State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 147,930 Illinois births in 1975 across 2,237 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#96Maurice#169 nationally
#66Yolanda#107 nationally
#83Andre#123 nationally
#85Mario#125 nationally
#95Kari#129 nationally
#100Colleen#133 nationally
#38Megan#69 nationally
#52Kathleen#80 nationally
#91Willie#118 nationally
#93Beth#120 nationally
#73Margaret#98 nationally
#82Luis#107 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,207US #1
#2Amy1,793US #2
#3Michelle1,357US #6
#4Angela1,180US #5
#5Heather1,135US #3
#6Kimberly1,123US #7
#7Melissa1,098US #4
#8Lisa1,012US #8
#9Nicole898US #10
#10Elizabeth740US #15
#11Rebecca736US #11
#12Stephanie705US #9
#13Kelly704US #16
#14Julie702US #18
#15Sarah692US #17
#16Amanda663US #14
#17Christina634US #12
#18Dawn628US #23
#19Laura625US #20
#20Christine588US #22
#21Mary578US #19
#22Tiffany514US #37
#23Carrie513US #29
#24Jessica505US #13
#25Tracy486US #24
#26Karen464US #27
#27Maria459US #30
#28Rachel438US #26
#29Susan430US #32
#30Andrea403US #28
#31Patricia389US #36
#32Erin379US #38
#33Jill367US #46
#34Shannon345US #21
#35Stacy343US #34
#36Tina340US #35
#37Sandra329US #51
#38Megan320US #69
#39April319US #25
#40Lori318US #39
#41Cynthia315US #40
#42Stacey312US #44
#43Sara301US #54
#44Wendy297US #33
#45Tammy293US #31
#46Katherine290US #58
#47Tara283US #41
#48Kristen282US #60
#49Danielle278US #42
#50Denise278US #64
#51Erica273US #63
#52Kathleen271US #80
#53Michele265US #56
#54Tanya256US #50
#55Theresa248US #78
#56Kristin246US #74
#57Crystal242US #43
#58Jamie241US #68
#59Dana239US #62
#60Emily237US #48
#61Teresa235US #61
#62Gina230US #84
#63Monica230US #49
#64Catherine226US #73
#65Veronica226US #72
#66Yolanda225US #107
#67Holly218US #55
#68Tonya216US #45
#69Nancy211US #82
#70Renee210US #87
#71Brandy205US #57
#72Jacqueline202US #90
#73Margaret199US #98
#74Tamara197US #77
#75Leslie195US #71
#76Pamela193US #70
#77Heidi191US #66
#78Sharon190US #75
#79Barbara189US #83
#80Brenda189US #67
#81Victoria189US #105
#82Christy186US #53
#83Robin186US #65
#84Amber185US #59
#85Melanie184US #52
#86Kathryn182US #99
#87Diana181US #100
#88Jodi180US #94
#89Cheryl178US #97
#90Melinda178US #91
#91Anna171US #79
#92Valerie171US #92
#93Beth167US #120
#94Courtney165US #102
#95Kari163US #129
#96Linda162US #81
#97Allison161US #89
#98Deborah161US #86
#99Alicia156US #76
#100Colleen154US #133

Boys

#1Michael3,859US #1
#2Jason2,706US #2
#3David2,086US #5
#4Christopher2,063US #3
#5James1,958US #4
#6Brian1,859US #8
#7John1,784US #7
#8Robert1,738US #6
#9Matthew1,621US #9
#10Daniel1,378US #11
#11William1,219US #10
#12Eric1,215US #13
#13Joseph1,209US #12
#14Anthony1,064US #21
#15Mark1,048US #19
#16Jeffrey1,046US #14
#17Scott996US #17
#18Timothy984US #22
#19Thomas966US #20
#20Steven963US #18
#21Ryan941US #23
#22Kevin878US #15
#23Richard849US #16
#24Joshua776US #26
#25Andrew753US #28
#26Jeremy691US #24
#27Chad670US #27
#28Charles647US #25
#29Paul630US #29
#30Aaron574US #32
#31Gregory565US #33
#32Patrick526US #39
#33Shawn479US #31
#34Kenneth476US #35
#35Adam470US #38
#36Todd467US #43
#37Jose454US #48
#38Jonathan451US #30
#39Benjamin441US #36
#40Edward409US #41
#41Sean401US #40
#42Peter387US #54
#43Donald380US #42
#44Stephen370US #34
#45Bradley368US #52
#46Ronald355US #46
#47Keith350US #49
#48Bryan349US #47
#49Justin348US #37
#50Nathan331US #45
#51Juan308US #60
#52Douglas291US #55
#53George290US #53
#54Brandon287US #44
#55Larry274US #56
#56Antonio265US #77
#57Craig262US #58
#58Shane254US #57
#59Raymond253US #63
#60Marcus247US #68
#61Frank240US #66
#62Gary240US #50
#63Nicholas238US #81
#64Samuel238US #61
#65Jeffery233US #70
#66Dennis225US #59
#67Terry224US #67
#68Phillip220US #72
#69Corey215US #71
#70Travis208US #51
#71Joel206US #74
#72Carlos203US #73
#73Erik198US #87
#74Brent194US #79
#75Jerry193US #65
#76Derek188US #83
#77Derrick185US #90
#78Brett184US #92
#79Troy179US #69
#80Jamie178US #62
#81Victor168US #95
#82Luis166US #107
#83Andre165US #123
#84Marc162US #89
#85Mario161US #125
#86Alexander160US #105
#87Jacob160US #75
#88Tony158US #80
#89Kyle157US #88
#90Randy156US #78
#91Willie155US #118
#92Philip154US #85
#93Jesse149US #64
#94Rodney146US #76
#95Micheal145US #104
#96Maurice144US #169
#97Lawrence140US #110
#98Martin140US #119
#99Carl137US #91
#100Russell137US #82

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑47Megan#38
↑39Jamie#58
↑25Yolanda#66
↑20Amanda#16
↑15Victoria#81
↑15Benjamin#39
↑13Renee#70
↑13Brandy#71

Falling

↓27Linda#96
↓23Tamara#74
↓21Rodney#94
↓20Tonya#68
↓16Beth#93
↓14Pamela#76
↓13Brenda#80
↓12Tammy#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.