State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 148,333 Illinois births in 1976 across 2,249 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#98Maurice#174 nationally
#75Latoya#135 nationally
#84Colleen#136 nationally
#83Mario#130 nationally
#85Andre#125 nationally
#53Kathleen#82 nationally
#76Margaret#103 nationally
#82Brett#109 nationally
#97Anne#124 nationally
#88Beth#114 nationally
#95Willie#121 nationally
#37Megan#62 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,227US #1
#2Amy1,681US #2
#3Michelle1,201US #6
#4Melissa1,155US #3
#5Heather1,140US #4
#6Angela1,082US #5
#7Kimberly1,049US #7
#8Lisa978US #9
#9Nicole966US #13
#10Elizabeth843US #16
#11Sarah778US #15
#12Rebecca764US #12
#13Amanda758US #10
#14Jessica725US #8
#15Jamie704US #18
#16Laura698US #20
#17Julie696US #21
#18Kelly664US #19
#19Christina657US #14
#20Stephanie645US #11
#21Shannon582US #17
#22Mary503US #22
#23Carrie495US #28
#24Christine493US #26
#25Tiffany492US #32
#26Maria487US #34
#27Erin482US #24
#28Tracy466US #37
#29Dawn448US #35
#30Sara444US #27
#31Jaime429US #29
#32Rachel417US #23
#33Karen391US #31
#34Andrea383US #25
#35Susan363US #40
#36Jill348US #52
#37Megan341US #62
#38Danielle339US #33
#39Patricia336US #43
#40Cynthia326US #44
#41Katherine314US #57
#42Stacy311US #38
#43April301US #30
#44Tina299US #48
#45Sandra298US #59
#46Lori272US #47
#47Stacey266US #51
#48Erica265US #54
#49Brandy263US #55
#50Crystal261US #36
#51Tara260US #42
#52Monica258US #45
#53Kathleen253US #82
#54Veronica252US #68
#55Kristin247US #74
#56Emily244US #50
#57Michele232US #63
#58Tanya232US #61
#59Amber229US #49
#60Tammy229US #41
#61Denise225US #69
#62Catherine221US #72
#63Leslie212US #65
#64Wendy212US #39
#65Kathryn211US #88
#66Renee209US #86
#67Natalie207US #80
#68Nancy205US #87
#69Dana204US #64
#70Theresa203US #89
#71Holly201US #56
#72Gina200US #94
#73Kristen198US #73
#74Victoria198US #92
#75Latoya194US #135
#76Margaret191US #103
#77Samantha189US #85
#78Diana188US #101
#79Courtney185US #76
#80Allison183US #67
#81Valerie183US #83
#82Jacqueline182US #99
#83Teresa179US #66
#84Colleen177US #136
#85Robin177US #75
#86Alicia175US #71
#87Christy173US #60
#88Beth172US #114
#89Heidi172US #70
#90Deborah170US #96
#91Linda170US #90
#92Ann169US #108
#93Sharon168US #81
#94Tonya168US #58
#95Brandi166US #79
#96Melanie165US #53
#97Anne164US #124
#98Yolanda163US #117
#99Misty162US #46
#100Brenda161US #77

Boys

#1Michael3,680US #1
#2Jason2,717US #2
#3Christopher2,008US #3
#4David1,965US #4
#5Brian1,915US #8
#6James1,870US #5
#7John1,832US #6
#8Robert1,786US #7
#9Matthew1,732US #9
#10Daniel1,393US #10
#11Joseph1,345US #12
#12Eric1,267US #13
#13William1,139US #11
#14Anthony1,101US #22
#15Ryan1,040US #16
#16Timothy1,000US #21
#17Jeremy958US #14
#18Kevin956US #15
#19Jeffrey945US #17
#20Steven942US #20
#21Thomas934US #23
#22Scott927US #24
#23Mark889US #25
#24Joshua839US #18
#25Richard795US #19
#26Andrew765US #27
#27Aaron654US #30
#28Chad652US #29
#29Paul639US #28
#30Charles637US #26
#31Adam593US #36
#32Gregory524US #35
#33Shawn473US #34
#34Patrick471US #41
#35Benjamin469US #32
#36Jose448US #44
#37Kenneth447US #38
#38Edward446US #45
#39Todd434US #50
#40Jonathan431US #31
#41Nathan428US #39
#42Sean414US #42
#43Bradley400US #51
#44Stephen396US #37
#45Justin394US #33
#46Keith391US #48
#47Peter356US #54
#48Ronald338US #49
#49Bryan334US #43
#50Donald334US #47
#51Brandon326US #40
#52Douglas325US #56
#53Juan309US #58
#54George285US #53
#55Craig274US #61
#56Antonio270US #71
#57Marcus261US #74
#58Travis242US #46
#59Corey239US #64
#60Shane239US #57
#61Frank237US #68
#62Dennis235US #66
#63Jacob230US #63
#64Nicholas229US #77
#65Larry225US #60
#66Kyle216US #80
#67Gary213US #52
#68Phillip213US #69
#69Samuel203US #59
#70Carlos198US #70
#71Jerry197US #67
#72Joel194US #72
#73Raymond193US #65
#74Jesse189US #55
#75Jeffery187US #76
#76Jamie186US #62
#77Brent175US #78
#78Cory168US #83
#79Derek168US #84
#80Derrick167US #91
#81Troy167US #73
#82Brett166US #109
#83Mario164US #130
#84Terry164US #75
#85Andre161US #125
#86Erik160US #94
#87Marc160US #99
#88Carl158US #95
#89Philip158US #89
#90Tony158US #86
#91Curtis151US #105
#92Luis144US #110
#93Micheal144US #116
#94Victor144US #100
#95Willie144US #121
#96Martin142US #118
#97Lawrence140US #113
#98Maurice136US #174
#99Jeremiah135US #93
#100Dustin133US #82

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑43Jamie#15
↑25Amber#59
↑24Jacob#63
↑23Kyle#66
↑22Brandy#49
↑21Kathryn#65
↑19Jesse#74
↑17Allison#80

Falling

↓32Yolanda#98
↓26Tonya#94
↓25Kristen#73
↓22Teresa#83
↓20Wendy#64
↓20Brenda#100
↓17Terry#84
↓15Tammy#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.