State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1993 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 160,758 Illinois births in 1993 across 2,840 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#97Jocelyn#162 nationally
#83Jack#143 nationally
#57Alejandro#103 nationally
#77Dominique#122 nationally
#99Karina#143 nationally
#85Madeline#127 nationally
#100Omar#140 nationally
#99Julian#135 nationally
#55Antonio#89 nationally
#69Margaret#102 nationally
#94Eduardo#125 nationally
#44Jacqueline#74 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,763US #1
#2Ashley1,559US #2
#3Samantha1,182US #4
#4Emily1,142US #5
#5Sarah1,080US #3
#6Taylor971US #7
#7Brittany938US #6
#8Elizabeth902US #9
#9Amanda900US #8
#10Lauren883US #12
#11Nicole879US #13
#12Stephanie857US #10
#13Jennifer800US #15
#14Megan776US #11
#15Jasmine750US #23
#16Rachel730US #14
#17Danielle602US #18
#18Michelle593US #31
#19Hannah585US #21
#20Rebecca585US #22
#21Alyssa580US #26
#22Kayla556US #16
#23Amber539US #17
#24Melissa534US #30
#25Kelsey528US #24
#26Alexis522US #27
#27Katherine519US #29
#28Alexandra499US #28
#29Courtney471US #20
#30Brianna470US #32
#31Victoria458US #19
#32Allison439US #41
#33Mary420US #36
#34Kelly413US #51
#35Christina384US #35
#36Morgan370US #34
#37Sara363US #40
#38Andrea359US #44
#39Kaitlyn350US #46
#40Haley339US #42
#41Maria327US #45
#42Erin324US #48
#43Anna323US #47
#44Jacqueline316US #74
#45Shannon314US #53
#46Paige311US #60
#47Heather310US #38
#48Crystal306US #57
#49Laura305US #43
#50Erica303US #49
#51Tiffany294US #33
#52Kimberly293US #39
#53Chelsea292US #25
#54Vanessa283US #55
#55Abigail280US #67
#56Amy276US #65
#57Shelby276US #37
#58Alexandria271US #69
#59Olivia266US #50
#60Natalie261US #62
#61Briana258US #71
#62Kathryn254US #68
#63Brooke252US #52
#64Marissa251US #59
#65Caitlin240US #64
#66Lindsey240US #56
#67Jordan239US #58
#68Katelyn239US #54
#69Margaret231US #102
#70Emma228US #80
#71Jamie224US #79
#72Angela223US #73
#73Monica221US #86
#74Jenna218US #70
#75Lisa215US #100
#76Catherine208US #75
#77Dominique208US #122
#78Kristen206US #61
#79Cassandra205US #66
#80Molly205US #87
#81Katie202US #63
#82Diana199US #94
#83Veronica194US #103
#84Alicia189US #76
#85Madeline188US #127
#86Angelica187US #98
#87Bianca186US #101
#88Meghan186US #93
#89Erika180US #85
#90Breanna177US #83
#91Kassandra176US #120
#92Brittney175US #77
#93Julia175US #72
#94Kathleen175US #118
#95Grace173US #123
#96Mariah167US #81
#97Jocelyn163US #162
#98Gabrielle162US #84
#99Karina160US #143
#100Christine157US #90

Boys

#1Michael2,693US #1
#2Matthew1,875US #3
#3Daniel1,591US #7
#4Nicholas1,503US #8
#5Christopher1,478US #2
#6Joseph1,383US #12
#7Jacob1,344US #9
#8Joshua1,283US #4
#9Ryan1,281US #13
#10Andrew1,244US #10
#11David1,225US #11
#12Brandon1,221US #6
#13Zachary1,208US #15
#14Tyler1,204US #5
#15John1,169US #16
#16James1,157US #14
#17Anthony1,135US #19
#18Kyle1,120US #23
#19Kevin1,107US #25
#20Alexander1,077US #21
#21Robert990US #17
#22William909US #18
#23Eric829US #29
#24Jonathan814US #22
#25Thomas788US #27
#26Justin765US #20
#27Cody742US #24
#28Austin738US #26
#29Brian659US #34
#30Timothy616US #38
#31Jordan607US #28
#32Steven604US #31
#33Adam587US #39
#34Patrick569US #43
#35Benjamin535US #32
#36Jose534US #36
#37Samuel522US #37
#38Christian508US #35
#39Aaron505US #30
#40Sean496US #42
#41Dylan489US #33
#42Jeremy457US #46
#43Alex453US #52
#44Charles448US #44
#45Richard435US #40
#46Nathan430US #41
#47Mark408US #49
#48Jason374US #45
#49Juan349US #55
#50Jeffrey332US #53
#51Bradley324US #73
#52Scott313US #69
#53Luis312US #58
#54Connor311US #57
#55Antonio306US #89
#56Gregory305US #65
#57Alejandro283US #103
#58Kenneth277US #60
#59Peter276US #82
#60Paul275US #56
#61Evan273US #62
#62Jesse266US #48
#63Stephen263US #47
#64Travis254US #50
#65Ian253US #70
#66Lucas253US #95
#67Marcus252US #74
#68Edward251US #78
#69Blake250US #83
#70Jesus249US #80
#71Trevor246US #64
#72Miguel243US #88
#73Luke242US #87
#74Mitchell238US #81
#75Corey235US #68
#76Nathaniel235US #75
#77Cameron220US #54
#78Vincent220US #100
#79Carlos217US #72
#80Dustin216US #59
#81Victor214US #91
#82Bryan213US #61
#83Jack211US #143
#84Derek208US #67
#85Devin208US #71
#86Brett205US #102
#87Taylor205US #51
#88Jared196US #63
#89Erik194US #105
#90Adrian189US #99
#91Caleb188US #66
#92Keith184US #109
#93Dakota181US #85
#94Eduardo179US #125
#95Shawn173US #77
#96Ricardo172US #120
#97Colin170US #121
#98Jake170US #111
#99Julian169US #135
#100Omar169US #140

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑28Haley#40
↑28Emma#70
↑27Alejandro#57
↑22Crystal#48
↑22Lisa#75
↑21Morgan#36
↑20Brooke#63
↑18Alexandria#58

Falling

↓24Cassandra#79
↓23Chelsea#53
↓23Christine#100
↓20Kristen#78
↓20Derek#84
↓18Mariah#96
↓17Katie#81
↓15Tiffany#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.