State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 157,329 Illinois births in 1972 across 2,152 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#93Tashaoutside the national top 200
#74Maurice#160 nationally
#68Andre#128 nationally
#80Jermaine#135 nationally
#98Mario#138 nationally
#45Gina#78 nationally
#78Carolyn#110 nationally
#91Colleen#123 nationally
#77Diane#105 nationally
#62Yolanda#89 nationally
#66Antonio#93 nationally
#86Beth#113 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,701US #1
#2Michelle1,736US #2
#3Lisa1,548US #3
#4Amy1,507US #5
#5Kimberly1,454US #4
#6Angela1,202US #6
#7Julie993US #12
#8Melissa984US #7
#9Nicole956US #10
#10Laura832US #17
#11Christine779US #16
#12Dawn749US #20
#13Heather739US #9
#14Stephanie710US #8
#15Tracy709US #19
#16Mary692US #13
#17Elizabeth660US #15
#18Rebecca655US #14
#19Susan620US #24
#20Tammy618US #11
#21Kelly615US #23
#22Tina615US #18
#23Karen608US #21
#24Christina527US #26
#25Cynthia525US #25
#26Patricia502US #27
#27Maria491US #32
#28Lori465US #28
#29Sandra457US #31
#30Shannon443US #22
#31Andrea437US #30
#32Denise437US #35
#33Michele413US #36
#34Kathleen379US #57
#35Wendy374US #29
#36Stacy369US #33
#37Carrie362US #53
#38Tara351US #38
#39Sarah344US #49
#40Deborah337US #43
#41Pamela335US #34
#42Stacey327US #41
#43Jill319US #62
#44Tonya310US #37
#45Gina309US #78
#46Sharon305US #50
#47Teresa302US #39
#48Theresa291US #68
#49Monica286US #47
#50Katherine282US #69
#51Nancy282US #63
#52Linda281US #51
#53Donna279US #45
#54Kristin277US #67
#55Brenda269US #44
#56Debra266US #66
#57Tanya265US #54
#58Rachel263US #40
#59Tiffany262US #61
#60Cheryl261US #56
#61April259US #48
#62Yolanda259US #89
#63Barbara255US #58
#64Catherine252US #65
#65Jessica250US #46
#66Heidi246US #64
#67Dana245US #52
#68Rhonda240US #60
#69Renee235US #77
#70Melanie231US #42
#71Jacqueline230US #79
#72Erica222US #87
#73Ann221US #91
#74Diana220US #83
#75Kristen212US #85
#76Margaret208US #95
#77Diane207US #105
#78Carolyn199US #110
#79Crystal199US #59
#80Robin198US #55
#81Sheila198US #90
#82Paula197US #72
#83Erin196US #93
#84Victoria194US #99
#85Danielle192US #73
#86Beth189US #113
#87Janet189US #111
#88Valerie185US #100
#89Kathryn183US #103
#90Leslie183US #75
#91Colleen182US #123
#92Katrina182US #116
#93Tasha181
#94Anna179US #86
#95Tracey179US #88
#96Cindy177US #80
#97Jodi177US #97
#98Melinda176US #81
#99Sherry176US #70
#100Tamara176US #84

Boys

#1Michael4,050US #1
#2Christopher2,442US #2
#3David2,442US #4
#4James2,404US #3
#5Brian2,248US #8
#6John2,235US #5
#7Robert2,143US #6
#8Jason1,935US #7
#9Daniel1,452US #15
#10William1,430US #9
#11Matthew1,354US #10
#12Eric1,327US #16
#13Scott1,313US #11
#14Mark1,309US #18
#15Joseph1,239US #12
#16Kevin1,200US #13
#17Jeffrey1,198US #17
#18Steven1,163US #19
#19Thomas1,159US #20
#20Richard1,150US #14
#21Timothy1,121US #21
#22Anthony1,103US #22
#23Charles777US #23
#24Paul770US #24
#25Chad710US #25
#26Gregory689US #26
#27Kenneth673US #27
#28Andrew589US #30
#29Todd575US #31
#30Shawn568US #28
#31Keith543US #38
#32Edward531US #34
#33Patrick520US #35
#34Ronald518US #32
#35Donald512US #36
#36Sean485US #33
#37Stephen437US #29
#38Craig418US #46
#39Peter407US #48
#40Aaron398US #40
#41Douglas396US #43
#42Ryan395US #39
#43George390US #44
#44Bradley377US #61
#45Jose372US #50
#46Jonathan370US #37
#47Bryan357US #45
#48Jeremy337US #42
#49Gary331US #41
#50Adam330US #51
#51Frank323US #56
#52Dennis316US #52
#53Larry313US #47
#54Troy286US #49
#55Jeffery281US #58
#56Jerry271US #53
#57Raymond269US #54
#58Marcus256US #71
#59Brandon241US #63
#60Brett240US #80
#61Shane232US #55
#62Joshua222US #59
#63Terry219US #62
#64Erik218US #86
#65Derrick216US #91
#66Antonio214US #93
#67Derek214US #67
#68Andre205US #128
#69Joel204US #78
#70Marc204US #83
#71Carl197US #85
#72Phillip197US #75
#73Nicholas196US #99
#74Maurice194US #160
#75Tony194US #68
#76Juan193US #73
#77Justin192US #60
#78Brent187US #77
#79Carlos186US #84
#80Jermaine185US #135
#81Rodney178US #65
#82Benjamin177US #64
#83Russell177US #69
#84Lawrence174US #101
#85Samuel168US #66
#86Willie168US #109
#87Curtis167US #92
#88Gerald167US #102
#89Corey166US #95
#90Roger162US #76
#91Nathan156US #79
#92Randy154US #70
#93Travis154US #57
#94Victor154US #107
#95Chris153US #82
#96Jamie153US #72
#97Micheal153US #108
#98Mario150US #138
#99Alan148US #110
#100Luis148US #124

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑26Joshua#62
↑23Jessica#65
↑22Tara#38
↑21Tonya#44
↑20Crystal#79
↑18Heidi#66
↑18Carolyn#78
↑17Tanya#57

Falling

↓26Tracey#95
↓23Sherry#99
↓22Victoria#84
↓17Tamara#100
↓17Rodney#81
↓16Cheryl#60
↓16Barbara#63
↓16Robin#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.