State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 163,703 Illinois births in 1980 across 2,432 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#80Colleen#137 nationally
#44Kathleen#82 nationally
#90Miguel#128 nationally
#95Andre#133 nationally
#59Monique#93 nationally
#51Sandra#80 nationally
#77Beth#106 nationally
#54Jacqueline#81 nationally
#78Margaret#105 nationally
#85Anne#112 nationally
#87Meghan#114 nationally
#97Latoya#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,959US #1
#2Amanda1,682US #2
#3Melissa1,522US #4
#4Jessica1,350US #3
#5Sarah1,350US #5
#6Nicole1,332US #7
#7Elizabeth1,193US #9
#8Michelle1,145US #10
#9Amy991US #8
#10Tiffany945US #14
#11Angela898US #12
#12Kelly879US #19
#13Heather871US #6
#14Kimberly847US #11
#15Lisa832US #16
#16Stephanie818US #13
#17Christina765US #15
#18Laura750US #21
#19Erin729US #20
#20Rebecca728US #17
#21Mary621US #25
#22Jamie606US #24
#23Sara595US #27
#24Megan593US #30
#25Rachel587US #23
#26Julie528US #32
#27Crystal506US #18
#28Andrea499US #28
#29Katherine488US #35
#30Amber480US #22
#31Erica479US #34
#32Kristin478US #37
#33Danielle470US #33
#34Maria458US #36
#35Christine429US #41
#36Shannon428US #29
#37Emily420US #31
#38April419US #26
#39Lauren380US #38
#40Kathryn359US #50
#41Kristen349US #39
#42Carrie343US #46
#43Samantha325US #58
#44Kathleen322US #82
#45Jill317US #66
#46Monica310US #45
#47Patricia310US #51
#48Dawn307US #67
#49Katie306US #44
#50Tracy280US #56
#51Sandra278US #80
#52Susan277US #62
#53Courtney270US #48
#54Jacqueline269US #81
#55Alicia267US #47
#56Karen257US #54
#57Veronica254US #70
#58Brandy248US #42
#59Monique248US #93
#60Natalie248US #65
#61Anna243US #55
#62Tara237US #43
#63Tina237US #72
#64Kristina234US #73
#65Allison232US #59
#66Cynthia230US #64
#67Valerie227US #85
#68Stacy226US #53
#69Brooke224US #57
#70Dana221US #68
#71Leslie221US #61
#72Stacey219US #74
#73Katrina217US #90
#74Lindsay215US #71
#75Holly211US #52
#76Catherine209US #77
#77Beth208US #106
#78Margaret207US #105
#79Theresa207US #104
#80Colleen205US #137
#81Vanessa204US #69
#82Gina200US #100
#83Brandi192US #63
#84Kristy190US #78
#85Anne187US #112
#86Ashley184US #40
#87Meghan184US #114
#88Nancy182US #111
#89Lori181US #76
#90Heidi178US #79
#91Julia178US #98
#92Denise176US #95
#93Victoria174US #103
#94Erika173US #87
#95Tanya172US #88
#96Melanie170US #60
#97Latoya168US #123
#98Nichole167US #102
#99Lindsey163US #91
#100Tammy159US #96

Boys

#1Michael3,759US #1
#2Jason2,358US #3
#3Christopher2,182US #2
#4David2,076US #4
#5Matthew2,040US #6
#6James1,912US #5
#7Robert1,717US #9
#8Daniel1,694US #11
#9John1,691US #8
#10Joseph1,683US #10
#11Brian1,594US #12
#12Joshua1,564US #7
#13Ryan1,301US #15
#14Nicholas1,282US #17
#15Eric1,277US #16
#16Justin1,211US #13
#17Timothy1,184US #20
#18William1,156US #14
#19Anthony1,110US #24
#20Andrew1,063US #19
#21Adam1,061US #22
#22Thomas1,006US #25
#23Kevin966US #23
#24Steven933US #28
#25Jeremy907US #18
#26Jeffrey899US #27
#27Mark802US #30
#28Scott793US #33
#29Jonathan766US #21
#30Richard721US #26
#31Charles711US #29
#32Brandon643US #31
#33Aaron637US #34
#34Paul633US #35
#35Patrick578US #38
#36Benjamin576US #32
#37Jose552US #46
#38Nathan531US #36
#39Gregory516US #42
#40Chad485US #39
#41Kenneth482US #41
#42Bradley466US #51
#43Jacob421US #43
#44Stephen419US #40
#45Sean398US #48
#46Kyle379US #57
#47Peter374US #55
#48Edward361US #52
#49Dustin352US #44
#50Juan345US #59
#51Donald340US #53
#52Travis335US #37
#53Bryan330US #49
#54Derek328US #50
#55Keith324US #56
#56Shawn310US #47
#57Erik306US #64
#58Ronald301US #58
#59Douglas286US #62
#60Antonio282US #77
#61George273US #60
#62Marcus258US #71
#63Phillip257US #65
#64Todd246US #75
#65Raymond244US #66
#66Samuel237US #54
#67Larry235US #70
#68Jesse232US #45
#69Carlos231US #78
#70Philip229US #82
#71Corey228US #68
#72Luis221US #88
#73Zachary219US #72
#74Craig215US #73
#75Joel200US #67
#76Frank199US #81
#77Dennis198US #80
#78Mario197US #102
#79Shaun195US #79
#80Derrick192US #74
#81Gary192US #63
#82Jared190US #61
#83Carl188US #103
#84Brent186US #84
#85Cory186US #83
#86Brett181US #96
#87Shane181US #69
#88Curtis179US #89
#89Lucas179US #98
#90Miguel179US #128
#91Alexander178US #91
#92Jeffery166US #90
#93Jesus166US #110
#94Randy165US #87
#95Andre163US #133
#96Luke161US #97
#97Vincent161US #111
#98Nathaniel160US #86
#99Jeremiah159US #76
#100Ricardo156US #117

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑28Kristen#41
↑28Valerie#67
↑28Dustin#49
↑27Brooke#69
↑19Kristin#32
↑17Lauren#39
↑16Katrina#73
↑16Philip#70

Falling

↓20Stacy#68
↓18Gina#82
↓18Nichole#98
↓16Brett#86
↓15Tara#62
↓15Catherine#76
↓14Shaun#79
↓13Heidi#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.