State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 151,674 Illinois births in 2000 across 3,097 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#50Margaret#110 nationally
#67Jocelyn#122 nationally
#91Omar#146 nationally
#92Alexis#144 nationally
#94Crystal#132 nationally
#73Ariana#109 nationally
#76Kelly#111 nationally
#53Claire#86 nationally
#62Isabel#94 nationally
#93Eduardo#124 nationally
#60Leslie#90 nationally
#88Colin#117 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,172US #1
#2Hannah1,003US #2
#3Alexis846US #6
#4Jessica846US #8
#5Samantha800US #7
#6Grace754US #19
#7Ashley723US #4
#8Elizabeth722US #9
#9Sarah682US #5
#10Madison681US #3
#11Kayla646US #13
#12Olivia635US #16
#13Lauren633US #11
#14Alyssa632US #12
#15Emma609US #17
#16Abigail595US #14
#17Taylor572US #10
#18Megan569US #18
#19Brianna529US #15
#20Jennifer517US #26
#21Rachel477US #21
#22Anna475US #22
#23Natalie462US #34
#24Sydney459US #23
#25Nicole454US #31
#26Stephanie443US #40
#27Jasmine438US #27
#28Katherine432US #33
#29Morgan423US #25
#30Amanda405US #32
#31Victoria394US #20
#32Julia387US #29
#33Haley380US #28
#34Alexandra369US #36
#35Destiny368US #24
#36Kaitlyn347US #30
#37Michelle337US #52
#38Jacqueline335US #64
#39Maria335US #41
#40Madeline333US #56
#41Hailey314US #35
#42Rebecca313US #39
#43Chloe308US #38
#44Sophia304US #42
#45Allison295US #44
#46Mary293US #46
#47Isabella290US #45
#48Danielle280US #48
#49Andrea272US #55
#50Margaret272US #110
#51Vanessa272US #62
#52Melissa269US #71
#53Claire265US #86
#54Gabrielle263US #49
#55Mackenzie260US #43
#56Paige256US #69
#57Jada251US #84
#58Erin245US #61
#59Jenna234US #63
#60Leslie228US #90
#61Sara226US #57
#62Isabel225US #94
#63Faith223US #66
#64Katelyn221US #54
#65Mia220US #93
#66Caroline213US #65
#67Jocelyn210US #122
#68Mariah199US #75
#69Amber195US #47
#70Brooke194US #51
#71Molly193US #96
#72Bailey192US #68
#73Ariana190US #109
#74Savannah189US #37
#75Brittany188US #60
#76Kelly185US #111
#77Courtney183US #59
#78Diana180US #106
#79Kaylee176US #72
#80Jordan174US #50
#81Marissa173US #78
#82Alexandria172US #91
#83Caitlin169US #76
#84Catherine169US #81
#85Kathryn169US #89
#86Christina165US #73
#87Kelsey163US #88
#88Leah163US #97
#89Trinity163US #74
#90Zoe163US #82
#91Cassandra162US #100
#92Sierra161US #53
#93Alexa160US #87
#94Crystal159US #132
#95Maya159US #113
#96Makayla158US #67
#97Angela155US #79
#98Kimberly155US #58
#99Laura154US #85
#100Autumn152US #77

Boys

#1Jacob1,593US #1
#2Michael1,543US #2
#3Matthew1,392US #3
#4Daniel1,261US #9
#5Nicholas1,189US #6
#6Joseph1,142US #8
#7Joshua1,101US #4
#8Anthony1,005US #17
#9Andrew973US #7
#10Ryan946US #13
#11Alexander942US #20
#12Christopher934US #5
#13John924US #14
#14Tyler922US #10
#15Brandon852US #12
#16David851US #16
#17Zachary800US #15
#18Jonathan753US #21
#19William749US #11
#20Justin746US #19
#21Benjamin725US #26
#22James705US #18
#23Kevin695US #32
#24Christian677US #22
#25Ethan667US #25
#26Thomas637US #33
#27Jose634US #34
#28Kyle632US #37
#29Samuel628US #28
#30Dylan598US #24
#31Nathan589US #30
#32Robert585US #29
#33Noah580US #27
#34Austin579US #23
#35Jack556US #46
#36Brian497US #43
#37Eric477US #42
#38Jordan456US #36
#39Cameron410US #31
#40Juan409US #48
#41Luis404US #49
#42Logan398US #40
#43Charles393US #51
#44Adam389US #45
#45Connor383US #50
#46Jason382US #39
#47Sean374US #57
#48Patrick363US #68
#49Angel358US #67
#50Timothy345US #58
#51Aaron340US #41
#52Luke340US #59
#53Hunter329US #35
#54Alex328US #62
#55Carlos324US #66
#56Nathaniel323US #61
#57Caleb320US #38
#58Jesus315US #76
#59Gabriel314US #44
#60Lucas309US #83
#61Evan302US #55
#62Alejandro299US #89
#63Adrian295US #78
#64Antonio289US #82
#65Steven285US #54
#66Jared281US #56
#67Julian277US #87
#68Isaiah271US #47
#69Miguel270US #86
#70Bryan268US #70
#71Sebastian257US #81
#72Cody250US #60
#73Ian242US #73
#74Jeremy242US #84
#75Blake241US #80
#76Elijah240US #52
#77Mark237US #79
#78Richard237US #65
#79Jackson235US #72
#80Cole233US #71
#81Isaac230US #53
#82Mason228US #64
#83Devin224US #69
#84Jorge212US #107
#85Seth212US #63
#86Trevor211US #75
#87Victor209US #97
#88Colin200US #117
#89Chase198US #77
#90Jake198US #96
#91Omar198US #146
#92Alexis195US #144
#93Eduardo194US #124
#94Xavier189US #103
#95Jalen186US #106
#96Jeremiah186US #102
#97Brendan182US #101
#98Maxwell182US #113
#99Dalton177US #91
#100Kenneth176US #94

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑28Hailey#41
↑28Jada#57
↑23Chloe#43
↑22Julian#67
↑19Sophia#44
↑19Bailey#72
↑18Mia#65
↑16Jorge#84

Falling

↓32Brittany#75
↓19Courtney#77
↓18Amber#69
↓14Kelly#76
↓14Kimberly#98
↓14Devin#83
↓14Brendan#97
↓13Austin#34

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.