State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 165,022 Illinois births in 1991 across 2,747 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#87Darius#152 nationally
#86Dominique#132 nationally
#64Margaret#108 nationally
#99Dana#131 nationally
#80Lucas#107 nationally
#91Alejandro#118 nationally
#100Mario#127 nationally
#44Jacqueline#70 nationally
#76Kathleen#102 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica2,026US #2
#2Ashley1,869US #1
#3Samantha1,272US #5
#4Brittany1,267US #3
#5Sarah1,194US #6
#6Amanda1,154US #4
#7Stephanie1,132US #7
#8Elizabeth1,119US #9
#9Emily1,049US #10
#10Jennifer1,021US #8
#11Megan927US #11
#12Lauren867US #13
#13Nicole854US #15
#14Rachel782US #14
#15Jasmine691US #24
#16Melissa686US #20
#17Danielle681US #17
#18Michelle663US #22
#19Rebecca662US #21
#20Kayla629US #12
#21Katherine616US #25
#22Kelsey584US #26
#23Alyssa534US #30
#24Amber522US #16
#25Taylor496US #32
#26Courtney494US #19
#27Laura467US #35
#28Alexandra459US #36
#29Christina452US #31
#30Kelly449US #42
#31Hannah439US #29
#32Mary439US #38
#33Victoria439US #28
#34Heather437US #23
#35Tiffany410US #27
#36Sara403US #37
#37Andrea382US #39
#38Kimberly377US #34
#39Allison376US #50
#40Erin371US #44
#41Anna365US #46
#42Alexis361US #47
#43Amy361US #43
#44Jacqueline336US #70
#45Caitlin331US #55
#46Chelsea329US #18
#47Erica326US #40
#48Kathryn324US #57
#49Kristen320US #48
#50Crystal317US #41
#51Shelby308US #33
#52Natalie306US #64
#53Jamie295US #60
#54Maria294US #45
#55Brianna292US #51
#56Morgan287US #49
#57Molly281US #74
#58Angela280US #59
#59Cassandra278US #54
#60Ariel275US #66
#61Katie269US #53
#62Lindsey269US #52
#63Vanessa265US #56
#64Margaret264US #108
#65Mariah262US #69
#66Jordan246US #62
#67Shannon246US #71
#68Alexandria245US #78
#69Olivia244US #61
#70Alicia243US #63
#71Christine242US #73
#72Jenna239US #80
#73Paige238US #76
#74Lisa231US #83
#75Brooke230US #65
#76Kathleen230US #102
#77Abigail228US #92
#78Kaitlyn222US #82
#79Meghan222US #94
#80Bianca221US #89
#81Julia216US #67
#82Kristina216US #87
#83Diana215US #103
#84Brittney210US #58
#85Monica210US #85
#86Dominique204US #132
#87Katelyn203US #75
#88Lindsay198US #77
#89Patricia195US #101
#90Kristin190US #86
#91Erika188US #84
#92Haley187US #79
#93Catherine185US #72
#94Marissa184US #81
#95Julie183US #98
#96Veronica183US #100
#97Kaitlin180US #99
#98Cynthia176US #93
#99Dana171US #131
#100Whitney170US #68

Boys

#1Michael3,158US #1
#2Matthew2,111US #3
#3Christopher1,924US #2
#4Daniel1,715US #6
#5Joshua1,571US #4
#6Joseph1,532US #9
#7Nicholas1,454US #12
#8Ryan1,422US #11
#9David1,417US #8
#10Andrew1,415US #5
#11James1,313US #7
#12John1,277US #10
#13Anthony1,245US #18
#14Robert1,232US #13
#15Jacob1,221US #17
#16Kyle1,183US #21
#17Kevin1,153US #23
#18Brandon1,104US #15
#19Zachary1,042US #22
#20Alexander998US #26
#21Eric991US #25
#22Tyler970US #16
#23William961US #19
#24Jonathan956US #20
#25Justin910US #14
#26Thomas866US #28
#27Brian837US #30
#28Steven787US #27
#29Timothy786US #32
#30Cody736US #24
#31Patrick666US #35
#32Jordan626US #29
#33Adam622US #36
#34Aaron605US #31
#35Benjamin584US #33
#36Jose583US #37
#37Sean533US #40
#38Richard523US #34
#39Charles517US #38
#40Jeremy516US #43
#41Nathan516US #42
#42Mark515US #47
#43Samuel508US #39
#44Jeffrey472US #45
#45Christian390US #48
#46Jason379US #49
#47Alex365US #63
#48Stephen362US #41
#49Scott360US #57
#50Kenneth349US #54
#51Dylan346US #46
#52Travis332US #44
#53Gregory330US #55
#54Austin326US #50
#55Paul317US #53
#56Bradley316US #67
#57Antonio305US #79
#58Derek302US #59
#59Juan300US #60
#60Peter295US #77
#61Edward288US #68
#62Corey284US #58
#63Marcus282US #76
#64Jesse267US #51
#65Bryan262US #61
#66Dustin258US #56
#67Carlos252US #72
#68Luis251US #66
#69Brett243US #88
#70Trevor243US #69
#71Jesus227US #80
#72Blake225US #86
#73Erik223US #95
#74Ethan223US #65
#75Ian223US #73
#76Victor222US #85
#77Cameron219US #62
#78Miguel218US #92
#79Keith217US #89
#80Lucas215US #107
#81Caleb209US #78
#82George209US #87
#83Jared208US #64
#84Cory206US #74
#85Nathaniel203US #84
#86Vincent201US #81
#87Darius200US #152
#88Evan200US #70
#89Shawn200US #71
#90Mitchell190US #96
#91Alejandro185US #118
#92Taylor181US #52
#93Donald178US #102
#94Adrian177US #93
#95Gabriel174US #82
#96Derrick171US #111
#97Shane169US #75
#98Frank167US #116
#99Luke166US #113
#100Mario166US #127

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑33Ariel#60
↑24Christian#45
↑23Molly#57
↑21Alexandria#68
↑20Alexis#42
↑18Taylor#25
↑18Blake#72
↑16Julia#81

Falling

↓33Brittney#84
↓26Kristin#90
↓26Catherine#93
↓20Dana#99
↓17Lisa#74
↓17Monica#85
↓16Jared#83
↓15Christine#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.