State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 157,155 Illinois births in 1988 across 2,471 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#85Colleen#167 nationally
#74Dominique#145 nationally
#82Martin#117 nationally
#97Colin#131 nationally
#86Abigail#118 nationally
#65Margaret#93 nationally
#80Bianca#108 nationally
#92Mallory#120 nationally
#85Lucas#112 nationally
#88Jaclyn#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica2,220US #1
#2Ashley2,201US #2
#3Amanda1,632US #3
#4Jennifer1,305US #5
#5Sarah1,251US #4
#6Brittany1,214US #6
#7Samantha1,112US #8
#8Stephanie1,107US #7
#9Elizabeth1,091US #10
#10Nicole1,025US #9
#11Lauren1,015US #11
#12Megan851US #12
#13Melissa810US #16
#14Emily788US #18
#15Rachel764US #19
#16Danielle754US #17
#17Michelle708US #21
#18Heather701US #14
#19Tiffany662US #13
#20Amber623US #15
#21Christina589US #22
#22Katherine589US #27
#23Rebecca550US #26
#24Kelly548US #32
#25Laura542US #23
#26Erica502US #31
#27Amy497US #29
#28Kimberly488US #25
#29Sara474US #30
#30Courtney459US #24
#31Kayla439US #20
#32Erin421US #37
#33Lisa415US #43
#34Mary392US #34
#35Christine384US #51
#36Jasmine375US #53
#37Andrea367US #35
#38Katie361US #40
#39Kristen357US #36
#40Allison356US #46
#41Angela356US #38
#42Jacqueline351US #62
#43Jamie351US #45
#44Caitlin350US #44
#45Alyssa343US #47
#46Kathryn343US #55
#47Crystal332US #28
#48Vanessa328US #41
#49Kristin320US #58
#50Alexandra313US #49
#51Lindsey312US #48
#52Victoria307US #42
#53Natalie294US #63
#54Alicia292US #50
#55Anna289US #54
#56Whitney284US #39
#57Kelsey283US #64
#58Lindsay279US #57
#59Brittney273US #52
#60Shannon271US #56
#61Kathleen267US #75
#62Maria265US #60
#63Cassandra264US #59
#64Chelsea261US #33
#65Margaret245US #93
#66Julie243US #71
#67Hannah230US #61
#68Kristina222US #68
#69Catherine221US #69
#70Dana209US #90
#71Monica209US #70
#72Jenna207US #66
#73Veronica206US #83
#74Dominique202US #145
#75Patricia194US #77
#76Cynthia191US #79
#77Meghan187US #81
#78Molly183US #86
#79Katelyn182US #84
#80Bianca181US #108
#81Kendra179US #80
#82Tara174US #67
#83Diana171US #85
#84Kara170US #95
#85Colleen166US #167
#86Abigail161US #118
#87April160US #65
#88Jaclyn160US #114
#89Morgan157US #78
#90Angelica155US #109
#91Kaitlin154US #98
#92Mallory149US #120
#93Erika147US #76
#94Taylor147US #102
#95Holly146US #72
#96Julia146US #88
#97Krystal146US #74
#98Alexis145US #97
#99Jillian145US #104
#100Natasha144US #73

Boys

#1Michael3,446US #1
#2Matthew2,313US #3
#3Christopher2,073US #2
#4Daniel1,902US #8
#5Andrew1,681US #5
#6David1,593US #6
#7Joseph1,482US #12
#8Joshua1,471US #4
#9Ryan1,459US #13
#10Nicholas1,425US #14
#11James1,369US #9
#12John1,327US #11
#13Robert1,295US #10
#14Anthony1,278US #18
#15Kevin1,168US #20
#16Justin1,159US #7
#17Eric1,147US #19
#18Kyle1,064US #21
#19Brian1,015US #22
#20Brandon986US #17
#21Timothy978US #25
#22Jonathan955US #15
#23Thomas910US #23
#24Steven873US #24
#25William872US #16
#26Adam864US #26
#27Jacob795US #28
#28Zachary776US #29
#29Alexander748US #34
#30Patrick700US #42
#31Jason682US #27
#32Benjamin671US #30
#33Jeremy630US #35
#34Mark614US #39
#35Richard587US #32
#36Aaron585US #31
#37Sean574US #38
#38Charles547US #37
#39Jeffrey547US #36
#40Tyler524US #33
#41Scott506US #47
#42Nathan449US #44
#43Samuel432US #45
#44Paul429US #46
#45Stephen420US #40
#46Bradley418US #57
#47Jose410US #49
#48Gregory402US #50
#49Kenneth393US #51
#50Cody362US #43
#51Jordan339US #52
#52Travis338US #41
#53Dustin331US #48
#54Alex330US #58
#55Derek318US #53
#56Peter313US #64
#57Bryan305US #54
#58Edward303US #62
#59Corey298US #56
#60Antonio286US #72
#61Keith276US #70
#62Marcus269US #66
#63Juan259US #68
#64Cory256US #59
#65Donald250US #76
#66Shawn235US #61
#67Phillip231US #71
#68Jared222US #60
#69Vincent222US #82
#70Luis220US #75
#71Jesse219US #55
#72Brett217US #73
#73Victor212US #89
#74Ian209US #77
#75Ronald206US #79
#76Derrick205US #97
#77Austin204US #63
#78Erik204US #92
#79George198US #78
#80Nathaniel197US #81
#81Raymond194US #84
#82Martin181US #117
#83Carlos179US #80
#84Chad179US #65
#85Lucas175US #112
#86Douglas170US #88
#87Frank169US #99
#88Philip163US #94
#89Miguel162US #111
#90Blake160US #103
#91Adrian159US #101
#92Joel158US #85
#93Craig155US #96
#94Evan154US #74
#95Cameron153US #69
#96Shane153US #67
#97Colin152US #131
#98Jesus152US #104
#99Mario149US #106
#100Christian146US #86

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑28Jasmine#36
↑24Ian#74
↑17Kayla#31
↑16Caitlin#44
↑16Kara#84
↑15Chelsea#64
↑14Alyssa#45
↑13Courtney#30

Falling

↓19Jenna#72
↓19Dominique#74
↓15Shannon#60
↓15Meghan#77
↓15Mallory#92
↓14Crystal#47
↓14Natasha#100
↓13Shane#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.