State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 154,279 Illinois births in 1987 across 2,387 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#76Colleen#158 nationally
#55Dominique#114 nationally
#94Anne#147 nationally
#89Yesenia#137 nationally
#85Jaclyn#116 nationally
#92Lucas#121 nationally
#99Carl#126 nationally
#93Martin#118 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,502US #2
#2Jessica2,443US #1
#3Amanda1,690US #3
#4Jennifer1,563US #4
#5Sarah1,322US #5
#6Nicole1,116US #8
#7Stephanie1,071US #6
#8Brittany1,025US #7
#9Elizabeth1,016US #10
#10Samantha970US #11
#11Lauren872US #16
#12Megan859US #12
#13Melissa817US #13
#14Danielle768US #14
#15Emily761US #19
#16Michelle695US #21
#17Heather691US #9
#18Rachel687US #17
#19Laura665US #22
#20Tiffany619US #18
#21Amy612US #24
#22Christina601US #20
#23Amber568US #15
#24Kelly567US #30
#25Rebecca541US #25
#26Kimberly535US #23
#27Katherine529US #28
#28Sara458US #29
#29Mary457US #37
#30Erin454US #34
#31Lisa442US #40
#32Erica436US #31
#33Crystal414US #26
#34Andrea405US #36
#35Angela402US #35
#36Kathryn394US #51
#37Katie386US #38
#38Jacqueline378US #54
#39Jamie378US #39
#40Allison372US #44
#41Vanessa366US #43
#42Christine355US #48
#43Courtney322US #33
#44Lindsey318US #41
#45Shannon317US #45
#46Whitney310US #32
#47Kristin308US #55
#48Kayla305US #27
#49Kristen301US #42
#50Lindsay300US #49
#51Anna293US #52
#52Alicia290US #46
#53Jenna282US #57
#54Natalie279US #56
#55Dominique268US #114
#56Victoria267US #50
#57Kathleen264US #72
#58Maria259US #53
#59Alyssa257US #60
#60Caitlin248US #63
#61Monica248US #64
#62Meghan243US #78
#63Alexandra241US #59
#64Jasmine237US #79
#65Julie234US #65
#66Catherine232US #74
#67Brittney228US #61
#68Kristina228US #62
#69Kelsey218US #67
#70Dana212US #83
#71Cassandra211US #68
#72Margaret211US #90
#73Patricia207US #76
#74Hannah194US #66
#75Veronica191US #80
#76Colleen189US #158
#77Mallory187US #91
#78Kendra180US #77
#79Chelsea174US #47
#80Diana172US #85
#81Tara170US #69
#82Erika168US #75
#83Holly168US #71
#84Cynthia166US #84
#85Jaclyn166US #116
#86Natasha164US #73
#87April161US #58
#88Julia158US #86
#89Yesenia158US #137
#90Krystal151US #70
#91Molly150US #97
#92Jillian148US #99
#93Sandra147US #115
#94Anne144US #147
#95Karen141US #107
#96Bethany138US #87
#97Alison137US #100
#98Angelica136US #106
#99Gina135US #123
#100Kara135US #104

Boys

#1Michael3,375US #1
#2Matthew2,234US #3
#3Christopher2,116US #2
#4Daniel2,004US #7
#5Andrew1,737US #6
#6David1,669US #5
#7Ryan1,582US #13
#8James1,420US #8
#9Joseph1,403US #12
#10Robert1,382US #10
#11John1,359US #11
#12Joshua1,355US #4
#13Nicholas1,243US #16
#14Anthony1,201US #17
#15Brian1,141US #20
#16Kevin1,140US #19
#17Kyle1,101US #22
#18Eric1,091US #21
#19Justin1,048US #9
#20Brandon1,037US #14
#21Timothy1,007US #26
#22William944US #15
#23Jonathan914US #18
#24Adam889US #27
#25Steven874US #25
#26Thomas868US #24
#27Jason803US #23
#28Jacob773US #31
#29Jeremy721US #29
#30Patrick674US #41
#31Zachary636US #33
#32Jeffrey634US #32
#33Mark632US #36
#34Benjamin624US #28
#35Richard620US #30
#36Alexander598US #37
#37Scott565US #43
#38Aaron563US #34
#39Charles519US #35
#40Sean512US #40
#41Nathan481US #45
#42Paul464US #46
#43Tyler453US #39
#44Gregory426US #47
#45Bradley409US #56
#46Stephen404US #38
#47Kenneth385US #53
#48Dustin383US #44
#49Jose378US #48
#50Alex361US #60
#51Bryan340US #51
#52Samuel338US #50
#53Jordan324US #52
#54Travis323US #42
#55Edward322US #61
#56Peter322US #64
#57Derek315US #54
#58Marcus296US #67
#59Cody277US #49
#60Antonio263US #72
#61Juan258US #66
#62Brett254US #71
#63Donald254US #70
#64Corey252US #57
#65Keith252US #69
#66Phillip244US #68
#67Jesse233US #55
#68Jared220US #58
#69Shawn220US #59
#70Cory218US #62
#71Ronald212US #73
#72Erik209US #94
#73Carlos208US #74
#74Luis208US #82
#75Chad203US #63
#76Philip198US #84
#77George190US #77
#78Derrick189US #86
#79Vincent181US #95
#80Douglas177US #85
#81Nathaniel173US #78
#82Raymond173US #79
#83Shane172US #65
#84Victor168US #91
#85Craig167US #88
#86Mario164US #108
#87Miguel157US #110
#88Frank153US #97
#89Joel152US #75
#90Austin151US #76
#91Evan150US #83
#92Lucas150US #121
#93Martin150US #118
#94Blake146US #106
#95Curtis146US #100
#96Jesus143US #104
#97Luke140US #111
#98Ian137US #81
#99Carl133US #126
#100Wesley131US #92

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑23Alyssa#59
↑17Jasmine#64
↑15Alexandra#63
↑14Mario#86
↑12Caitlin#60
↑12Cody#59
↑11Vincent#79
↑10Natasha#86

Falling

↓22Alison#97
↓20Krystal#90
↓19Gina#99
↓16April#87
↓15Diana#80
↓15Frank#88
↓14Julie#65
↓14Holly#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.