State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 150,586 Illinois births in 2001 across 3,129 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#50Jocelyn#123 nationally
#58Margaret#118 nationally
#83Alexis#143 nationally
#90Omar#146 nationally
#90Daisy#139 nationally
#78Evelyn#126 nationally
#80Kelly#124 nationally
#99Ivan#141 nationally
#84Colin#125 nationally
#82Madelyn#121 nationally
#67Diana#102 nationally
#76Maya#110 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,171US #1
#2Hannah858US #3
#3Jessica787US #11
#4Grace758US #16
#5Samantha754US #7
#6Madison744US #2
#7Alexis727US #5
#8Abigail717US #8
#9Elizabeth704US #9
#10Ashley654US #4
#11Olivia650US #10
#12Emma636US #13
#13Sarah635US #6
#14Alyssa604US #14
#15Kayla589US #17
#16Taylor560US #12
#17Lauren542US #15
#18Jennifer518US #26
#19Anna508US #19
#20Megan486US #20
#21Brianna476US #18
#22Nicole459US #36
#23Julia453US #27
#24Sydney437US #23
#25Rachel422US #24
#26Natalie405US #32
#27Isabella400US #28
#28Jasmine396US #25
#29Katherine387US #35
#30Stephanie383US #43
#31Destiny378US #22
#32Victoria371US #21
#33Chloe366US #30
#34Morgan356US #29
#35Alexandra355US #38
#36Maria329US #41
#37Andrea328US #49
#38Kaitlyn328US #31
#39Sophia328US #37
#40Jenna324US #45
#41Michelle323US #59
#42Allison320US #44
#43Haley308US #34
#44Amanda307US #39
#45Madeline296US #56
#46Mackenzie289US #40
#47Hailey281US #33
#48Jacqueline274US #70
#49Rebecca267US #46
#50Jocelyn259US #123
#51Mary247US #48
#52Faith239US #53
#53Paige234US #71
#54Danielle233US #63
#55Erin232US #60
#56Caroline229US #62
#57Claire228US #82
#58Margaret226US #118
#59Mia226US #76
#60Zoe221US #65
#61Melissa217US #74
#62Gabrielle215US #50
#63Sara213US #58
#64Vanessa208US #64
#65Katelyn207US #52
#66Leslie206US #84
#67Diana205US #102
#68Jada205US #75
#69Makayla203US #54
#70Molly202US #90
#71Brooke199US #57
#72Isabel195US #88
#73Trinity191US #67
#74Amber189US #51
#75Angela181US #77
#76Maya176US #110
#77Aaliyah175US #96
#78Evelyn175US #126
#79Sierra175US #55
#80Kelly170US #124
#81Kimberly170US #61
#82Madelyn170US #121
#83Alexandria168US #91
#84Savannah168US #42
#85Jordan166US #47
#86Angelina164US #93
#87Audrey163US #112
#88Mariah163US #85
#89Ariana156US #92
#90Daisy156US #139
#91Arianna155US #108
#92Kaylee155US #66
#93Christina154US #80
#94Catherine153US #81
#95Gabriela152US #125
#96Gabriella151US #83
#97Kathryn151US #97
#98Marissa151US #79
#99Kelsey150US #100
#100Lily150US #103

Boys

#1Michael1,448US #2
#2Jacob1,421US #1
#3Matthew1,343US #3
#4Daniel1,185US #9
#5Nicholas1,133US #6
#6Joshua1,117US #4
#7Anthony1,032US #11
#8Joseph1,005US #8
#9Andrew956US #7
#10Alexander945US #20
#11David925US #12
#12Christopher909US #5
#13John861US #14
#14Ryan860US #15
#15Tyler838US #13
#16William824US #10
#17Zachary819US #16
#18Brandon763US #18
#19Jonathan746US #23
#20Ethan734US #17
#21James722US #19
#22Benjamin677US #27
#23Kevin674US #32
#24Christian656US #24
#25Justin652US #22
#26Dylan650US #21
#27Samuel650US #26
#28Thomas609US #33
#29Jack593US #48
#30Nathan593US #31
#31Kyle565US #40
#32Jose561US #34
#33Robert537US #30
#34Austin526US #25
#35Brian511US #46
#36Logan507US #29
#37Noah494US #28
#38Jason438US #41
#39Gabriel424US #38
#40Luke417US #50
#41Eric411US #44
#42Cameron396US #35
#43Caleb394US #37
#44Angel393US #58
#45Charles393US #55
#46Juan391US #53
#47Connor389US #49
#48Adam386US #51
#49Jordan383US #39
#50Luis380US #52
#51Patrick362US #72
#52Aaron351US #42
#53Sean351US #57
#54Jesus349US #66
#55Evan338US #56
#56Hunter324US #36
#57Julian319US #82
#58Adrian310US #75
#59Antonio306US #85
#60Alex300US #62
#61Nathaniel296US #61
#62Elijah288US #45
#63Isaiah288US #43
#64Alejandro285US #88
#65Lucas281US #83
#66Mason278US #54
#67Carlos277US #59
#68Miguel275US #87
#69Timothy275US #67
#70Isaac266US #47
#71Ian263US #70
#72Jackson261US #60
#73Aidan250US #86
#74Bryan248US #69
#75Sebastian246US #81
#76Steven243US #63
#77Blake242US #77
#78Trevor239US #76
#79Cole237US #74
#80Mark236US #84
#81Jared235US #65
#82Jeremiah225US #90
#83Alexis221US #143
#84Colin221US #125
#85Devin221US #71
#86Cody217US #64
#87Eduardo217US #112
#88Richard217US #73
#89Xavier213US #94
#90Omar205US #146
#91Jeremy204US #89
#92Gavin197US #78
#93Victor197US #96
#94Seth195US #68
#95Dalton185US #98
#96Chase184US #79
#97Oscar184US #122
#98Maxwell183US #124
#99Ivan180US #141
#100Jorge180US #110

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑30Zoe#60
↑27Makayla#69
↑22Angela#75
↑20Isabella#27
↑20Gabriel#39
↑19Jenna#40
↑19Maya#76
↑17Jocelyn#50

Falling

↓20Mariah#88
↓19Timothy#69
↓17Marissa#98
↓17Jeremy#91
↓16Ariana#89
↓16Jorge#100
↓15Jared#81
↓14Amanda#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.