State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 150,758 Illinois births in 1986 across 2,307 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#152 nationally
#49Dominique#98 nationally
#88Jaclyn#133 nationally
#93Andre#133 nationally
#80Gina#119 nationally
#95Jonathon#129 nationally
#100Angelica#130 nationally
#61Margaret#90 nationally
#97Lucas#126 nationally
#99Joanna#126 nationally
#85Miguel#111 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica2,134US #1
#2Ashley2,004US #2
#3Jennifer1,749US #4
#4Amanda1,692US #3
#5Sarah1,288US #5
#6Nicole1,113US #7
#7Stephanie1,111US #6
#8Elizabeth1,053US #10
#9Brittany975US #8
#10Lauren932US #14
#11Megan911US #11
#12Melissa854US #12
#13Laura762US #20
#14Samantha724US #21
#15Michelle708US #23
#16Heather706US #9
#17Rachel703US #15
#18Amy698US #22
#19Emily667US #24
#20Amber640US #13
#21Danielle639US #16
#22Christina633US #19
#23Katherine603US #28
#24Kimberly598US #18
#25Kelly586US #29
#26Tiffany583US #17
#27Rebecca533US #26
#28Erin517US #30
#29Erica487US #31
#30Sara477US #27
#31Lisa450US #40
#32Jamie449US #34
#33Angela437US #33
#34Crystal427US #25
#35Andrea416US #36
#36Kathryn411US #48
#37Christine407US #47
#38Mary394US #37
#39Katie374US #38
#40Allison365US #42
#41Kristin355US #50
#42Courtney353US #35
#43Vanessa346US #43
#44Whitney339US #32
#45Lindsey335US #39
#46Jacqueline327US #57
#47Kristen324US #41
#48Lindsay315US #46
#49Dominique304US #98
#50Shannon295US #44
#51Julie292US #58
#52Alicia285US #45
#53Natalie285US #52
#54Victoria279US #54
#55Kathleen276US #68
#56Maria266US #49
#57Jenna262US #55
#58Anna255US #51
#59Kristina255US #62
#60Monica253US #59
#61Margaret245US #90
#62Cassandra231US #60
#63Catherine223US #67
#64Patricia218US #66
#65Diana208US #75
#66Meghan205US #71
#67Veronica196US #77
#68Brittney195US #65
#69Holly195US #63
#70Krystal192US #61
#71April186US #53
#72Caitlin185US #69
#73Mallory184US #83
#74Valerie184US #76
#75Alison180US #96
#76Tara180US #56
#77Dana175US #92
#78Alexandra173US #72
#79Erika171US #74
#80Gina171US #119
#81Jasmine162US #95
#82Alyssa159US #85
#83Colleen158US #152
#84Bethany157US #91
#85Karen157US #100
#86Katrina153US #99
#87Latoya150US #111
#88Jaclyn147US #133
#89Sandra147US #106
#90Cynthia146US #81
#91Kara146US #102
#92Leslie143US #86
#93Jillian141US #107
#94Felicia140US #89
#95Susan140US #118
#96Natasha139US #70
#97Molly138US #110
#98Julia137US #88
#99Joanna136US #126
#100Angelica135US #130

Boys

#1Michael3,250US #1
#2Matthew2,269US #3
#3Christopher2,132US #2
#4Daniel1,943US #6
#5David1,695US #5
#6Andrew1,590US #8
#7Ryan1,571US #11
#8James1,464US #7
#9Robert1,445US #9
#10Joshua1,380US #4
#11Joseph1,360US #12
#12John1,307US #10
#13Nicholas1,269US #17
#14Anthony1,220US #19
#15Brian1,141US #20
#16Kevin1,083US #21
#17Eric1,066US #22
#18Jason1,041US #18
#19Kyle1,030US #23
#20Brandon1,010US #13
#21Timothy949US #27
#22Jonathan946US #16
#23Adam931US #24
#24Steven921US #25
#25William908US #15
#26Justin897US #14
#27Jeremy848US #28
#28Thomas802US #26
#29Jacob689US #31
#30Jeffrey682US #32
#31Mark659US #35
#32Richard639US #29
#33Patrick627US #39
#34Benjamin608US #30
#35Scott559US #44
#36Zachary548US #38
#37Charles541US #34
#38Aaron538US #33
#39Alexander531US #41
#40Sean524US #37
#41Gregory463US #46
#42Nathan452US #43
#43Paul442US #45
#44Bradley431US #54
#45Tyler415US #40
#46Kenneth408US #50
#47Jose385US #51
#48Stephen377US #36
#49Bryan372US #47
#50Dustin343US #42
#51Peter329US #60
#52Samuel314US #52
#53Marcus304US #63
#54Antonio300US #73
#55Derek299US #57
#56Edward296US #61
#57Alex275US #64
#58Jordan266US #53
#59Keith261US #66
#60Juan259US #65
#61Jesse248US #48
#62Travis245US #49
#63Shawn240US #55
#64Corey232US #62
#65Brett231US #69
#66Jared228US #58
#67Chad221US #59
#68Phillip214US #70
#69Luis213US #79
#70George210US #74
#71Cody209US #56
#72Donald203US #71
#73Frank202US #91
#74Erik199US #92
#75Ronald198US #75
#76Nathaniel192US #78
#77Philip189US #86
#78Shane188US #67
#79Cory184US #68
#80Joel182US #72
#81Carlos177US #76
#82Raymond176US #77
#83Craig174US #80
#84Victor173US #88
#85Miguel164US #111
#86Douglas163US #82
#87Blake161US #101
#88Derrick155US #87
#89Jesus151US #109
#90Vincent151US #93
#91Evan149US #81
#92Ian148US #85
#93Andre145US #133
#94Dennis144US #104
#95Jonathon144US #129
#96Luke141US #106
#97Lucas139US #126
#98Jeffery134US #102
#99Christian130US #89
#100Mario129US #112

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑18Alison#75
↑17Erika#79
↑15Caitlin#72
↑15Miguel#85
↑14Alexandra#78
↑13Samantha#14
↑13Brittney#68
↑12Jordan#58

Falling

↓20Joanna#99
↓15Krystal#70
↓15Cynthia#90
↓13Latoya#87
↓13Kara#91
↓12Jaclyn#88
↓12Molly#97
↓10Colleen#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.