State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 150,294 Illinois births in 1978 across 2,315 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#82Colleen#133 nationally
#96Ricardo#140 nationally
#88Andre#129 nationally
#84Victoria#121 nationally
#43Kathleen#79 nationally
#69Theresa#101 nationally
#78Margaret#110 nationally
#62Gina#93 nationally
#81Luis#110 nationally
#98Martin#126 nationally
#80Beth#107 nationally
#55Jacqueline#81 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,814US #1
#2Melissa1,364US #2
#3Amy1,172US #4
#4Nicole1,152US #10
#5Heather1,114US #5
#6Sarah1,107US #8
#7Jessica1,079US #3
#8Michelle1,058US #9
#9Elizabeth1,018US #14
#10Kelly1,013US #12
#11Amanda1,008US #6
#12Angela1,005US #7
#13Lisa927US #11
#14Kimberly853US #13
#15Stephanie769US #16
#16Christina758US #15
#17Rebecca675US #17
#18Laura654US #19
#19Julie619US #26
#20Jamie600US #20
#21Erin575US #21
#22Andrea535US #23
#23Sara517US #28
#24Mary489US #24
#25Christine486US #29
#26Maria463US #36
#27Rachel457US #25
#28Shannon447US #22
#29Tiffany443US #32
#30Katherine434US #38
#31Crystal418US #18
#32Carrie415US #35
#33Jill406US #46
#34Erica397US #34
#35Megan387US #41
#36Danielle378US #31
#37April375US #27
#38Tracy367US #47
#39Karen358US #39
#40Dawn355US #52
#41Emily343US #33
#42Amber320US #30
#43Kathleen309US #79
#44Patricia299US #48
#45Stacy297US #44
#46Tina297US #45
#47Monica287US #42
#48Susan282US #49
#49Tara278US #40
#50Cynthia277US #50
#51Stacey276US #53
#52Kathryn274US #57
#53Brandy262US #37
#54Veronica262US #73
#55Jacqueline259US #81
#56Kristin256US #78
#57Sandra254US #69
#58Kristen247US #62
#59Catherine246US #72
#60Kristy245US #51
#61Kristina239US #64
#62Gina235US #93
#63Dana234US #71
#64Jaime227US #70
#65Courtney224US #68
#66Alicia209US #58
#67Samantha206US #74
#68Natalie200US #66
#69Theresa195US #101
#70Anna192US #65
#71Nancy192US #97
#72Holly191US #55
#73Denise188US #85
#74Lori187US #60
#75Vanessa185US #76
#76Brandi184US #61
#77Michele181US #86
#78Margaret179US #110
#79Valerie178US #92
#80Beth176US #107
#81Tammy176US #67
#82Colleen173US #133
#83Katie172US #90
#84Victoria172US #121
#85Lauren169US #80
#86Melanie168US #54
#87Teresa168US #88
#88Renee167US #99
#89Cheryl166US #94
#90Melinda164US #84
#91Robin164US #89
#92Misty163US #43
#93Tanya160US #82
#94Diana159US #102
#95Anne158US #119
#96Christy158US #59
#97Lindsay156US #95
#98Leslie155US #63
#99Linda155US #100
#100Allison154US #75

Boys

#1Michael3,630US #1
#2Jason2,409US #2
#3Christopher2,027US #3
#4David1,986US #4
#5Matthew1,891US #6
#6James1,875US #5
#7Robert1,722US #8
#8Brian1,715US #9
#9John1,633US #7
#10Daniel1,462US #11
#11Joseph1,410US #10
#12Joshua1,288US #12
#13Timothy1,198US #17
#14Eric1,191US #16
#15Ryan1,164US #14
#16Kevin1,142US #15
#17William1,070US #13
#18Anthony1,028US #20
#19Jeffrey1,001US #19
#20Nicholas976US #25
#21Thomas908US #23
#22Andrew887US #22
#23Jeremy884US #18
#24Steven872US #24
#25Mark828US #26
#26Scott824US #30
#27Richard803US #21
#28Adam774US #29
#29Charles676US #27
#30Aaron610US #32
#31Paul586US #33
#32Justin572US #28
#33Patrick526US #42
#34Benjamin508US #34
#35Gregory505US #38
#36Jose486US #44
#37Chad478US #35
#38Jonathan478US #31
#39Kenneth473US #41
#40Nathan450US #36
#41Bradley420US #53
#42Peter403US #54
#43Stephen399US #37
#44Brandon387US #40
#45Edward374US #47
#46Sean374US #45
#47Todd368US #56
#48Shawn359US #39
#49Donald350US #48
#50Keith345US #49
#51Juan334US #62
#52Bryan321US #43
#53Shaun304US #52
#54Ronald295US #55
#55Jacob289US #50
#56Douglas288US #59
#57George281US #58
#58Craig258US #66
#59Antonio240US #79
#60Kyle236US #63
#61Corey234US #61
#62Erik233US #85
#63Phillip233US #67
#64Marcus226US #70
#65Frank211US #77
#66Larry210US #64
#67Raymond208US #69
#68Travis206US #46
#69Dennis205US #71
#70Philip205US #84
#71Samuel203US #57
#72Cory198US #73
#73Joel198US #74
#74Derek195US #75
#75Jeffery195US #80
#76Shane190US #65
#77Dustin189US #68
#78Gary189US #60
#79Carlos184US #78
#80Derrick181US #76
#81Luis179US #110
#82Jeremiah176US #81
#83Jesse168US #51
#84Terry165US #91
#85Zachary163US #89
#86Alexander161US #98
#87Victor160US #103
#88Andre153US #129
#89Vincent153US #105
#90Brent150US #87
#91Mario150US #114
#92Lawrence148US #113
#93Brett146US #112
#94Nathaniel145US #94
#95Marc142US #107
#96Ricardo142US #140
#97Jerry138US #82
#98Martin138US #126
#99Tony138US #97
#100Randy136US #86

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑42Shaun#53
↑40Kristy#60
↑25Samantha#67
↑24Nicholas#20
↑23Brandy#53
↑23Kyle#60
↑20Veronica#54
↑18Philip#70

Falling

↓31Leslie#98
↓21Jaime#64
↓19Beth#80
↓18Melanie#86
↓17Tony#99
↓16Renee#88
↓16Anne#95
↓15Tammy#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.