State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 167,724 Illinois births in 1990 across 2,715 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#80Darius#152 nationally
#94Colleen#160 nationally
#92Dominique#153 nationally
#100Yesenia#156 nationally
#59Margaret#102 nationally
#86Alejandro#125 nationally
#79Dana#114 nationally
#93Colin#122 nationally
#87Martin#113 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica2,081US #1
#2Ashley2,061US #2
#3Brittany1,523US #3
#4Amanda1,476US #4
#5Samantha1,259US #5
#6Stephanie1,215US #7
#7Sarah1,129US #6
#8Elizabeth1,095US #9
#9Jennifer1,089US #8
#10Lauren1,033US #10
#11Nicole965US #13
#12Emily937US #12
#13Megan932US #11
#14Michelle797US #22
#15Rachel734US #16
#16Jasmine724US #28
#17Melissa718US #20
#18Rebecca663US #21
#19Danielle654US #18
#20Katherine619US #26
#21Courtney598US #17
#22Kayla593US #14
#23Amber560US #15
#24Alyssa557US #27
#25Laura546US #29
#26Christina541US #25
#27Heather536US #19
#28Kelsey536US #32
#29Kelly478US #41
#30Tiffany469US #23
#31Hannah449US #30
#32Kimberly420US #31
#33Amy419US #38
#34Andrea406US #40
#35Alexandra403US #37
#36Erin395US #43
#37Mary393US #35
#38Erica391US #36
#39Sara385US #34
#40Anna366US #45
#41Allison365US #48
#42Caitlin358US #50
#43Taylor358US #46
#44Kathryn357US #57
#45Kristen339US #42
#46Victoria336US #33
#47Maria330US #47
#48Jacqueline329US #67
#49Angela327US #52
#50Jamie321US #55
#51Brittney316US #44
#52Crystal313US #39
#53Vanessa310US #56
#54Chelsea309US #24
#55Natalie304US #63
#56Christine293US #62
#57Lisa286US #64
#58Cassandra278US #49
#59Margaret276US #102
#60Katie275US #53
#61Jordan273US #59
#62Alexis270US #66
#63Lindsey269US #51
#64Kristin268US #65
#65Alicia267US #54
#66Brianna244US #61
#67Catherine240US #71
#68Monica240US #76
#69Shannon240US #68
#70Morgan239US #58
#71Bianca229US #84
#72Meghan229US #91
#73Kathleen226US #92
#74Lindsay226US #69
#75Jenna219US #81
#76Paige218US #79
#77Kaitlyn217US #78
#78Olivia217US #72
#79Dana215US #114
#80Molly215US #80
#81Diana213US #98
#82Katelyn213US #75
#83Brooke210US #70
#84Cynthia200US #88
#85Abigail199US #90
#86Melanie199US #86
#87Veronica197US #96
#88Patricia194US #97
#89Alexandria192US #95
#90Kristina192US #77
#91Whitney189US #60
#92Dominique186US #153
#93Ariel184US #94
#94Colleen182US #160
#95Erika180US #74
#96Marissa180US #87
#97Julia176US #83
#98Kaitlin176US #101
#99Julie175US #93
#100Yesenia172US #156

Boys

#1Michael3,440US #1
#2Matthew2,234US #3
#3Christopher2,052US #2
#4Daniel1,882US #5
#5David1,548US #6
#6Joshua1,534US #4
#7Nicholas1,526US #14
#8Joseph1,517US #10
#9Ryan1,506US #11
#10Andrew1,477US #7
#11James1,354US #8
#12Anthony1,323US #15
#13John1,285US #12
#14Kyle1,258US #18
#15Robert1,239US #13
#16Kevin1,161US #23
#17Justin1,071US #9
#18Jacob1,070US #20
#19Eric1,003US #24
#20Brandon990US #19
#21Zachary987US #22
#22William980US #16
#23Jonathan958US #17
#24Brian941US #27
#25Thomas929US #26
#26Steven924US #25
#27Alexander915US #28
#28Timothy892US #30
#29Tyler808US #21
#30Adam797US #32
#31Patrick713US #36
#32Aaron631US #34
#33Mark601US #47
#34Benjamin589US #33
#35Jordan588US #29
#36Sean581US #37
#37Jeremy579US #40
#38Cody566US #31
#39Jeffrey536US #43
#40Jose532US #41
#41Richard519US #35
#42Charles509US #38
#43Nathan504US #44
#44Samuel477US #45
#45Scott466US #53
#46Stephen464US #39
#47Jason447US #46
#48Paul402US #49
#49Alex397US #59
#50Kenneth394US #52
#51Gregory381US #51
#52Bradley350US #65
#53Juan342US #61
#54Derek332US #54
#55Austin324US #55
#56Antonio315US #77
#57Peter314US #74
#58Travis313US #42
#59Dustin309US #50
#60Corey306US #56
#61Edward299US #68
#62Luis291US #66
#63Jesse287US #48
#64Bryan286US #57
#65Ethan267US #58
#66Marcus264US #72
#67Jared263US #63
#68Brett259US #84
#69Christian253US #60
#70Ian249US #70
#71Carlos245US #75
#72Keith236US #80
#73Vincent232US #78
#74Erik228US #96
#75Cameron223US #62
#76Shawn219US #69
#77Phillip217US #81
#78Mitchell215US #93
#79Cory214US #67
#80Darius213US #152
#81Trevor211US #76
#82Miguel208US #101
#83Victor205US #82
#84Jesus204US #90
#85George196US #79
#86Alejandro193US #125
#87Martin191US #113
#88Shane191US #73
#89Joel188US #95
#90Blake184US #91
#91Nathaniel184US #86
#92Lucas180US #112
#93Colin179US #122
#94Douglas173US #103
#95Evan173US #71
#96Derrick171US #106
#97Caleb170US #88
#98Donald169US #87
#99Luke169US #118
#100Ronald169US #97

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑34Ethan#65
↑31Hannah#31
↑25Taylor#43
↑24Christian#69
↑18Alexis#62
↑17Morgan#70
↑17Kaitlyn#77
↑17Cameron#75

Falling

↓25Donald#98
↓24Kristina#90
↓24Julie#99
↓20Evan#95
↓19Whitney#91
↓18Ronald#100
↓15Christine#56
↓15Abigail#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.