State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 150,742 Illinois births in 1998 across 2,976 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#90Diamond#164 nationally
#62Jocelyn#128 nationally
#81Daisy#136 nationally
#63Margaret#114 nationally
#89Malik#138 nationally
#98Omar#146 nationally
#72Isabel#118 nationally
#87Esmeralda#133 nationally
#99Eduardo#145 nationally
#80Julian#124 nationally
#85Cynthia#127 nationally
#93Oscar#129 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,179US #1
#2Samantha1,013US #3
#3Jessica967US #8
#4Alexis930US #6
#5Ashley852US #5
#6Hannah850US #2
#7Sarah803US #4
#8Taylor752US #7
#9Elizabeth700US #10
#10Alyssa641US #11
#11Lauren638US #14
#12Megan621US #13
#13Jennifer592US #20
#14Kayla589US #12
#15Abigail580US #18
#16Madison579US #9
#17Nicole542US #24
#18Rachel539US #15
#19Emma526US #22
#20Brianna494US #17
#21Stephanie494US #29
#22Amanda472US #19
#23Olivia472US #21
#24Jasmine471US #26
#25Allison452US #38
#26Alexandra445US #27
#27Katherine437US #33
#28Morgan425US #23
#29Brittany410US #25
#30Julia401US #32
#31Victoria399US #16
#32Grace391US #53
#33Rebecca391US #30
#34Anna383US #31
#35Sydney375US #28
#36Natalie374US #40
#37Madeline350US #50
#38Danielle343US #41
#39Destiny341US #34
#40Haley336US #36
#41Vanessa332US #52
#42Maria331US #43
#43Michelle326US #55
#44Amber317US #37
#45Kaitlyn313US #35
#46Paige302US #63
#47Mary293US #44
#48Erin290US #57
#49Melissa281US #59
#50Gabrielle274US #47
#51Andrea270US #61
#52Sara261US #48
#53Courtney260US #39
#54Jenna259US #65
#55Jordan252US #42
#56Mariah250US #62
#57Claire237US #91
#58Kelsey236US #56
#59Diana229US #83
#60Mackenzie227US #64
#61Jacqueline224US #95
#62Jocelyn220US #128
#63Margaret218US #114
#64Brooke216US #46
#65Marissa215US #66
#66Isabella211US #84
#67Kelly209US #90
#68Kathryn200US #89
#69Alexandria196US #81
#70Caroline196US #75
#71Sierra192US #51
#72Isabel190US #118
#73Katelyn190US #58
#74Sophia190US #73
#75Sabrina186US #68
#76Christina185US #69
#77Shelby181US #49
#78Briana179US #79
#79Amy177US #96
#80Bailey177US #60
#81Daisy176US #136
#82Kimberly175US #54
#83Angela174US #100
#84Alexa173US #93
#85Cynthia173US #127
#86Crystal170US #110
#87Esmeralda170US #133
#88Molly167US #108
#89Chloe165US #87
#90Diamond165US #164
#91Caitlin164US #78
#92Cassandra164US #85
#93Miranda163US #80
#94Savannah163US #45
#95Shannon163US #104
#96Breanna161US #76
#97Leslie159US #111
#98Monica158US #105
#99Veronica158US #126
#100Erica157US #92

Boys

#1Michael1,933US #1
#2Jacob1,648US #2
#3Matthew1,525US #3
#4Nicholas1,388US #6
#5Daniel1,277US #12
#6Joshua1,150US #4
#7Joseph1,112US #11
#8Andrew1,052US #9
#9Brandon1,022US #7
#10Christopher1,003US #5
#11John979US #15
#12Tyler977US #8
#13Anthony976US #19
#14Ryan955US #17
#15David940US #13
#16Alexander916US #22
#17Zachary909US #16
#18Austin858US #10
#19James837US #18
#20Kyle806US #24
#21Justin753US #20
#22William743US #14
#23Jonathan740US #21
#24Kevin660US #32
#25Thomas650US #31
#26Samuel644US #28
#27Robert632US #23
#28Jose619US #33
#29Benjamin593US #30
#30Christian590US #26
#31Nathan578US #34
#32Jordan564US #27
#33Dylan559US #25
#34Eric556US #39
#35Brian541US #41
#36Noah508US #29
#37Ethan488US #38
#38Jack468US #61
#39Adam432US #45
#40Aaron407US #37
#41Patrick405US #57
#42Sean398US #50
#43Luis377US #53
#44Jason376US #40
#45Juan374US #52
#46Timothy373US #49
#47Charles372US #48
#48Cameron365US #35
#49Connor350US #47
#50Alex331US #55
#51Steven327US #46
#52Caleb313US #42
#53Luke312US #75
#54Adrian311US #71
#55Logan311US #44
#56Antonio305US #79
#57Jeremy300US #68
#58Cody295US #43
#59Jesus282US #76
#60Nathaniel282US #60
#61Alejandro276US #95
#62Mark276US #64
#63Trevor271US #58
#64Richard270US #56
#65Gabriel265US #54
#66Carlos263US #69
#67Ian261US #73
#68Evan260US #63
#69Jared259US #51
#70Lucas255US #93
#71Hunter251US #36
#72Miguel249US #90
#73Isaiah244US #59
#74Angel239US #81
#75Devin232US #62
#76Bryan228US #74
#77Blake227US #85
#78Isaac227US #65
#79Alec226US #112
#80Julian219US #124
#81Kenneth215US #87
#82Victor215US #97
#83Brendan214US #99
#84Cole214US #77
#85Elijah214US #66
#86Dakota210US #72
#87Dalton210US #88
#88Mitchell208US #103
#89Malik204US #138
#90Peter201US #111
#91Bradley199US #101
#92Jake199US #102
#93Oscar193US #129
#94Chase189US #67
#95Jesse189US #70
#96Jorge189US #107
#97Paul182US #89
#98Omar181US #146
#99Eduardo177US #145
#100Bryce176US #94

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑29Adrian#54
↑28Hunter#71
↑22Isaac#78
↑20Caleb#52
↑17Mackenzie#60
↑17Julian#80
↑16Bryan#76
↑16Victor#82

Falling

↓29Monica#98
↓24Molly#88
↓18Breanna#96
↓17Cody#58
↓17Paul#97
↓16Shelby#77
↓16Cassandra#92
↓16Jake#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.