State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 158,670 Illinois births in 1994 across 2,877 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#85Diamond#170 nationally
#86Claire#149 nationally
#98Jocelyn#157 nationally
#100Omar#146 nationally
#62Margaret#106 nationally
#92Dominique#132 nationally
#60Erik#99 nationally
#53Antonio#88 nationally
#72Alejandro#105 nationally
#81Eduardo#113 nationally
#93Colin#124 nationally
#99Kathleen#130 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,603US #1
#2Ashley1,288US #2
#3Emily1,135US #3
#4Samantha1,108US #4
#5Sarah1,000US #5
#6Taylor982US #6
#7Nicole891US #11
#8Amanda848US #8
#9Brittany812US #7
#10Elizabeth805US #9
#11Megan785US #10
#12Stephanie774US #15
#13Lauren771US #14
#14Rachel726US #13
#15Jennifer690US #17
#16Jasmine676US #23
#17Danielle659US #20
#18Alexis629US #18
#19Hannah619US #16
#20Kayla592US #12
#21Michelle556US #33
#22Rebecca555US #24
#23Alyssa525US #26
#24Alexandra497US #28
#25Victoria481US #19
#26Courtney477US #22
#27Amber476US #21
#28Brianna471US #27
#29Katherine468US #30
#30Allison455US #34
#31Kelsey448US #29
#32Morgan430US #25
#33Abigail428US #42
#34Melissa414US #31
#35Kelly370US #62
#36Erin361US #45
#37Mary348US #37
#38Maria344US #47
#39Andrea343US #49
#40Haley341US #36
#41Paige338US #63
#42Anna334US #41
#43Sara331US #43
#44Natalie319US #56
#45Christina313US #39
#46Shannon310US #60
#47Olivia308US #50
#48Laura302US #46
#49Vanessa301US #59
#50Jacqueline294US #65
#51Crystal293US #64
#52Emma286US #74
#53Kimberly286US #32
#54Tiffany286US #35
#55Kaitlyn284US #48
#56Erica275US #57
#57Marissa274US #53
#58Briana268US #68
#59Shelby263US #40
#60Amy254US #77
#61Jordan253US #52
#62Margaret252US #106
#63Heather246US #44
#64Madeline244US #92
#65Angela238US #81
#66Katelyn235US #58
#67Katie235US #70
#68Alexandria231US #73
#69Cassandra231US #66
#70Kathryn226US #79
#71Julia224US #72
#72Jenna221US #80
#73Brooke215US #54
#74Miranda215US #61
#75Caitlin214US #78
#76Chelsea213US #38
#77Sydney212US #76
#78Gabrielle210US #67
#79Mariah209US #75
#80Kristen208US #55
#81Molly205US #96
#82Grace204US #103
#83Breanna199US #85
#84Monica197US #88
#85Diamond189US #170
#86Claire188US #149
#87Cynthia188US #105
#88Angelica184US #108
#89Bianca184US #111
#90Jamie184US #87
#91Diana182US #98
#92Dominique180US #132
#93Meghan177US #100
#94Catherine176US #84
#95Gabriela175US #115
#96Sierra172US #71
#97Lindsey171US #69
#98Jocelyn164US #157
#99Kathleen163US #130
#100Christine162US #104

Boys

#1Michael2,376US #1
#2Matthew1,660US #3
#3Nicholas1,560US #9
#4Daniel1,559US #8
#5Jacob1,396US #7
#6Christopher1,373US #2
#7Joseph1,281US #11
#8Ryan1,268US #16
#9Brandon1,266US #6
#10Tyler1,242US #5
#11Joshua1,238US #4
#12John1,213US #15
#13Andrew1,172US #10
#14Zachary1,127US #12
#15David1,119US #13
#16Anthony1,115US #18
#17James1,057US #14
#18Alexander1,053US #22
#19Kyle986US #24
#20Kevin984US #26
#21Robert938US #21
#22Austin926US #17
#23Thomas808US #27
#24Jonathan803US #23
#25William783US #19
#26Justin776US #20
#27Eric765US #30
#28Cody693US #25
#29Brian638US #37
#30Adam618US #38
#31Aaron601US #28
#32Jose582US #36
#33Patrick566US #42
#34Jordan564US #29
#35Timothy554US #39
#36Samuel551US #33
#37Steven551US #34
#38Benjamin544US #31
#39Christian491US #35
#40Nathan480US #40
#41Dylan476US #32
#42Jeremy455US #47
#43Charles446US #43
#44Sean442US #44
#45Mark399US #48
#46Alex387US #50
#47Juan382US #51
#48Jason353US #46
#49Richard351US #41
#50Luis347US #57
#51Mitchell319US #71
#52Connor318US #59
#53Antonio293US #88
#54Jesse290US #45
#55Jesus289US #79
#56Stephen276US #49
#57Trevor276US #58
#58Jeffrey275US #55
#59Marcus272US #75
#60Erik268US #99
#61Evan263US #62
#62Blake259US #81
#63Scott259US #80
#64Paul258US #64
#65Peter257US #87
#66Carlos256US #72
#67Luke255US #91
#68Lucas251US #95
#69Devin249US #61
#70Bradley244US #83
#71Kenneth243US #65
#72Alejandro242US #105
#73Caleb242US #60
#74Miguel240US #94
#75Cameron232US #52
#76Ian230US #74
#77Gregory227US #76
#78Travis223US #53
#79Edward222US #84
#80Nathaniel221US #78
#81Eduardo217US #113
#82Dakota215US #69
#83Derek215US #77
#84Logan207US #70
#85Dalton206US #85
#86Jared205US #63
#87Alec203US #109
#88Dustin200US #56
#89Victor200US #93
#90Gabriel199US #68
#91Jorge195US #112
#92Adrian193US #97
#93Colin192US #124
#94Corey192US #73
#95Bryan191US #66
#96Vincent189US #100
#97Brett188US #107
#98Jack187US #127
#99Jake186US #106
#100Omar177US #146

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑29Erik#60
↑23Mitchell#51
↑22Abigail#33
↑22Julia#71
↑21Madeline#64
↑20Gabrielle#78
↑18Emma#52
↑18Caleb#73

Falling

↓31Lindsey#97
↓23Chelsea#76
↓21Gregory#77
↓19Jamie#90
↓19Bradley#70
↓19Corey#94
↓18Catherine#94
↓18Vincent#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.