State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 148,252 Illinois births in 1973 across 2,160 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#90Maurice#165 nationally
#73Andre#132 nationally
#83Jermaine#127 nationally
#90Colleen#125 nationally
#95Mario#129 nationally
#51Gina#83 nationally
#61Antonio#92 nationally
#38Kathleen#68 nationally
#66Victoria#95 nationally
#85Yolanda#113 nationally
#95Anne#122 nationally
#63Brett#88 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,502US #1
#2Michelle1,629US #3
#3Amy1,443US #2
#4Kimberly1,367US #4
#5Lisa1,217US #5
#6Angela1,044US #7
#7Melissa936US #6
#8Heather929US #8
#9Julie885US #12
#10Nicole807US #11
#11Rebecca736US #10
#12Laura697US #19
#13Elizabeth691US #13
#14Stephanie686US #9
#15Christine645US #17
#16Mary637US #14
#17Dawn632US #21
#18Kelly597US #18
#19Christina577US #16
#20Tracy562US #20
#21Susan544US #25
#22Patricia514US #27
#23Maria510US #31
#24Karen504US #23
#25Cynthia476US #26
#26Tina457US #24
#27Tammy442US #15
#28Sarah415US #35
#29Denise389US #38
#30Lori379US #28
#31Carrie378US #46
#32Andrea375US #30
#33Shannon353US #22
#34Sandra350US #39
#35Stacey348US #41
#36Tara335US #37
#37Stacy331US #32
#38Kathleen309US #68
#39Jill305US #62
#40Tanya305US #50
#41Tonya298US #36
#42Jessica295US #34
#43Rachel290US #42
#44Monica289US #40
#45Michele280US #44
#46Wendy279US #29
#47Tiffany272US #52
#48April269US #33
#49Katherine268US #64
#50Theresa266US #69
#51Gina265US #83
#52Pamela260US #47
#53Teresa259US #45
#54Kristin257US #78
#55Tamara249US #66
#56Amanda246US #51
#57Crystal246US #48
#58Donna246US #55
#59Kristen242US #58
#60Sharon239US #57
#61Danielle235US #49
#62Debra235US #84
#63Diana233US #85
#64Erica233US #81
#65Catherine231US #67
#66Victoria230US #95
#67Dana229US #59
#68Brenda228US #53
#69Cheryl226US #74
#70Renee225US #80
#71Barbara223US #63
#72Erin223US #79
#73Jacqueline222US #88
#74Melinda220US #72
#75Deborah218US #56
#76Robin218US #60
#77Melanie217US #43
#78Linda215US #61
#79Nancy215US #77
#80Margaret214US #94
#81Ann212US #93
#82Sara212US #89
#83Veronica210US #71
#84Anna204US #86
#85Yolanda202US #113
#86Holly196US #54
#87Jamie195US #103
#88Heidi194US #65
#89Rhonda193US #70
#90Colleen181US #125
#91Valerie178US #96
#92Bridget176US #112
#93Deanna176US #111
#94Jodi176US #100
#95Anne175US #122
#96Leslie175US #75
#97Sheila174US #101
#98Paula173US #87
#99Tricia173US #123
#100Beth172US #117

Boys

#1Michael3,850US #1
#2Christopher2,247US #2
#3James2,247US #4
#4Jason2,238US #3
#5Brian2,163US #8
#6David2,081US #5
#7John2,024US #6
#8Robert2,024US #7
#9Daniel1,476US #11
#10Matthew1,393US #10
#11William1,333US #9
#12Eric1,209US #13
#13Joseph1,169US #12
#14Mark1,167US #15
#15Jeffrey1,112US #17
#16Scott1,053US #18
#17Steven1,019US #20
#18Thomas1,013US #19
#19Anthony1,008US #21
#20Timothy1,008US #22
#21Kevin1,003US #14
#22Richard989US #16
#23Chad736US #25
#24Charles719US #23
#25Andrew663US #29
#26Paul657US #24
#27Kenneth625US #28
#28Gregory590US #26
#29Shawn520US #27
#30Sean509US #36
#31Aaron502US #34
#32Patrick495US #37
#33Todd493US #35
#34Ryan483US #30
#35Ronald462US #40
#36Edward452US #39
#37Donald445US #38
#38Keith436US #41
#39Stephen415US #32
#40Jeremy413US #33
#41Jonathan408US #31
#42Peter406US #52
#43Adam400US #45
#44Douglas387US #47
#45Joshua374US #42
#46Jose373US #49
#47Craig342US #48
#48Bradley339US #62
#49Bryan336US #43
#50George315US #46
#51Frank307US #61
#52Larry301US #50
#53Dennis282US #56
#54Shane273US #54
#55Gary251US #44
#56Jeffery248US #64
#57Justin243US #51
#58Troy238US #59
#59Marcus235US #72
#60Juan230US #67
#61Antonio227US #92
#62Raymond225US #60
#63Brett223US #88
#64Terry222US #65
#65Benjamin218US #55
#66Erik214US #86
#67Marc207US #81
#68Derek205US #69
#69Joel204US #73
#70Brandon198US #58
#71Carlos197US #74
#72Phillip197US #71
#73Andre194US #132
#74Nicholas192US #85
#75Jerry191US #57
#76Samuel189US #66
#77Brent188US #80
#78Nathan186US #63
#79Derrick180US #87
#80Travis180US #53
#81Corey174US #89
#82Carl166US #90
#83Jermaine165US #127
#84Lawrence165US #104
#85Martin165US #108
#86Willie165US #109
#87Tony163US #78
#88Rodney161US #68
#89Vincent161US #99
#90Maurice158US #165
#91Jamie156US #70
#92Philip155US #91
#93Curtis154US #98
#94Randy150US #79
#95Mario144US #129
#96Roger142US #84
#97Walter142US #101
#98Micheal140US #106
#99Victor140US #103
#100Gerald137US #102

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑45Tamara#55
↑24Danielle#61
↑24Melinda#74
↑23Jessica#42
↑22Crystal#57
↑20Justin#57
↑18Victoria#66
↑17Tanya#40

Falling

↓35Deborah#75
↓28Nancy#79
↓26Linda#78
↓23Yolanda#85
↓22Heidi#88
↓21Rhonda#89
↓19Jerry#75
↓16Sheila#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.