State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 147,093 Illinois births in 2002 across 3,126 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#94Gianna#163 nationally
#100Alexis#161 nationally
#76Lizbeth#133 nationally
#60Ashanti#115 nationally
#84Ivan#136 nationally
#81Margaret#129 nationally
#98Jalen#145 nationally
#99Cristian#146 nationally
#48Jocelyn#92 nationally
#58Evelyn#98 nationally
#94Eduardo#133 nationally
#92Maxwell#129 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,082US #1
#2Emma824US #4
#3Olivia772US #10
#4Madison758US #2
#5Hannah756US #3
#6Grace754US #15
#7Abigail717US #7
#8Ashley667US #6
#9Samantha651US #9
#10Alexis643US #5
#11Jessica634US #16
#12Elizabeth625US #11
#13Alyssa572US #12
#14Sarah562US #8
#15Isabella556US #14
#16Kayla528US #19
#17Lauren520US #13
#18Taylor475US #18
#19Anna469US #20
#20Brianna450US #17
#21Natalie423US #30
#22Megan420US #22
#23Jennifer417US #28
#24Sophia403US #27
#25Sydney391US #23
#26Jasmine381US #26
#27Nicole380US #37
#28Julia371US #33
#29Stephanie366US #41
#30Rachel365US #24
#31Morgan353US #29
#32Victoria346US #21
#33Chloe344US #25
#34Mia344US #43
#35Kaitlyn341US #32
#36Destiny340US #34
#37Allison334US #44
#38Alexandra328US #38
#39Katherine317US #36
#40Madeline317US #56
#41Michelle312US #58
#42Hailey297US #31
#43Paige297US #51
#44Jenna278US #47
#45Amanda277US #46
#46Haley277US #35
#47Maria274US #40
#48Jocelyn266US #92
#49Mary262US #49
#50Mackenzie244US #42
#51Andrea240US #55
#52Aaliyah231US #64
#53Brooke231US #52
#54Erin231US #72
#55Jacqueline231US #81
#56Leslie230US #91
#57Vanessa230US #68
#58Evelyn226US #98
#59Faith225US #48
#60Ashanti219US #115
#61Jada219US #78
#62Jordan219US #45
#63Kylie219US #61
#64Katelyn215US #53
#65Rebecca214US #54
#66Caroline212US #67
#67Claire212US #95
#68Maya205US #90
#69Melissa202US #80
#70Sara200US #59
#71Savannah200US #39
#72Melanie199US #94
#73Ariana197US #93
#74Isabel196US #85
#75Gabrielle194US #66
#76Lizbeth190US #133
#77Makayla187US #50
#78Ella186US #89
#79Molly186US #107
#80Zoe186US #60
#81Margaret183US #129
#82Angela179US #83
#83Alexa177US #69
#84Danielle177US #71
#85Kaylee171US #57
#86Ava170US #82
#87Lily169US #79
#88Autumn168US #73
#89Kimberly162US #63
#90Amber161US #65
#91Daniela161US #113
#92Isabelle159US #111
#93Kelly158US #119
#94Gianna156US #163
#95Diana155US #117
#96Trinity155US #70
#97Angelina154US #74
#98Madelyn154US #120
#99Alexandria151US #106
#100Catherine151US #101

Boys

#1Michael1,430US #2
#2Jacob1,373US #1
#3Matthew1,157US #4
#4Daniel1,134US #10
#5Joshua1,054US #3
#6Nicholas1,012US #9
#7Anthony986US #12
#8Joseph978US #7
#9Alexander963US #15
#10Andrew951US #6
#11Ethan900US #5
#12David850US #13
#13John838US #17
#14Tyler834US #14
#15Ryan826US #16
#16William797US #11
#17Christopher762US #8
#18Jonathan739US #21
#19Brandon713US #20
#20Benjamin698US #27
#21Zachary696US #19
#22James670US #18
#23Nathan627US #28
#24Kevin624US #33
#25Samuel608US #25
#26Dylan605US #23
#27Christian596US #24
#28Jose572US #30
#29Justin564US #22
#30Kyle561US #40
#31Austin552US #26
#32Thomas551US #36
#33Logan543US #29
#34Jack534US #44
#35Noah477US #31
#36Robert457US #34
#37Brian456US #51
#38Gabriel424US #32
#39Luke419US #46
#40Angel411US #49
#41Jason403US #42
#42Adam400US #55
#43Caleb400US #35
#44Aidan388US #60
#45Connor386US #47
#46Juan374US #54
#47Charles369US #58
#48Eric361US #52
#49Luis351US #57
#50Jordan349US #37
#51Elijah344US #41
#52Aaron343US #43
#53Evan343US #56
#54Cameron335US #39
#55Sean333US #59
#56Jesus327US #66
#57Julian318US #78
#58Adrian311US #73
#59Jackson309US #50
#60Nathaniel309US #62
#61Carlos303US #65
#62Hunter302US #38
#63Mason302US #53
#64Bryan300US #64
#65Alex296US #63
#66Ian295US #67
#67Patrick289US #79
#68Lucas288US #75
#69Cole287US #69
#70Isaac284US #48
#71Isaiah280US #45
#72Miguel272US #89
#73Timothy265US #70
#74Sebastian260US #80
#75Alejandro256US #92
#76Antonio253US #85
#77Gavin251US #61
#78Steven240US #68
#79Blake238US #76
#80Diego232US #98
#81Jeremiah230US #86
#82Owen224US #94
#83Colin211US #116
#84Ivan208US #136
#85Richard207US #77
#86Mark204US #93
#87Cody202US #71
#88Trevor202US #81
#89Victor201US #100
#90Dominic198US #83
#91Devin195US #74
#92Maxwell193US #129
#93Oscar191US #120
#94Eduardo190US #133
#95Xavier190US #88
#96Jorge187US #109
#97Jeremy185US #95
#98Jalen184US #145
#99Cristian182US #146
#100Alexis181US #161

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑29Aidan#44
↑25Mia#34
↑25Aaliyah#52
↑23Jordan#62
↑20Evelyn#58
↑18Brooke#53
↑16Ariana#73
↑15Sophia#24

Falling

↓30Danielle#84
↓28Diana#95
↓23Margaret#81
↓23Trinity#96
↓20Zoe#80
↓17Antonio#76
↓17Alexis#100
↓16Rebecca#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.