Bruce166US #108
#100Micheal164US #124

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑41Jeremy#51
↑34Tiffany#66
↑22Carrie#38
↑22Chad#31
↑21Tara#60
↑18Nicholas#78
↑17Sarah#50
↑15Monica#57

Falling

↓33Gerald#98
↓30Kathy#98
↓25Beth#78
↓17Darren#94
↓16Kurt#96
↓14Debra#56
↓14Lawrence#77
↓14Martin#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.