State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1992 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 161,492 Illinois births in 1992 across 2,750 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#60Margaret#102 nationally
#74Dominique#116 nationally
#92Grace#127 nationally
#83Ricardo#115 nationally
#55Antonio#85 nationally
#84Alejandro#113 nationally
#79Lucas#106 nationally
#99Colin#126 nationally
#94Derrick#120 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,794US #2
#2Ashley1,718US #1
#3Samantha1,157US #6
#4Sarah1,079US #5
#5Brittany1,053US #4
#6Emily1,049US #7
#7Amanda1,032US #3
#8Elizabeth1,031US #9
#9Stephanie969US #8
#10Jennifer900US #11
#11Megan865US #10
#12Lauren838US #12
#13Nicole831US #14
#14Rachel789US #16
#15Taylor701US #17
#16Danielle686US #18
#17Jasmine664US #28
#18Rebecca621US #20
#19Michelle593US #25
#20Melissa592US #24
#21Kayla550US #13
#22Kelsey541US #23
#23Alexandra522US #29
#24Katherine520US #27
#25Amber509US #19
#26Alyssa485US #30
#27Victoria475US #22
#28Courtney474US #21
#29Hannah457US #26
#30Chelsea450US #15
#31Kelly444US #47
#32Sara402US #37
#33Mary395US #36
#34Christina394US #33
#35Andrea393US #39
#36Tiffany384US #32
#37Allison375US #48
#38Alexis373US #40
#39Laura365US #38
#40Kaitlyn364US #42
#41Erin347US #46
#42Heather339US #31
#43Anna332US #49
#44Kimberly330US #35
#45Erica328US #44
#46Brianna326US #43
#47Amy325US #51
#48Kathryn324US #60
#49Maria314US #45
#50Shelby307US #34
#51Paige304US #64
#52Jacqueline299US #76
#53Vanessa287US #55
#54Shannon286US #66
#55Cassandra281US #52
#56Natalie281US #61
#57Morgan279US #41
#58Kristen274US #53
#59Jenna265US #67
#60Margaret265US #102
#61Monica263US #77
#62Olivia262US #58
#63Abigail259US #86
#64Katie251US #54
#65Molly249US #83
#66Caitlin244US #62
#67Angela243US #69
#68Haley238US #56
#69Lindsey230US #57
#70Crystal228US #50
#71Jordan227US #63
#72Katelyn224US #65
#73Briana223US #79
#74Dominique222US #116
#75Jamie220US #75
#76Alexandria210US #73
#77Christine210US #82
#78Mariah210US #74
#79Cynthia209US #92
#80Alicia206US #71
#81Marissa205US #72
#82Brittney203US #68
#83Brooke203US #59
#84Julia197US #70
#85Ariel192US #87
#86Meghan192US #91
#87Veronica192US #95
#88Bianca190US #97
#89Diana190US #101
#90Catherine188US #78
#91Angelica186US #100
#92Grace186US #127
#93Kathleen186US #108
#94Erika185US #80
#95Gabrielle185US #84
#96Kristin185US #90
#97Lisa184US #88
#98Emma182US #104
#99Lindsay179US #81
#100Melanie175US #98

Boys

#1Michael2,863US #1
#2Matthew1,880US #3
#3Daniel1,623US #7
#4Christopher1,557US #2
#5Nicholas1,516US #12
#6Joseph1,414US #11
#7Andrew1,366US #5
#8Ryan1,339US #13
#9Joshua1,338US #4
#10Brandon1,288US #6
#11David1,267US #10
#12Jacob1,231US #15
#13John1,211US #14
#14James1,210US #9
#15Anthony1,209US #19
#16Tyler1,154US #8
#17Kevin1,153US #25
#18Alexander1,087US #23
#19Zachary1,086US #16
#20Kyle1,078US #22
#21Robert1,072US #17
#22Eric905US #26
#23William903US #20
#24Jonathan845US #21
#25Thomas774US #27
#26Justin768US #18
#27Brian767US #31
#28Cody749US #24
#29Steven710US #29
#30Timothy684US #34
#31Adam681US #36
#32Patrick671US #39
#33Aaron608US #30
#34Benjamin603US #33
#35Jordan550US #32
#36Sean537US #42
#37Jose522US #37
#38Dylan519US #28
#39Samuel496US #40
#40Richard485US #41
#41Christian484US #35
#42Jeremy484US #47
#43Nathan470US #44
#44Charles462US #43
#45Austin460US #38
#46Mark449US #49
#47Alex426US #54
#48Jason410US #46
#49Scott368US #61
#50Jeffrey366US #51
#51Juan360US #56
#52Stephen345US #45
#53Kenneth327US #59
#54Paul322US #55
#55Antonio309US #85
#56Gregory308US #60
#57Bradley301US #72
#58Trevor298US #63
#59Travis290US #48
#60Evan276US #66
#61Jesse272US #50
#62Luis271US #64
#63Edward269US #70
#64Derek257US #62
#65Peter256US #81
#66Corey254US #65
#67Bryan245US #57
#68Connor245US #80
#69Marcus245US #82
#70Miguel244US #90
#71Ian242US #68
#72Jesus230US #78
#73Nathaniel230US #79
#74Carlos229US #69
#75Cameron227US #53
#76Erik227US #98
#77Mitchell224US #91
#78Luke217US #93
#79Lucas216US #106
#80Blake214US #84
#81Brett213US #97
#82Dustin212US #58
#83Ricardo208US #115
#84Alejandro207US #113
#85Vincent206US #92
#86Victor203US #87
#87Taylor193US #52
#88George187US #95
#89Shawn187US #71
#90Caleb186US #74
#91Keith185US #102
#92Adrian180US #96
#93Jared175US #67
#94Derrick174US #120
#95Devin174US #75
#96Joel174US #100
#97Ethan173US #76
#98Shane173US #77
#99Colin172US #126
#100Cory168US #83

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑38Kaitlyn#40
↑28Evan#60
↑24Monica#61
↑24Haley#68
↑22Paige#51
↑21Luke#78
↑19Cynthia#79
↑16Chelsea#30

Falling

↓25Ariel#85
↓23Lisa#97
↓23Ethan#97
↓22Jamie#75
↓21Caitlin#66
↓20Crystal#70
↓17Kathleen#93
↓16Dustin#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.