State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 154,556 Illinois births in 1983 across 2,275 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#70Colleen#144 nationally
#91Maurice#162 nationally
#78Jaclyn#126 nationally
#93Anne#130 nationally
#85Gina#121 nationally
#83Jillian#115 nationally
#65Margaret#92 nationally
#96Theresa#122 nationally
#89Miguel#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,546US #1
#2Jessica1,820US #2
#3Amanda1,458US #3
#4Nicole1,382US #7
#5Sarah1,320US #5
#6Ashley1,265US #4
#7Elizabeth1,145US #10
#8Melissa1,118US #6
#9Stephanie1,046US #8
#10Michelle910US #13
#11Amy873US #12
#12Megan817US #21
#13Tiffany816US #14
#14Heather806US #9
#15Erin771US #18
#16Rebecca714US #19
#17Rachel702US #20
#18Laura699US #23
#19Kimberly692US #15
#20Lauren684US #24
#21Christina677US #16
#22Crystal654US #11
#23Kelly644US #26
#24Lisa622US #27
#25Emily617US #25
#26Katherine610US #34
#27Angela607US #22
#28Amber584US #17
#29Jamie561US #28
#30Erica555US #33
#31Mary523US #32
#32Andrea507US #30
#33Danielle483US #29
#34Sara481US #31
#35Samantha455US #40
#36Lindsay449US #36
#37Kathryn408US #50
#38Kristin405US #42
#39Lindsey400US #35
#40Kristen396US #37
#41Shannon374US #38
#42Maria370US #43
#43Christine361US #47
#44Julie359US #46
#45Jacqueline337US #53
#46Katie333US #45
#47Courtney322US #44
#48Vanessa316US #49
#49April300US #39
#50Kathleen298US #73
#51Alicia296US #41
#52Natalie294US #52
#53Victoria273US #58
#54Patricia268US #60
#55Holly249US #48
#56Monica247US #54
#57Tara244US #51
#58Anna234US #55
#59Dana233US #72
#60Carrie231US #65
#61Catherine231US #66
#62Kristina231US #63
#63Veronica231US #68
#64Meghan226US #75
#65Margaret223US #92
#66Latoya222US #90
#67Valerie212US #74
#68Allison211US #59
#69Susan206US #86
#70Colleen204US #144
#71Stacy200US #61
#72Diana194US #69
#73Karen191US #77
#74Cassandra189US #70
#75Sandra187US #88
#76Cynthia186US #62
#77Brandi179US #56
#78Jaclyn172US #126
#79Brittany169US #64
#80Jill169US #98
#81Brandy168US #57
#82Alexis165US #83
#83Jillian165US #115
#84Candice164US #84
#85Gina164US #121
#86Dawn162US #106
#87Tracy162US #89
#88Marquita161US #112
#89Erika160US #80
#90Natasha159US #71
#91Krystal158US #78
#92Leslie156US #67
#93Anne154US #130
#94Candace154US #104
#95Nancy152US #114
#96Theresa151US #122
#97Julia147US #85
#98Nichole147US #93
#99Renee147US #97
#100Stefanie146US #105

Boys

#1Michael3,583US #1
#2Matthew2,477US #3
#3Christopher2,459US #2
#4David1,935US #4
#5Daniel1,813US #8
#6James1,666US #6
#7Joseph1,636US #11
#8Jason1,606US #7
#9Robert1,604US #10
#10John1,530US #9
#11Ryan1,490US #13
#12Joshua1,437US #5
#13Brian1,405US #14
#14Adam1,341US #18
#15Andrew1,289US #15
#16Anthony1,192US #22
#17Justin1,169US #12
#18Nicholas1,094US #21
#19Eric1,093US #20
#20Kevin1,032US #25
#21William992US #16
#22Brandon943US #17
#23Timothy938US #26
#24Steven929US #23
#25Jonathan913US #19
#26Thomas867US #24
#27Jeffrey803US #28
#28Mark757US #31
#29Kyle694US #34
#30Patrick669US #37
#31Aaron654US #29
#32Richard643US #27
#33Scott625US #38
#34Benjamin605US #32
#35Charles573US #33
#36Jacob570US #36
#37Jeremy565US #30
#38Gregory557US #42
#39Paul556US #39
#40Nathan488US #40
#41Stephen478US #35
#42Jose440US #48
#43Sean435US #44
#44Kenneth414US #45
#45Dustin399US #43
#46Bradley395US #52
#47Zachary366US #50
#48Marcus356US #58
#49Bryan355US #47
#50Peter342US #59
#51Derek336US #51
#52Edward321US #55
#53Travis316US #41
#54Juan289US #62
#55Alexander286US #63
#56Keith275US #61
#57Chad271US #49
#58Antonio265US #76
#59Phillip260US #66
#60Samuel249US #54
#61Donald243US #60
#62Jesse241US #46
#63Brett240US #73
#64Ronald237US #64
#65Jared235US #56
#66Shawn229US #53
#67Erik228US #80
#68Tyler220US #57
#69Douglas215US #69
#70George212US #65
#71Luis201US #88
#72Carlos197US #75
#73Craig195US #70
#74Frank189US #86
#75Raymond188US #71
#76Joel183US #67
#77Nathaniel181US #79
#78Derrick179US #78
#79Corey173US #74
#80Larry173US #85
#81Jordan171US #72
#82Philip171US #82
#83Todd162US #87
#84Vincent160US #97
#85Victor152US #95
#86Jesus150US #108
#87Jeffery148US #91
#88Alan147US #102
#89Miguel147US #114
#90Cory144US #83
#91Maurice142US #162
#92Jeremiah141US #99
#93Lucas141US #117
#94Mario140US #115
#95Gary138US #68
#96Dennis137US #92
#97Ricardo137US #121
#98Seth137US #98
#99Brent136US #94
#100Carl136US #106

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑36Holly#55
↑28Ashley#6
↑17Brandi#77
↑16Brittany#79
↑16Tyler#68
↑15Victor#85
↑13Colleen#70
↑13Corey#79

Falling

↓24Leslie#92
↓21Lucas#93
↓20Diana#72
↓18Dennis#96
↓15Tracy#87
↓15Anne#93
↓15Nancy#95
↓13Allison#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.