State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 153,696 Illinois births in 1977 across 2,321 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#94Aisha#175 nationally
#98Latasha#170 nationally
#97Colleen#145 nationally
#79Anne#123 nationally
#86Latoya#125 nationally
#86Martin#125 nationally
#61Beth#97 nationally
#97Jesus#132 nationally
#77Margaret#111 nationally
#59Jacqueline#92 nationally
#48Kathleen#80 nationally
#54Kristin#82 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,197US #1
#2Amy1,361US #3
#3Melissa1,267US #2
#4Michelle1,159US #7
#5Heather1,116US #5
#6Kelly1,114US #10
#7Nicole1,069US #15
#8Jessica1,066US #4
#9Angela1,055US #6
#10Sarah1,028US #11
#11Elizabeth1,014US #13
#12Kimberly976US #8
#13Lisa899US #12
#14Amanda837US #9
#15Jamie737US #18
#16Rebecca718US #17
#17Christina694US #16
#18Laura660US #20
#19Stephanie647US #14
#20Julie634US #22
#21Erin549US #23
#22Mary547US #21
#23Carrie533US #28
#24Sara522US #27
#25Shannon508US #19
#26Rachel489US #26
#27Christine488US #30
#28Andrea459US #24
#29Maria450US #36
#30Dawn442US #43
#31Tiffany415US #34
#32Katherine399US #44
#33Jill392US #41
#34Megan392US #54
#35Erica386US #38
#36Karen384US #32
#37Tracy368US #50
#38Danielle360US #31
#39Patricia349US #47
#40Crystal326US #25
#41Emily323US #37
#42Susan323US #45
#43Jaime316US #46
#44Stacy309US #42
#45April306US #29
#46Tara300US #35
#47Cynthia286US #48
#48Kathleen280US #80
#49Monica269US #39
#50Tina265US #58
#51Amber260US #33
#52Stacey255US #56
#53Kathryn249US #70
#54Kristin242US #82
#55Dana238US #62
#56Kristen237US #72
#57Sandra237US #61
#58Wendy237US #49
#59Jacqueline234US #92
#60Catherine228US #75
#61Beth226US #97
#62Gina226US #88
#63Holly223US #52
#64Natalie221US #69
#65Lori207US #57
#66Tammy206US #55
#67Leslie205US #65
#68Melanie202US #53
#69Denise201US #78
#70Kristina201US #83
#71Nancy201US #89
#72Renee201US #87
#73Sabrina198US #63
#74Veronica198US #73
#75Alicia197US #60
#76Brandy197US #51
#77Margaret192US #111
#78Courtney190US #76
#79Anne189US #123
#80Brandi188US #71
#81Misty186US #40
#82Diana183US #100
#83Anna182US #74
#84Theresa182US #98
#85Allison178US #66
#86Latoya177US #125
#87Linda177US #99
#88Michele177US #77
#89Vanessa174US #90
#90Heidi171US #81
#91Valerie171US #86
#92Samantha165US #85
#93Victoria165US #107
#94Aisha163US #175
#95Deborah158US #109
#96Tanya157US #67
#97Colleen156US #145
#98Latasha155US #170
#99Tamara155US #93
#100Kristy154US #68

Boys

#1Michael3,801US #1
#2Jason2,932US #2
#3David2,095US #4
#4James2,094US #5
#5Brian2,048US #8
#6Christopher2,022US #3
#7Matthew1,776US #9
#8Robert1,742US #6
#9John1,695US #7
#10Daniel1,430US #11
#11Joseph1,378US #10
#12Eric1,250US #17
#13Ryan1,244US #16
#14Kevin1,209US #13
#15Joshua1,198US #14
#16William1,130US #12
#17Anthony1,087US #21
#18Timothy1,086US #18
#19Jeremy988US #15
#20Jeffrey968US #19
#21Steven955US #23
#22Andrew924US #24
#23Thomas915US #22
#24Mark899US #25
#25Scott825US #27
#26Richard813US #20
#27Charles677US #26
#28Chad615US #34
#29Paul597US #31
#30Adam596US #33
#31Aaron566US #32
#32Justin553US #30
#33Benjamin532US #29
#34Gregory529US #35
#35Jonathan483US #28
#36Kenneth479US #39
#37Shawn462US #37
#38Patrick459US #40
#39Jose450US #45
#40Bradley449US #49
#41Nathan447US #36
#42Sean417US #43
#43Edward415US #47
#44Nicholas403US #51
#45Todd396US #50
#46Peter388US #55
#47Stephen386US #38
#48Keith372US #48
#49Bryan367US #42
#50Brandon336US #41
#51Ronald315US #53
#52Jacob311US #56
#53Donald309US #46
#54Douglas304US #59
#55George301US #57
#56Corey300US #52
#57Juan270US #63
#58Antonio260US #77
#59Marcus251US #72
#60Larry242US #62
#61Frank240US #71
#62Cory239US #67
#63Travis239US #44
#64Craig235US #64
#65Raymond232US #65
#66Dennis219US #68
#67Samuel219US #60
#68Shane218US #61
#69Phillip215US #70
#70Joel201US #73
#71Carlos200US #74
#72Derrick196US #80
#73Gary193US #58
#74Jesse190US #54
#75Jeremiah189US #69
#76Derek182US #84
#77Wesley182US #66
#78Jeffery181US #78
#79Erik178US #94
#80Brent176US #85
#81Carl169US #99
#82Tony169US #92
#83Kyle168US #79
#84Jerry165US #75
#85Terry165US #83
#86Martin163US #125
#87Luis162US #108
#88Philip160US #90
#89Brett157US #109
#90Alexander152US #96
#91Dustin152US #81
#92Troy151US #88
#93Nathaniel149US #107
#94Victor149US #104
#95Shaun148US #103
#96Vincent148US #110
#97Jesus147US #132
#98Gabriel146US #87
#99Curtis141US #100
#100Marc140US #101

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑28Melanie#68
↑27Beth#61
↑24Jeremiah#75
↑23Jacqueline#59
↑20Nicholas#44
↑18Anne#79
↑18Misty#81
↑17Kristen#56

Falling

↓38Tanya#96
↓31Michele#88
↓27Brandy#76
↓20Veronica#74
↓19Lori#65
↓19Victoria#93
↓17Kyle#83
↓15Samantha#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.