State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 149,628 Illinois births in 1999 across 2,979 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#59Jocelyn#132 nationally
#94Eduardo#145 nationally
#95Omar#143 nationally
#64Margaret#110 nationally
#88Daisy#133 nationally
#92Karina#135 nationally
#99Erik#139 nationally
#83Mia#120 nationally
#84Colin#119 nationally
#97Alec#132 nationally
#46Jacqueline#79 nationally
#62Kelly#95 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,198US #1
#2Hannah928US #2
#3Jessica886US #9
#4Samantha882US #5
#5Alexis867US #3
#6Elizabeth793US #10
#7Sarah774US #4
#8Ashley701US #6
#9Taylor661US #8
#10Lauren628US #12
#11Emma620US #17
#12Grace617US #27
#13Madison608US #7
#14Alyssa601US #11
#15Jennifer589US #21
#16Kayla585US #13
#17Abigail577US #18
#18Nicole548US #25
#19Megan537US #15
#20Brianna522US #14
#21Olivia500US #20
#22Rachel481US #19
#23Sydney470US #23
#24Natalie450US #34
#25Julia432US #30
#26Jasmine420US #26
#27Alexandra419US #32
#28Amanda419US #22
#29Stephanie416US #37
#30Anna411US #29
#31Katherine410US #36
#32Morgan406US #24
#33Destiny397US #28
#34Victoria380US #16
#35Allison362US #40
#36Haley339US #31
#37Danielle337US #43
#38Maria329US #39
#39Kaitlyn328US #33
#40Vanessa318US #57
#41Rebecca313US #38
#42Michelle301US #56
#43Brittany300US #35
#44Madeline288US #70
#45Mary279US #45
#46Jacqueline274US #79
#47Melissa268US #64
#48Jenna266US #61
#49Gabrielle265US #46
#50Erin263US #58
#51Amber262US #41
#52Isabella255US #60
#53Paige254US #67
#54Claire248US #86
#55Mackenzie241US #52
#56Andrea236US #59
#57Mariah236US #68
#58Courtney234US #44
#59Jocelyn233US #132
#60Brooke231US #47
#61Sara228US #50
#62Kelly222US #95
#63Sophia219US #53
#64Margaret218US #110
#65Kiara208US #78
#66Chloe207US #63
#67Isabel207US #97
#68Leslie204US #100
#69Hailey199US #54
#70Jordan197US #48
#71Molly197US #102
#72Katelyn189US #55
#73Kaylee188US #69
#74Savannah186US #42
#75Caroline185US #71
#76Faith182US #76
#77Briana180US #82
#78Alexandria178US #83
#79Kathryn178US #91
#80Sierra177US #49
#81Christina176US #75
#82Marissa176US #73
#83Mia176US #120
#84Kimberly175US #51
#85Jada173US #111
#86Diana171US #101
#87Shelby171US #62
#88Daisy167US #133
#89Kelsey167US #72
#90Alexa166US #89
#91Bailey166US #65
#92Karina166US #135
#93Cassandra162US #87
#94Angelica161US #116
#95Makayla161US #66
#96Veronica159US #115
#97Autumn158US #77
#98Amy155US #105
#99Angela155US #90
#100Crystal155US #119

Boys

#1Michael1,765US #2
#2Jacob1,638US #1
#3Matthew1,473US #3
#4Daniel1,310US #9
#5Nicholas1,301US #5
#6Joseph1,178US #8
#7Joshua1,102US #4
#8Andrew1,070US #7
#9Ryan1,056US #12
#10Tyler966US #10
#11Anthony958US #18
#12David949US #16
#13Alexander932US #21
#14Christopher927US #6
#15Brandon894US #11
#16John886US #15
#17Zachary851US #17
#18William784US #14
#19James762US #19
#20Justin757US #20
#21Austin747US #13
#22Jonathan719US #22
#23Kyle716US #28
#24Dylan664US #23
#25Benjamin644US #29
#26Kevin641US #34
#27Thomas641US #31
#28Samuel638US #27
#29Christian627US #25
#30Robert616US #26
#31Jose610US #35
#32Nathan595US #32
#33Noah565US #24
#34Eric497US #39
#35Jack497US #52
#36Ethan488US #37
#37Jordan463US #30
#38Brian454US #43
#39Adam416US #44
#40Cameron413US #33
#41Charles413US #50
#42Luis406US #55
#43Juan401US #46
#44Jason388US #40
#45Connor386US #48
#46Aaron375US #38
#47Sean365US #56
#48Carlos358US #59
#49Logan351US #42
#50Luke349US #67
#51Timothy349US #49
#52Alex346US #58
#53Patrick330US #63
#54Jesus320US #70
#55Angel310US #73
#56Steven301US #47
#57Antonio299US #80
#58Caleb295US #41
#59Evan295US #57
#60Nathaniel288US #62
#61Adrian285US #79
#62Gabriel271US #53
#63Lucas258US #90
#64Alejandro256US #88
#65Hunter256US #36
#66Jared254US #54
#67Blake250US #84
#68Isaiah249US #51
#69Devin247US #68
#70Ian246US #72
#71Mark245US #69
#72Miguel244US #91
#73Cody242US #45
#74Cole242US #75
#75Trevor240US #66
#76Richard236US #61
#77Jeremy229US #81
#78Bryan226US #74
#79Isaac221US #64
#80Elijah220US #60
#81Jackson214US #83
#82Peter214US #105
#83Brendan211US #96
#84Colin204US #119
#85Jake202US #97
#86Maxwell201US #106
#87Seth200US #65
#88Victor200US #95
#89Julian198US #111
#90Kenneth198US #89
#91Mason198US #71
#92Oscar187US #116
#93Mitchell186US #112
#94Eduardo183US #145
#95Omar183US #143
#96Dalton182US #86
#97Alec181US #132
#98Marcus180US #98
#99Erik179US #139
#100Jorge179US #107

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑29Leslie#68
↑23Chloe#66
↑20Grace#12
↑20Savannah#74
↑19Angel#55
↑18Carlos#48
↑17Molly#71
↑15Jacqueline#46

Falling

↓31Kelsey#89
↓27Diana#86
↓20Jeremy#77
↓19Amy#98
↓18Alec#97
↓17Marissa#82
↓16Angela#99
↓15Jordan#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.