State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 152,375 Illinois births in 1996 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.

#98Diamond#179 nationally
#56Margaret#105 nationally
#81Jocelyn#127 nationally
#99Omar#140 nationally
#58Malik#97 nationally
#52Jack#89 nationally
#70Alejandro#107 nationally
#89Colin#126 nationally
#95Cristian#130 nationally
#61Grace#94 nationally
#90Eduardo#123 nationally
#63Peter#95 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,241US #2
#2Emily1,128US #1
#3Ashley1,016US #3
#4Samantha947US #5
#5Sarah914US #4
#6Taylor871US #6
#7Elizabeth823US #10
#8Alexis812US #8
#9Hannah760US #7
#10Megan713US #12
#11Rachel712US #9
#12Stephanie652US #20
#13Jennifer647US #19
#14Nicole636US #22
#15Kayla617US #11
#16Lauren615US #16
#17Amanda608US #13
#18Alyssa576US #23
#19Brittany565US #14
#20Brianna531US #17
#21Rebecca528US #24
#22Jasmine522US #28
#23Alexandra485US #26
#24Abigail460US #32
#25Anna449US #33
#26Danielle441US #29
#27Katherine440US #31
#28Maria436US #37
#29Morgan434US #25
#30Courtney417US #21
#31Michelle415US #47
#32Madison401US #15
#33Victoria396US #18
#34Allison394US #38
#35Haley388US #30
#36Olivia376US #34
#37Natalie369US #46
#38Amber368US #27
#39Melissa359US #42
#40Madeline350US #67
#41Sydney346US #39
#42Kaitlyn345US #40
#43Emma331US #53
#44Erin321US #51
#45Kelsey318US #36
#46Jacqueline317US #69
#47Paige317US #65
#48Mary314US #44
#49Kelly297US #73
#50Andrea288US #61
#51Julia286US #48
#52Marissa277US #59
#53Vanessa275US #60
#54Sara270US #50
#55Shelby268US #35
#56Margaret264US #105
#57Brooke262US #45
#58Mariah251US #63
#59Christina250US #57
#60Shannon250US #80
#61Grace248US #94
#62Jordan248US #49
#63Jenna244US #83
#64Gabrielle231US #54
#65Katelyn229US #64
#66Monica229US #82
#67Tiffany226US #52
#68Kathryn225US #87
#69Kimberly224US #41
#70Laura223US #66
#71Destiny221US #56
#72Sabrina218US #58
#73Amy216US #88
#74Caroline211US #78
#75Alexandria210US #77
#76Kristen209US #70
#77Angelica207US #97
#78Breanna206US #74
#79Diana203US #107
#80Molly201US #99
#81Jocelyn194US #127
#82Karina194US #108
#83Briana191US #72
#84Mackenzie191US #75
#85Savannah188US #43
#86Erica187US #79
#87Cheyenne186US #68
#88Heather186US #71
#89Crystal183US #92
#90Claire182US #116
#91Miranda182US #76
#92Sierra178US #62
#93Cynthia177US #101
#94Alicia175US #91
#95Daisy173US #124
#96Angela171US #90
#97Caitlin170US #84
#98Diamond169US #179
#99Bianca165US #123
#100Katie164US #81

Boys

#1Michael2,132US #1
#2Jacob1,534US #3
#3Matthew1,489US #2
#4Nicholas1,476US #6
#5Daniel1,444US #11
#6Joseph1,222US #12
#7Christopher1,192US #4
#8Joshua1,134US #5
#9Andrew1,111US #10
#10David1,091US #13
#11Brandon1,083US #8
#12Tyler1,083US #7
#13Ryan1,061US #16
#14Anthony1,028US #19
#15Austin994US #9
#16John990US #15
#17Zachary985US #14
#18Alexander956US #22
#19Kyle852US #25
#20James846US #17
#21Jonathan812US #21
#22Kevin810US #26
#23William794US #18
#24Justin781US #20
#25Robert740US #23
#26Thomas691US #28
#27Christian684US #24
#28Samuel624US #30
#29Eric619US #35
#30Benjamin617US #29
#31Jordan610US #27
#32Jose553US #32
#33Brian532US #36
#34Adam484US #39
#35Cody484US #31
#36Nathan483US #37
#37Aaron476US #34
#38Patrick465US #44
#39Dylan448US #33
#40Timothy447US #40
#41Steven436US #38
#42Sean402US #46
#43Charles370US #43
#44Jeremy368US #56
#45Jason365US #41
#46Connor362US #54
#47Noah361US #50
#48Alex355US #53
#49Juan340US #52
#50Richard331US #45
#51Luis325US #57
#52Jack323US #89
#53Mark322US #55
#54Logan309US #42
#55Antonio300US #80
#56Luke286US #75
#57Mitchell281US #88
#58Malik273US #97
#59Ian269US #70
#60Bradley267US #83
#61Ethan266US #62
#62Lucas261US #93
#63Peter258US #95
#64Trevor255US #63
#65Nathaniel254US #69
#66Dakota244US #58
#67Jesus244US #74
#68Miguel244US #91
#69Evan243US #65
#70Alejandro240US #107
#71Caleb240US #48
#72Jeffrey237US #72
#73Devin233US #60
#74Carlos230US #67
#75Jesse229US #51
#76Adrian225US #92
#77Kenneth224US #77
#78Marcus224US #87
#79Brett218US #110
#80Stephen218US #59
#81Blake217US #84
#82Edward214US #96
#83Cameron213US #49
#84Gabriel213US #61
#85Angel211US #102
#86Alec209US #117
#87Scott205US #108
#88Paul204US #78
#89Colin201US #126
#90Eduardo200US #123
#91Erik200US #122
#92Isaiah200US #71
#93Jorge200US #113
#94Bryan199US #66
#95Cristian197US #130
#96Elijah194US #81
#97Victor193US #100
#98Dalton191US #99
#99Omar191US #140
#100Brendan189US #131

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑19Madison#32
↑18Monica#66
↑17Mariah#58
↑17Ethan#61
↑13Julia#51
↑13Katelyn#65
↑13Angelica#77
↑13Jocelyn#81

Falling

↓35Miranda#91
↓22Angela#96
↓22Paul#88
↓20Jesse#75
↓19Heather#88
↓19Erik#91
↓18Erica#86
↓18Crystal#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.