State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 155,267 Illinois births in 1985 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.

#93Maurice#173 nationally
#73Colleen#150 nationally
#95Jill#143 nationally
#76Jaclyn#123 nationally
#100Anne#146 nationally
#99Lawrence#144 nationally
#40Dominique#83 nationally
#87Andre#124 nationally
#77Krystle#111 nationally
#85Molly#119 nationally
#83Gina#113 nationally
#96Lucas#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,052US #3
#2Ashley1,945US #2
#3Jessica1,909US #1
#4Amanda1,655US #4
#5Nicole1,229US #7
#6Sarah1,164US #5
#7Elizabeth1,120US #9
#8Megan1,079US #10
#9Stephanie1,071US #6
#10Melissa999US #11
#11Lauren833US #15
#12Laura829US #14
#13Heather807US #8
#14Rachel801US #13
#15Christina798US #12
#16Michelle782US #22
#17Amy740US #20
#18Danielle700US #18
#19Brittany699US #17
#20Kimberly647US #19
#21Emily644US #24
#22Kelly627US #28
#23Rebecca621US #25
#24Erin610US #26
#25Tiffany594US #23
#26Katherine592US #32
#27Samantha579US #29
#28Amber548US #16
#29Jamie539US #27
#30Angela511US #31
#31Sara485US #30
#32Crystal474US #21
#33Lisa460US #36
#34Andrea452US #33
#35Mary449US #35
#36Erica437US #34
#37Kathryn411US #48
#38Kristin411US #49
#39Christine406US #44
#40Dominique398US #83
#41Lindsey388US #37
#42Kristen383US #38
#43Vanessa381US #42
#44Lindsay358US #40
#45Jacqueline355US #60
#46Shannon351US #41
#47Allison343US #46
#48Katie341US #39
#49Courtney320US #43
#50Jenna312US #50
#51Alicia301US #45
#52Julie297US #55
#53Kristina285US #57
#54Maria285US #52
#55Krystal275US #53
#56Kathleen274US #68
#57Meghan269US #63
#58Victoria268US #59
#59Natalie266US #58
#60Monica256US #61
#61Anna251US #54
#62Diana248US #74
#63April238US #47
#64Holly237US #56
#65Patricia237US #64
#66Cassandra233US #62
#67Margaret227US #90
#68Veronica212US #72
#69Tara209US #51
#70Catherine208US #65
#71Dana190US #82
#72Valerie182US #71
#73Colleen180US #150
#74Latoya180US #81
#75Cynthia173US #66
#76Jaclyn168US #123
#77Krystle164US #111
#78Kara162US #98
#79Joanna159US #99
#80Stacy159US #67
#81Brittney155US #84
#82Tracy155US #107
#83Gina151US #113
#84Karen149US #87
#85Molly149US #119
#86Nichole149US #95
#87Caitlin148US #77
#88Candice148US #86
#89Stacey148US #89
#90Susan148US #106
#91Jasmine146US #103
#92Alexandra143US #92
#93Alison143US #97
#94Carrie142US #96
#95Jill142US #143
#96Erika140US #80
#97Julia138US #85
#98Tina136US #110
#99Nancy134US #108
#100Anne133US #146

Boys

#1Michael3,370US #1
#2Christopher2,384US #2
#3Matthew2,320US #3
#4Daniel2,013US #5
#5David1,883US #6
#6Ryan1,705US #12
#7Joshua1,569US #4
#8James1,553US #7
#9Robert1,529US #8
#10Joseph1,528US #10
#11Andrew1,461US #11
#12John1,345US #9
#13Brian1,285US #18
#14Nicholas1,283US #19
#15Jason1,271US #14
#16Anthony1,202US #20
#17Brandon1,192US #13
#18Adam1,105US #22
#19Eric1,056US #21
#20Kevin1,029US #23
#21Steven1,029US #24
#22Timothy984US #26
#23Justin966US #15
#24Jonathan924US #17
#25William889US #16
#26Kyle863US #27
#27Thomas855US #25
#28Jeffrey725US #29
#29Patrick721US #37
#30Mark715US #32
#31Richard659US #28
#32Jacob638US #35
#33Aaron619US #33
#34Jeremy592US #30
#35Benjamin586US #31
#36Scott579US #44
#37Zachary573US #39
#38Sean558US #38
#39Charles557US #34
#40Gregory490US #45
#41Paul486US #42
#42Nathan485US #40
#43Stephen449US #36
#44Bradley435US #53
#45Kenneth428US #47
#46Alexander425US #50
#47Jose419US #49
#48Bryan412US #48
#49Tyler384US #43
#50Dustin379US #41
#51Peter316US #60
#52Derek314US #56
#53Marcus309US #61
#54Edward302US #59
#55Keith298US #64
#56Samuel274US #54
#57Chad264US #57
#58Antonio261US #73
#59Travis253US #46
#60Jesse251US #51
#61Shawn239US #55
#62Phillip238US #69
#63Juan233US #65
#64Brett232US #70
#65Cody231US #52
#66Corey231US #63
#67Alex225US #80
#68Jared223US #58
#69Ronald216US #71
#70Jordan213US #62
#71Joel212US #67
#72Donald208US #66
#73George206US #72
#74Craig201US #79
#75Erik199US #87
#76Philip196US #84
#77Luis194US #85
#78Nathaniel194US #77
#79Douglas193US #76
#80Raymond185US #75
#81Carlos181US #74
#82Cory178US #81
#83Frank168US #90
#84Ian168US #78
#85Vincent165US #95
#86Derrick163US #83
#87Andre156US #124
#88Luke155US #106
#89Victor155US #88
#90Shane152US #68
#91Brent150US #89
#92Mario150US #117
#93Maurice150US #173
#94Curtis147US #98
#95Carl144US #112
#96Lucas141US #122
#97Todd141US #99
#98Gary140US #82
#99Lawrence139US #144
#100Miguel138US #113

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑60Dominique#40
↑36Krystal#55
↑34Cody#65
↑25Brittany#19
↑18Kristina#53
↑17Luis#77
↑12Meghan#57
↑10Diana#62

Falling

↓23Latoya#74
↓18Douglas#79
↓16Anne#100
↓15Cynthia#75
↓13Donald#72
↓12Tara#69
↓11Karen#84
↓11Erik#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.