State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 155,174 Illinois births in 1995 across 2,796 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#54Jack#110 nationally
#94Jocelyn#148 nationally
#95Daisy#145 nationally
#55Margaret#104 nationally
#83Cristian#127 nationally
#64Alejandro#107 nationally
#96Omar#139 nationally
#72Erik#111 nationally
#91Claire#129 nationally
#65Grace#97 nationally
#48Madeline#79 nationally
#53Luke#82 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,426US #1
#2Emily1,152US #3
#3Ashley1,144US #2
#4Samantha1,069US #4
#5Sarah948US #5
#6Taylor912US #6
#7Elizabeth808US #10
#8Rachel787US #12
#9Hannah760US #7
#10Megan730US #13
#11Stephanie716US #16
#12Amanda713US #9
#13Lauren681US #15
#14Nicole664US #19
#15Alexis661US #14
#16Brittany655US #8
#17Jennifer633US #18
#18Kayla601US #11
#19Jasmine595US #25
#20Brianna535US #21
#21Alyssa521US #27
#22Alexandra518US #26
#23Rebecca507US #28
#24Morgan490US #23
#25Danielle487US #24
#26Courtney473US #17
#27Michelle469US #41
#28Anna468US #31
#29Katherine460US #30
#30Abigail442US #36
#31Victoria420US #20
#32Amber415US #22
#33Melissa412US #35
#34Allison402US #34
#35Maria366US #44
#36Haley360US #32
#37Mary356US #40
#38Kelsey352US #33
#39Natalie347US #51
#40Olivia346US #39
#41Kelly345US #64
#42Sydney343US #43
#43Kaitlyn338US #42
#44Paige334US #58
#45Erin331US #49
#46Jacqueline326US #70
#47Andrea317US #55
#48Madeline310US #79
#49Sara299US #48
#50Emma296US #67
#51Madison296US #29
#52Jordan294US #50
#53Christina293US #45
#54Vanessa288US #63
#55Margaret262US #104
#56Miranda259US #57
#57Shannon257US #73
#58Marissa256US #53
#59Brooke255US #52
#60Shelby254US #38
#61Kimberly253US #37
#62Tiffany244US #46
#63Laura243US #56
#64Julia240US #62
#65Grace234US #97
#66Destiny233US #66
#67Gabrielle229US #61
#68Erica228US #69
#69Heather228US #54
#70Jenna228US #84
#71Crystal225US #80
#72Alexandria224US #72
#73Amy221US #75
#74Angela221US #85
#75Mariah217US #71
#76Selena216US #91
#77Kristen212US #65
#78Katelyn208US #59
#79Kathryn206US #83
#80Molly206US #98
#81Caitlin205US #81
#82Briana204US #74
#83Karina203US #109
#84Monica203US #87
#85Cassandra202US #78
#86Breanna199US #76
#87Diana197US #105
#88Jamie196US #93
#89Cynthia191US #113
#90Angelica186US #101
#91Claire183US #129
#92Mackenzie183US #88
#93Sierra183US #60
#94Jocelyn182US #148
#95Daisy174US #145
#96Erika172US #102
#97Lindsey172US #82
#98Chelsea169US #47
#99Katie164US #77
#100Kylie163US #106

Boys

#1Michael2,219US #1
#2Matthew1,675US #2
#3Nicholas1,537US #7
#4Jacob1,494US #4
#5Daniel1,445US #9
#6Christopher1,296US #3
#7Joseph1,293US #12
#8Joshua1,233US #5
#9Andrew1,188US #11
#10Ryan1,138US #15
#11Tyler1,136US #6
#12John1,130US #13
#13Brandon1,085US #8
#14Zachary1,063US #14
#15David1,060US #16
#16Anthony1,056US #19
#17Alexander1,048US #21
#18Austin985US #10
#19Kyle947US #24
#20James941US #17
#21Kevin839US #25
#22Justin822US #18
#23Robert783US #22
#24Jonathan768US #23
#25Thomas753US #27
#26William731US #20
#27Eric696US #32
#28Christian616US #28
#29Jose610US #35
#30Benjamin598US #31
#31Jordan597US #29
#32Adam587US #38
#33Cody570US #26
#34Samuel554US #33
#35Brian553US #36
#36Patrick550US #43
#37Aaron533US #30
#38Timothy488US #40
#39Nathan479US #39
#40Dylan469US #34
#41Steven468US #37
#42Jeremy421US #48
#43Sean420US #45
#44Jason405US #41
#45Charles400US #44
#46Alex389US #47
#47Juan340US #50
#48Mark337US #52
#49Richard337US #42
#50Connor333US #55
#51Luis324US #59
#52Jesus285US #76
#53Luke282US #82
#54Jack278US #110
#55Jesse275US #46
#56Dakota274US #56
#57Bradley272US #78
#58Carlos271US #68
#59Evan271US #60
#60Antonio270US #85
#61Logan268US #51
#62Lucas268US #91
#63Trevor266US #61
#64Alejandro265US #107
#65Blake262US #77
#66Paul259US #71
#67Caleb258US #54
#68Nathaniel254US #73
#69Mitchell253US #79
#70Ian250US #67
#71Marcus247US #81
#72Erik246US #111
#73Jeffrey245US #64
#74Stephen234US #57
#75Devin233US #58
#76Peter233US #89
#77Kenneth225US #72
#78Ethan224US #75
#79Scott223US #92
#80Gabriel222US #65
#81Miguel220US #94
#82Adrian218US #96
#83Cristian212US #127
#84Jared210US #63
#85Cameron207US #49
#86Alec206US #112
#87Angel202US #101
#88Corey201US #74
#89Eduardo201US #117
#90Victor200US #90
#91Edward198US #88
#92Brett195US #106
#93Grant189US #116
#94Dalton188US #87
#95Jake185US #108
#96Omar184US #139
#97Bryan183US #70
#98Dustin183US #62
#99Gregory183US #84
#100Vincent180US #113

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑44Jack#54
↑35Sydney#42
↑26Dakota#56
↑23Logan#61
↑18Miranda#56
↑17Grace#65
↑16Madeline#48
↑14Anna#28

Falling

↓32Katie#99
↓24Briana#82
↓22Chelsea#98
↓22Gregory#99
↓20Crystal#71
↓18Mitchell#69
↓18Stephen#74
↓16Cassandra#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.