State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 148,004 Illinois births in 1974 across 2,151 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#95Tasha#190 nationally
#91Maurice#173 nationally
#80Andre#132 nationally
#87Mario#128 nationally
#77Beth#117 nationally
#43Kathleen#76 nationally
#90Colleen#123 nationally
#100Jesus#133 nationally
#55Gina#84 nationally
#70Margaret#95 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,572US #1
#2Amy1,693US #2
#3Michelle1,531US #3
#4Kimberly1,287US #6
#5Heather1,129US #4
#6Angela1,116US #5
#7Lisa1,072US #8
#8Melissa992US #7
#9Nicole842US #11
#10Rebecca789US #10
#11Julie787US #14
#12Stephanie675US #9
#13Elizabeth666US #12
#14Mary629US #13
#15Laura627US #21
#16Christine622US #19
#17Dawn611US #22
#18Sarah585US #20
#19Kelly581US #15
#20Tracy555US #23
#21Maria533US #31
#22Christina511US #16
#23Susan453US #27
#24Jessica450US #17
#25Karen447US #26
#26Carrie444US #42
#27Tina443US #25
#28Shannon438US #18
#29Patricia429US #29
#30Cynthia406US #33
#31Rachel385US #36
#32Sandra378US #44
#33Tammy376US #24
#34Tiffany371US #41
#35Andrea369US #35
#36Amanda361US #34
#37Lori350US #30
#38Jill347US #58
#39Denise340US #53
#40Stacy324US #38
#41Erin323US #47
#42Kristen321US #45
#43Kathleen300US #76
#44Michele297US #50
#45Sara297US #61
#46Tanya293US #46
#47Stacey290US #48
#48Tonya287US #37
#49April282US #28
#50Tara276US #39
#51Tamara275US #64
#52Monica262US #43
#53Wendy261US #32
#54Danielle257US #40
#55Gina251US #84
#56Erica248US #74
#57Dana247US #55
#58Katherine243US #62
#59Theresa243US #79
#60Kristin237US #72
#61Crystal234US #49
#62Pamela234US #54
#63Teresa234US #52
#64Catherine223US #73
#65Veronica223US #71
#66Nancy221US #78
#67Brenda219US #59
#68Barbara218US #77
#69Linda209US #75
#70Margaret209US #95
#71Holly208US #56
#72Emily207US #69
#73Heidi206US #60
#74Sharon204US #70
#75Christy203US #57
#76Jodi201US #91
#77Beth199US #117
#78Diana199US #87
#79Jacqueline197US #83
#80Leslie197US #65
#81Robin197US #63
#82Kathryn196US #98
#83Renee195US #85
#84Brandy193US #80
#85Megan192US #105
#86Melinda190US #81
#87Ann189US #100
#88Valerie189US #93
#89Cheryl187US #88
#90Colleen184US #123
#91Yolanda184US #112
#92Melanie181US #51
#93Donna175US #67
#94Deborah172US #68
#95Tasha171US #190
#96Victoria169US #104
#97Jamie168US #97
#98Anna167US #82
#99Debra167US #94
#100Joy158US #109

Boys

#1Michael3,601US #1
#2Jason2,636US #2
#3Christopher2,405US #3
#4David2,185US #4
#5James2,174US #5
#6Brian2,048US #8
#7John1,926US #6
#8Robert1,846US #7
#9Matthew1,552US #9
#10Daniel1,407US #11
#11William1,313US #10
#12Joseph1,193US #12
#13Mark1,187US #16
#14Eric1,162US #13
#15Jeffrey1,076US #15
#16Scott1,032US #18
#17Steven1,001US #19
#18Thomas986US #20
#19Kevin984US #14
#20Timothy982US #22
#21Anthony957US #21
#22Richard916US #17
#23Ryan715US #25
#24Andrew705US #28
#25Chad682US #26
#26Charles679US #23
#27Paul650US #27
#28Jeremy644US #24
#29Joshua600US #29
#30Aaron571US #32
#31Shawn553US #30
#32Gregory527US #31
#33Kenneth523US #34
#34Edward495US #40
#35Jose473US #47
#36Sean453US #37
#37Adam447US #36
#38Patrick443US #38
#39Todd443US #39
#40Jonathan430US #33
#41Stephen421US #35
#42Keith414US #44
#43Donald404US #41
#44Ronald388US #42
#45Peter364US #50
#46Bradley345US #58
#47George345US #49
#48Douglas336US #53
#49Bryan323US #45
#50Craig314US #57
#51Larry301US #55
#52Justin296US #43
#53Frank288US #65
#54Benjamin286US #46
#55Nathan263US #52
#56Gary261US #48
#57Brandon257US #51
#58Shane251US #56
#59Juan250US #64
#60Dennis247US #59
#61Marcus243US #73
#62Raymond242US #62
#63Jerry229US #61
#64Jeffery226US #66
#65Phillip221US #70
#66Antonio220US #82
#67Nicholas217US #80
#68Erik209US #90
#69Derek205US #74
#70Joel205US #75
#71Troy202US #63
#72Carlos200US #71
#73Rodney198US #72
#74Terry197US #69
#75Brent185US #76
#76Samuel181US #60
#77Travis181US #54
#78Corey175US #77
#79Derrick170US #87
#80Andre169US #132
#81Jamie169US #68
#82Jesse168US #67
#83Brett166US #95
#84Tony163US #81
#85Victor162US #96
#86Lawrence157US #100
#87Mario154US #128
#88Micheal152US #102
#89Philip152US #86
#90Randy151US #79
#91Maurice148US #173
#92Jon146US #94
#93Luis145US #106
#94Marc145US #85
#95Vincent145US #107
#96Willie143US #119
#97Brad142US #105
#98Martin139US #109
#99Carl136US #89
#100Jesus131US #133

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑37Sara#45
↑31Erin#41
↑23Beth#77
↑23Nathan#55
↑20Amanda#36
↑18Jessica#24
↑18Veronica#65
↑18Jodi#76

Falling

↓37Debra#99
↓35Donna#93
↓30Victoria#96
↓27Marc#94
↓20Cheryl#89
↓20Brett#83
↓19Deborah#94
↓17Carl#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.