State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2003 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 148,511 Illinois births in 2003 across 3,177 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#85Jalen#155 nationally
#96Omar#151 nationally
#94Lizbeth#146 nationally
#78Margaret#128 nationally
#100Alexis#150 nationally
#51Jacqueline#100 nationally
#100Natalia#148 nationally
#42Jocelyn#87 nationally
#86Eduardo#129 nationally
#52Leslie#91 nationally
#70Diana#108 nationally
#58Melanie#93 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,103US #1
#2Emma1,019US #2
#3Olivia802US #5
#4Abigail765US #6
#5Grace747US #13
#6Madison719US #3
#7Elizabeth686US #9
#8Alexis664US #7
#9Hannah643US #4
#10Ashley642US #8
#11Isabella604US #12
#12Samantha582US #10
#13Jessica579US #18
#14Sarah565US #11
#15Kayla535US #16
#16Alyssa527US #14
#17Lauren477US #15
#18Brianna463US #17
#19Anna451US #21
#20Natalie448US #23
#21Sophia437US #20
#22Jennifer403US #31
#23Mia393US #36
#24Julia391US #33
#25Taylor390US #19
#26Megan376US #30
#27Morgan372US #29
#28Jasmine364US #27
#29Chloe358US #24
#30Rachel342US #28
#31Sydney342US #25
#32Nicole331US #40
#33Victoria324US #22
#34Katherine303US #35
#35Ella298US #44
#36Madeline298US #61
#37Stephanie298US #49
#38Destiny295US #37
#39Kaitlyn294US #32
#40Alexandra293US #38
#41Hailey293US #26
#42Jocelyn289US #87
#43Maria279US #42
#44Paige274US #47
#45Ava272US #39
#46Michelle272US #62
#47Haley267US #34
#48Allison262US #46
#49Andrea251US #60
#50Vanessa247US #70
#51Jacqueline246US #100
#52Leslie241US #91
#53Mary239US #59
#54Faith232US #50
#55Brooke229US #43
#56Jenna229US #55
#57Kylie227US #52
#58Melanie224US #93
#59Ariana223US #85
#60Isabel223US #83
#61Mackenzie220US #45
#62Evelyn218US #88
#63Zoe218US #57
#64Claire216US #92
#65Rebecca214US #63
#66Amanda212US #54
#67Lily205US #69
#68Sara205US #65
#69Makayla200US #51
#70Diana199US #108
#71Caroline198US #68
#72Trinity198US #56
#73Sofia194US #97
#74Lillian193US #76
#75Maya193US #84
#76Angelina192US #71
#77Molly192US #99
#78Margaret191US #128
#79Jada189US #79
#80Aaliyah185US #90
#81Katelyn185US #58
#82Alexa183US #67
#83Kaylee183US #53
#84Madelyn182US #115
#85Arianna181US #86
#86Melissa180US #96
#87Gabrielle179US #66
#88Leah178US #81
#89Savannah176US #41
#90Gabriela175US #102
#91Kimberly175US #64
#92Gabriella173US #77
#93Autumn169US #75
#94Lizbeth169US #146
#95Danielle167US #82
#96Jordan167US #48
#97Erin165US #80
#98Daniela163US #112
#99Amber159US #74
#100Natalia159US #148

Boys

#1Michael1,346US #2
#2Jacob1,249US #1
#3Daniel1,100US #8
#4Joseph1,077US #6
#5Anthony1,070US #10
#6Matthew1,055US #4
#7Alexander1,001US #16
#8Joshua992US #3
#9Andrew961US #5
#10Nicholas950US #12
#11Ryan931US #13
#12David871US #14
#13Tyler819US #15
#14Ethan807US #7
#15William765US #11
#16John755US #17
#17Christopher752US #9
#18Nathan700US #26
#19James686US #18
#20Zachary666US #20
#21Benjamin662US #24
#22Samuel629US #23
#23Kevin627US #32
#24Brandon621US #21
#25Jonathan615US #22
#26Dylan611US #19
#27Jack611US #45
#28Christian583US #25
#29Justin557US #27
#30Jose551US #30
#31Logan518US #28
#32Thomas518US #36
#33Angel514US #47
#34Aidan488US #39
#35Gabriel461US #29
#36Noah460US #31
#37Kyle451US #53
#38Brian445US #59
#39Connor436US #43
#40Luke429US #46
#41Evan420US #44
#42Robert401US #35
#43Caleb399US #34
#44Jason384US #42
#45Adam382US #58
#46Austin376US #33
#47Eric375US #56
#48Charles372US #57
#49Sean369US #61
#50Juan367US #55
#51Luis358US #60
#52Elijah345US #37
#53Jackson345US #52
#54Cameron344US #40
#55Gavin344US #51
#56Adrian340US #68
#57Alex340US #62
#58Lucas337US #71
#59Julian326US #77
#60Jesus320US #67
#61Aaron314US #50
#62Colin305US #88
#63Bryan302US #64
#64Isaac300US #48
#65Patrick300US #91
#66Isaiah295US #49
#67Hunter291US #41
#68Diego290US #83
#69Jordan287US #38
#70Nathaniel287US #63
#71Ian279US #65
#72Antonio274US #92
#73Mason273US #54
#74Carlos261US #66
#75Owen250US #72
#76Xavier244US #85
#77Aiden238US #73
#78Miguel237US #95
#79Jeremiah236US #90
#80Blake233US #79
#81Steven232US #70
#82Cole228US #69
#83Alejandro227US #100
#84Victor223US #96
#85Jalen222US #155
#86Eduardo219US #129
#87Dominic210US #81
#88Sebastian209US #93
#89Jake208US #98
#90Timothy208US #76
#91Richard207US #86
#92Devin204US #74
#93Chase199US #87
#94Jaden199US #82
#95Mark199US #105
#96Omar194US #151
#97Trevor193US #99
#98Carter190US #102
#99Maxwell189US #132
#100Alexis185US #150

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑43Ella#35
↑41Ava#45
↑25Diana#70
↑24Trinity#72
↑22Gavin#55
↑21Angelina#76
↑21Colin#62
↑20Lily#67

Falling

↓43Erin#97
↓34Jordan#96
↓28Aaliyah#80
↓21Amanda#66
↓19Jordan#69
↓18Jada#79
↓18Savannah#89
↓18Lizbeth#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.