State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 164,088 Illinois births in 1989 across 2,605 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#84Darius#194 nationally
#86Dominique#173 nationally
#92Colleen#159 nationally
#100Anne#153 nationally
#88Jaclyn#138 nationally
#50Margaret#97 nationally
#91Andre#134 nationally
#81Kiara#115 nationally
#76Miguel#108 nationally
#95Dennis#123 nationally
#89Mario#116 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,267US #2
#2Jessica2,029US #1
#3Amanda1,592US #4
#4Brittany1,521US #3
#5Sarah1,302US #5
#6Samantha1,242US #6
#7Stephanie1,186US #8
#8Jennifer1,137US #7
#9Elizabeth1,070US #10
#10Nicole1,033US #12
#11Lauren1,027US #9
#12Megan977US #11
#13Emily835US #13
#14Michelle773US #22
#15Danielle719US #17
#16Melissa701US #19
#17Rachel676US #18
#18Christina639US #23
#19Heather629US #15
#20Katherine623US #26
#21Amber614US #14
#22Jasmine610US #30
#23Rebecca600US #24
#24Tiffany590US #16
#25Kelly575US #37
#26Laura551US #25
#27Courtney536US #21
#28Kelsey518US #31
#29Kayla501US #20
#30Amy494US #35
#31Sara486US #29
#32Alyssa445US #33
#33Erica440US #34
#34Kimberly428US #28
#35Mary415US #38
#36Erin413US #40
#37Alexandra405US #43
#38Andrea402US #39
#39Caitlin398US #49
#40Jacqueline380US #64
#41Christine359US #59
#42Crystal346US #32
#43Angela343US #47
#44Kathryn342US #58
#45Kristen338US #36
#46Vanessa334US #50
#47Anna325US #51
#48Lisa321US #55
#49Katie316US #45
#50Margaret315US #97
#51Allison312US #46
#52Jamie309US #52
#53Maria309US #56
#54Kristin306US #60
#55Brittney301US #41
#56Victoria294US #44
#57Shannon292US #61
#58Lindsey288US #48
#59Chelsea285US #27
#60Natalie284US #62
#61Cassandra281US #54
#62Hannah281US #42
#63Alicia274US #53
#64Monica263US #68
#65Jenna260US #71
#66Kristina243US #65
#67Meghan223US #80
#68Taylor222US #75
#69Bianca219US #91
#70Abigail218US #94
#71Kathleen218US #90
#72Whitney218US #57
#73Lindsay217US #63
#74Catherine214US #67
#75Julie213US #78
#76Diana207US #86
#77Patricia207US #89
#78Cynthia204US #84
#79Molly204US #93
#80Alexis201US #92
#81Kiara199US #115
#82Katelyn196US #76
#83Dana190US #105
#84Melanie188US #88
#85Veronica183US #85
#86Dominique180US #173
#87Morgan180US #69
#88Jaclyn179US #138
#89Angelica178US #107
#90Kara176US #101
#91Tara176US #70
#92Colleen175US #159
#93Erika175US #73
#94Kaitlyn174US #95
#95Krystal171US #82
#96Brooke167US #74
#97Marissa163US #81
#98Alexandria162US #104
#99April162US #66
#100Anne155US #153

Boys

#1Michael3,583US #1
#2Matthew2,209US #3
#3Christopher2,129US #2
#4Daniel1,879US #6
#5Andrew1,605US #7
#6David1,600US #5
#7Nicholas1,559US #14
#8Joshua1,551US #4
#9Joseph1,453US #11
#10Ryan1,432US #13
#11James1,421US #9
#12Robert1,356US #10
#13John1,342US #12
#14Anthony1,289US #16
#15Kevin1,210US #19
#16Kyle1,098US #20
#17Justin1,048US #8
#18Eric1,044US #21
#19Brandon1,012US #18
#20William972US #15
#21Brian959US #24
#22Thomas957US #23
#23Timothy954US #28
#24Adam935US #27
#25Jonathan933US #17
#26Steven932US #22
#27Zachary915US #25
#28Jacob895US #26
#29Alexander793US #32
#30Patrick705US #38
#31Benjamin672US #29
#32Jeremy637US #34
#33Aaron631US #31
#34Tyler604US #30
#35Richard601US #33
#36Sean585US #39
#37Mark564US #42
#38Jeffrey547US #37
#39Charles546US #36
#40Jason520US #35
#41Jose515US #46
#42Scott484US #51
#43Nathan458US #43
#44Jordan433US #44
#45Stephen421US #40
#46Kenneth411US #53
#47Gregory400US #52
#48Bradley398US #58
#49Alex395US #60
#50Samuel393US #47
#51Paul372US #49
#52Cody369US #45
#53Travis352US #41
#54Dustin340US #48
#55Corey306US #55
#56Juan305US #63
#57Peter304US #66
#58Bryan303US #56
#59Marcus295US #67
#60Derek294US #54
#61Antonio285US #76
#62Keith281US #70
#63Edward279US #62
#64Austin278US #59
#65Jared259US #57
#66Cory250US #61
#67Luis242US #73
#68Carlos240US #77
#69Vincent235US #80
#70Jesse230US #50
#71George229US #79
#72Phillip227US #75
#73Donald224US #82
#74Erik216US #95
#75Evan211US #69
#76Miguel207US #108
#77Brett206US #81
#78Nathaniel204US #84
#79Victor202US #89
#80Shawn192US #65
#81Mitchell188US #93
#82Ronald186US #85
#83Ian181US #68
#84Darius177US #194
#85Blake176US #97
#86Derrick176US #99
#87Jesus174US #103
#88Chad172US #74
#89Mario172US #116
#90Shane172US #71
#91Andre168US #134
#92Cameron166US #64
#93Christian166US #78
#94Martin164US #117
#95Dennis160US #123
#96Caleb159US #91
#97Ricardo159US #119
#98Joel158US #88
#99Ethan154US #87
#100Philip154US #101

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑29Kelsey#28
↑26Taylor#68
↑19Evan#75
↑18Alexis#80
↑16Abigail#70
↑15Margaret#50
↑15Carlos#68
↑14Jasmine#22

Falling

↓16Whitney#72
↓15Lisa#48
↓15Lindsay#73
↓14Shawn#80
↓13Dana#83
↓12Veronica#85
↓12Dominique#86
↓12April#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.