State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 154,486 Illinois births in 1984 across 2,277 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#100Dominiqueoutside the national top 200
#70Colleen#144 nationally
#84Anne#127 nationally
#79Theresa#121 nationally
#79Andre#119 nationally
#92Molly#131 nationally
#89Martin#126 nationally
#93Lucas#130 nationally
#76Gina#109 nationally
#83Mario#116 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,465US #1
#2Jessica1,794US #2
#3Ashley1,490US #3
#4Amanda1,477US #4
#5Nicole1,315US #7
#6Sarah1,258US #5
#7Elizabeth1,164US #10
#8Melissa1,067US #8
#9Stephanie1,059US #6
#10Megan902US #11
#11Michelle853US #17
#12Heather834US #9
#13Amy829US #13
#14Rachel796US #15
#15Tiffany796US #14
#16Lauren743US #21
#17Laura725US #19
#18Erin690US #25
#19Kelly686US #27
#20Danielle679US #16
#21Kimberly657US #22
#22Christina652US #20
#23Rebecca616US #23
#24Emily598US #24
#25Katherine598US #30
#26Amber585US #18
#27Crystal547US #12
#28Lisa541US #29
#29Angela537US #26
#30Andrea508US #28
#31Jamie506US #31
#32Erica459US #34
#33Sara446US #32
#34Samantha440US #39
#35Lindsay434US #36
#36Mary426US #33
#37Lindsey423US #35
#38Kathryn411US #48
#39Christine408US #43
#40Kristen390US #38
#41Shannon390US #37
#42Kristin385US #47
#43Jacqueline371US #56
#44Brittany362US #41
#45Vanessa359US #45
#46Julie358US #52
#47Katie342US #44
#48Courtney331US #46
#49Alicia308US #40
#50Natalie302US #55
#51Latoya299US #60
#52Allison293US #51
#53Maria289US #50
#54Kathleen277US #71
#55Jenna276US #54
#56Victoria256US #59
#57Tara253US #49
#58April252US #42
#59Veronica246US #70
#60Cynthia245US #62
#61Catherine241US #69
#62Holly240US #53
#63Patricia240US #66
#64Monica232US #58
#65Anna229US #57
#66Cassandra229US #63
#67Dana228US #73
#68Margaret227US #92
#69Meghan223US #65
#70Colleen221US #144
#71Kristina216US #68
#72Diana201US #72
#73Karen201US #82
#74Joanna193US #88
#75Stacy190US #67
#76Gina182US #109
#77Valerie181US #76
#78Alexis179US #89
#79Theresa179US #121
#80Natasha178US #77
#81Kara176US #95
#82Jillian175US #106
#83Sheena173US #80
#84Anne170US #127
#85Stacey169US #79
#86Carrie168US #78
#87Tracy167US #91
#88Sandra163US #94
#89Brandi162US #61
#90Susan162US #90
#91Krystal154US #74
#92Molly152US #131
#93Leslie149US #75
#94Melanie148US #85
#95Julia147US #87
#96Brandy146US #64
#97Jill146US #120
#98Candice145US #86
#99Nancy145US #113
#100Dominique141

Boys

#1Michael3,606US #1
#2Matthew2,473US #3
#3Christopher2,453US #2
#4Daniel1,981US #6
#5David1,809US #5
#6James1,602US #7
#7Ryan1,567US #12
#8Joshua1,565US #4
#9Robert1,564US #9
#10Joseph1,521US #10
#11John1,465US #8
#12Jason1,435US #11
#13Brian1,351US #17
#14Andrew1,336US #14
#15Adam1,303US #18
#16Nicholas1,233US #20
#17Anthony1,175US #21
#18Eric1,136US #22
#19Justin1,081US #13
#20Brandon1,054US #15
#21William1,044US #16
#22Steven963US #23
#23Kevin933US #24
#24Jonathan931US #19
#25Timothy900US #26
#26Thomas876US #25
#27Jeffrey755US #28
#28Kyle744US #34
#29Mark703US #32
#30Richard663US #27
#31Patrick647US #36
#32Jacob622US #37
#33Scott620US #39
#34Benjamin591US #30
#35Aaron587US #29
#36Charles577US #33
#37Jeremy536US #31
#38Paul531US #40
#39Nathan523US #38
#40Sean490US #43
#41Gregory486US #44
#42Stephen479US #35
#43Zachary470US #45
#44Jose425US #49
#45Kenneth417US #46
#46Dustin398US #41
#47Bryan393US #48
#48Bradley388US #53
#49Alexander362US #54
#50Tyler360US #47
#51Marcus349US #57
#52Keith326US #61
#53Edward325US #58
#54Derek312US #52
#55Peter311US #60
#56Travis306US #42
#57Juan282US #64
#58Chad276US #51
#59Donald250US #63
#60Samuel244US #55
#61Douglas236US #71
#62Jesse234US #50
#63Phillip234US #70
#64Erik227US #84
#65Antonio221US #77
#66Brett221US #72
#67George217US #68
#68Ronald216US #67
#69Shawn216US #56
#70Corey209US #69
#71Jordan197US #65
#72Joel191US #66
#73Alex186US #93
#74Nathaniel183US #80
#75Raymond182US #73
#76Jared180US #59
#77Craig177US #75
#78Derrick177US #79
#79Andre168US #119
#80Carlos166US #74
#81Frank164US #86
#82Philip163US #81
#83Mario162US #116
#84Victor161US #90
#85Vincent161US #95
#86Blake155US #103
#87Ian151US #78
#88Dennis149US #97
#89Martin147US #126
#90Cory145US #83
#91Miguel145US #113
#92Larry144US #91
#93Lucas143US #130
#94Luis143US #88
#95Carl141US #108
#96Curtis140US #96
#97Todd138US #92
#98Brent137US #89
#99Cody136US #62
#100Jeffery136US #94

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑35Brittany#44
↑18Tyler#50
↑17Theresa#79
↑16Allison#52
↑16Cynthia#60
↑15Latoya#51
↑13Danielle#20
↑11Mario#83

Falling

↓26Carrie#86
↓23Luis#94
↓21Susan#90
↓17Jill#97
↓15Brandy#96
↓14Candice#98
↓14Todd#97
↓13Sandra#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.