State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 158,291 Illinois births in 1982 across 2,327 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#83Colleen#139 nationally
#98Willie#144 nationally
#100Carolyn#146 nationally
#78Anne#122 nationally
#84Gina#124 nationally
#72Lucas#106 nationally
#91Andre#124 nationally
#61Latoya#91 nationally
#80Nancy#106 nationally
#83Mario#109 nationally
#85Miguel#110 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,763US #1
#2Jessica1,808US #2
#3Nicole1,492US #6
#4Amanda1,489US #3
#5Sarah1,406US #4
#6Elizabeth1,211US #8
#7Melissa1,191US #5
#8Stephanie1,012US #7
#9Michelle1,004US #11
#10Amy965US #10
#11Tiffany891US #13
#12Erin778US #20
#13Rebecca751US #15
#14Kimberly738US #14
#15Laura735US #22
#16Rachel725US #21
#17Lisa716US #23
#18Angela679US #16
#19Kelly675US #25
#20Heather670US #12
#21Crystal646US #9
#22Lauren592US #26
#23Megan586US #34
#24Christina585US #19
#25Amber574US #18
#26Jamie566US #29
#27Katherine564US #36
#28Danielle556US #31
#29Sara545US #28
#30Emily544US #24
#31Andrea542US #27
#32Mary519US #30
#33Kristin504US #37
#34Ashley489US #17
#35Erica474US #35
#36Kristen449US #33
#37Julie442US #41
#38Kathryn427US #48
#39Maria398US #42
#40Lindsay390US #39
#41April388US #32
#42Lindsey387US #40
#43Samantha370US #44
#44Shannon368US #38
#45Jacqueline362US #54
#46Katie362US #45
#47Christine347US #46
#48Natalie327US #51
#49Courtney297US #43
#50Carrie292US #57
#51Patricia288US #59
#52Diana283US #63
#53Kathleen274US #77
#54Tara268US #47
#55Allison255US #58
#56Vanessa252US #49
#57Victoria252US #66
#58Alicia246US #53
#59Anna244US #56
#60Dana244US #67
#61Latoya242US #91
#62Susan241US #76
#63Karen240US #68
#64Monica239US #52
#65Cassandra234US #62
#66Catherine232US #73
#67Veronica231US #69
#68Leslie222US #60
#69Cynthia212US #64
#70Sandra210US #80
#71Brandy209US #50
#72Tracy205US #88
#73Margaret204US #97
#74Kristina203US #70
#75Candice196US #78
#76Jill195US #89
#77Stacy191US #72
#78Anne188US #122
#79Valerie188US #75
#80Nancy186US #106
#81Jillian184US #96
#82Tina184US #90
#83Colleen182US #139
#84Gina182US #124
#85Theresa180US #109
#86Melanie175US #65
#87Alexis174US #93
#88Katrina174US #87
#89Dawn172US #95
#90Erika172US #81
#91Holly170US #61
#92Krystal168US #83
#93Julia165US #84
#94Brandi163US #55
#95Brittany163US #94
#96Monique163US #116
#97Heidi161US #86
#98Natasha158US #71
#99Nichole156US #99
#100Carolyn155US #146

Boys

#1Michael3,547US #1
#2Christopher2,563US #2
#3Matthew2,318US #3
#4David1,960US #5
#5Jason1,905US #4
#6Daniel1,769US #10
#7James1,739US #6
#8Robert1,696US #9
#9John1,678US #8
#10Joseph1,621US #11
#11Joshua1,541US #7
#12Brian1,482US #14
#13Ryan1,326US #13
#14Justin1,214US #12
#15Andrew1,194US #17
#16Eric1,162US #20
#17Anthony1,131US #21
#18Adam1,126US #19
#19William1,101US #15
#20Nicholas1,089US #22
#21Timothy977US #24
#22Kevin963US #25
#23Steven940US #26
#24Jonathan937US #16
#25Thomas879US #23
#26Brandon862US #18
#27Jeffrey855US #29
#28Mark761US #32
#29Richard752US #27
#30Scott721US #34
#31Aaron713US #30
#32Patrick648US #37
#33Jeremy643US #28
#34Charles622US #31
#35Paul613US #35
#36Benjamin561US #33
#37Jose523US #46
#38Kyle499US #47
#39Gregory496US #40
#40Jacob493US #41
#41Kenneth488US #45
#42Nathan487US #36
#43Bradley425US #51
#44Stephen419US #38
#45Sean418US #44
#46Dustin402US #42
#47Peter367US #57
#48Edward356US #53
#49Keith324US #59
#50Chad321US #48
#51Derek318US #50
#52Travis318US #39
#53Zachary314US #55
#54Jesse313US #43
#55Marcus293US #63
#56Bryan285US #49
#57Juan279US #61
#58Antonio269US #76
#59Ronald266US #60
#60Alexander265US #65
#61Donald258US #58
#62Shawn257US #52
#63Brett252US #72
#64Douglas250US #68
#65George248US #62
#66Erik245US #80
#67Samuel233US #56
#68Phillip228US #67
#69Jared223US #54
#70Carlos220US #71
#71Todd202US #82
#72Lucas197US #106
#73Joel194US #69
#74Larry192US #77
#75Luis192US #90
#76Craig189US #73
#77Nathaniel189US #75
#78Dennis186US #87
#79Raymond186US #70
#80Philip183US #79
#81Vincent179US #103
#82Gary171US #64
#83Mario171US #109
#84Tyler170US #66
#85Miguel169US #110
#86Frank167US #81
#87Carl164US #104
#88Cory164US #93
#89Brent163US #91
#90Derrick156US #78
#91Andre154US #124
#92Corey154US #74
#93Terry153US #105
#94Jesus151US #111
#95Jeffery150US #92
#96Ian146US #83
#97Tony145US #112
#98Willie145US #144
#99Gabriel144US #88
#100Victor143US #99

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑32Lindsey#42
↑28Allison#55
↑27Ashley#34
↑26Diana#52
↑16Vanessa#56
↑16Tracy#72
↑15Lauren#22
↑15Dana#60

Falling

↓25Dawn#89
↓24Victor#100
↓22Corey#92
↓19Latoya#61
↓18Brandi#94
↓17Jill#76
↓16Brandy#71
↓14Theresa#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.