State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 149,561 Illinois births in 1997 across 2,889 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#97Diamond#181 nationally
#60Jocelyn#122 nationally
#62Claire#108 nationally
#67Margaret#110 nationally
#78Alexis#120 nationally
#93Erik#134 nationally
#59Alejandro#99 nationally
#39Jack#76 nationally
#62Lucas#98 nationally
#89Colin#125 nationally
#64Molly#98 nationally
#77Malik#111 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,180US #1
#2Jessica1,105US #2
#3Samantha986US #6
#4Hannah913US #5
#5Sarah882US #4
#6Alexis872US #8
#7Ashley868US #3
#8Taylor807US #7
#9Elizabeth746US #9
#10Megan682US #11
#11Rachel647US #13
#12Jennifer630US #18
#13Lauren607US #14
#14Alyssa599US #15
#15Nicole588US #21
#16Kayla545US #12
#17Stephanie541US #23
#18Amanda534US #16
#19Abigail530US #26
#20Brianna522US #17
#21Jasmine489US #24
#22Madison484US #10
#23Brittany468US #20
#24Olivia467US #27
#25Rebecca438US #25
#26Alexandra418US #30
#27Emma409US #36
#28Victoria403US #19
#29Morgan396US #22
#30Danielle395US #34
#31Anna391US #33
#32Katherine390US #32
#33Maria389US #38
#34Haley375US #31
#35Allison364US #39
#36Madeline362US #59
#37Melissa355US #44
#38Amber353US #29
#39Julia353US #37
#40Courtney352US #28
#41Michelle346US #55
#42Sydney344US #35
#43Natalie331US #48
#44Mary320US #46
#45Vanessa318US #54
#46Jordan315US #40
#47Grace301US #69
#48Kaitlyn292US #41
#49Andrea290US #58
#50Erin287US #52
#51Destiny285US #42
#52Paige280US #64
#53Jacqueline267US #77
#54Sara264US #50
#55Gabrielle261US #51
#56Kelly243US #83
#57Kelsey239US #57
#58Brooke237US #45
#59Marissa233US #60
#60Jocelyn231US #122
#61Shelby231US #43
#62Claire224US #108
#63Kathryn222US #86
#64Molly222US #98
#65Mariah221US #67
#66Jenna219US #76
#67Margaret219US #110
#68Kimberly215US #49
#69Monica214US #79
#70Diana213US #97
#71Sabrina209US #53
#72Briana205US #72
#73Katelyn205US #63
#74Alexandria199US #78
#75Caroline197US #75
#76Cassandra193US #81
#77Mackenzie193US #71
#78Breanna192US #74
#79Christina190US #62
#80Shannon190US #85
#81Angelica189US #101
#82Sierra189US #56
#83Crystal185US #99
#84Laura184US #66
#85Bailey182US #65
#86Angela181US #93
#87Caitlin181US #88
#88Erica179US #84
#89Miranda177US #70
#90Alicia175US #89
#91Tiffany174US #61
#92Amy168US #92
#93Jamie168US #103
#94Cynthia167US #117
#95Cheyenne165US #68
#96Catherine164US #96
#97Diamond163US #181
#98Karina162US #132
#99Gabriela160US #120
#100Savannah160US #47

Boys

#1Michael2,011US #1
#2Jacob1,574US #2
#3Nicholas1,516US #6
#4Matthew1,494US #3
#5Daniel1,330US #11
#6Joseph1,224US #12
#7Joshua1,135US #5
#8Tyler1,078US #10
#9Christopher1,063US #4
#10Andrew1,048US #7
#11John1,046US #15
#12Brandon1,045US #8
#13Anthony1,041US #18
#14David1,012US #14
#15Ryan998US #16
#16Austin985US #9
#17Zachary958US #13
#18Alexander876US #22
#19James842US #17
#20Kyle826US #24
#21Jonathan820US #21
#22William744US #19
#23Justin725US #20
#24Kevin694US #28
#25Samuel668US #27
#26Robert667US #23
#27Thomas647US #31
#28Christian646US #25
#29Jordan641US #26
#30Benjamin605US #29
#31Jose570US #32
#32Eric540US #35
#33Brian518US #37
#34Nathan512US #34
#35Dylan489US #30
#36Adam465US #39
#37Patrick454US #50
#38Aaron431US #33
#39Jack396US #76
#40Sean395US #48
#41Cody393US #36
#42Ethan386US #46
#43Noah385US #38
#44Timothy385US #43
#45Steven384US #40
#46Jason371US #41
#47Juan369US #54
#48Charles365US #49
#49Luis363US #53
#50Alex350US #55
#51Connor319US #52
#52Jeremy315US #64
#53Logan301US #42
#54Mark299US #58
#55Jesus298US #71
#56Luke297US #78
#57Antonio292US #75
#58Nathaniel285US #65
#59Alejandro281US #99
#60Richard280US #51
#61Cameron279US #45
#62Lucas273US #98
#63Evan265US #61
#64Miguel263US #91
#65Carlos257US #67
#66Blake252US #80
#67Jared250US #56
#68Angel248US #86
#69Gabriel247US #57
#70Cole244US #72
#71Isaiah242US #60
#72Caleb240US #47
#73Devin239US #59
#74Trevor239US #62
#75Ian236US #70
#76Jake231US #101
#77Malik227US #111
#78Alexis224US #120
#79Mitchell224US #96
#80Paul223US #79
#81Peter223US #102
#82Dakota220US #66
#83Adrian213US #95
#84Jeffrey213US #84
#85Dalton207US #90
#86Jesse207US #63
#87Kenneth207US #83
#88Marcus207US #93
#89Colin206US #125
#90Alec203US #123
#91Stephen198US #68
#92Bryan196US #69
#93Erik194US #134
#94Oscar192US #127
#95Bradley190US #94
#96Edward190US #100
#97Julian189US #131
#98Victor189US #105
#99Hunter187US #44
#100Isaac186US #73

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑28Claire#62
↑22Cameron#61
↑21Jocelyn#60
↑21Isaiah#71
↑20Destiny#51
↑19Ethan#42
↑17Angel#68
↑16Emma#27

Falling

↓35Bradley#95
↓24Tiffany#91
↓22Mitchell#79
↓20Christina#79
↓20Shannon#80
↓19Amy#92
↓19Malik#77
↓18Peter#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.