State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2004 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 146,829 Illinois births in 2004 across 3,244 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#97Addison#160 nationally
#95Alondra#153 nationally
#100Omar#148 nationally
#96Natalia#142 nationally
#80Gianna#124 nationally
#42Jocelyn#85 nationally
#90Margaret#133 nationally
#81Daniela#118 nationally
#95Alan#132 nationally
#76Jacqueline#108 nationally
#87Ivan#117 nationally
#55Evelyn#84 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,084US #1
#2Emma856US #2
#3Olivia778US #4
#4Abigail739US #6
#5Madison714US #3
#6Grace706US #13
#7Isabella665US #7
#8Ashley653US #8
#9Elizabeth629US #10
#10Samantha596US #9
#11Hannah573US #5
#12Sarah561US #12
#13Alexis544US #11
#14Alyssa511US #14
#15Jessica496US #21
#16Sophia466US #15
#17Anna465US #20
#18Lauren444US #16
#19Natalie443US #19
#20Mia424US #30
#21Kayla422US #18
#22Ava407US #25
#23Brianna397US #17
#24Julia395US #32
#25Ella377US #29
#26Sydney364US #27
#27Taylor358US #22
#28Chloe346US #23
#29Jennifer339US #39
#30Jasmine336US #26
#31Megan333US #36
#32Alexandra329US #37
#33Victoria329US #28
#34Kaitlyn321US #33
#35Hailey311US #24
#36Allison307US #40
#37Katherine302US #35
#38Nicole301US #43
#39Madeline292US #63
#40Paige284US #51
#41Morgan279US #31
#42Jocelyn273US #85
#43Rachel271US #34
#44Brooke259US #46
#45Jenna256US #56
#46Andrea252US #57
#47Mackenzie252US #45
#48Stephanie252US #55
#49Kylie243US #49
#50Michelle237US #66
#51Zoe235US #54
#52Makayla234US #47
#53Maria233US #42
#54Vanessa229US #75
#55Evelyn228US #84
#56Ariana226US #79
#57Maya226US #83
#58Sofia223US #69
#59Amanda221US #67
#60Lily215US #53
#61Angelina214US #60
#62Haley211US #44
#63Destiny208US #38
#64Leslie208US #93
#65Faith207US #52
#66Mary206US #62
#67Melanie204US #89
#68Riley203US #58
#69Isabel202US #88
#70Lillian202US #65
#71Caroline200US #74
#72Diana198US #90
#73Trinity193US #48
#74Alexa191US #72
#75Gabriella191US #76
#76Jacqueline190US #108
#77Sara190US #68
#78Leah189US #64
#79Molly189US #97
#80Gianna187US #124
#81Daniela182US #118
#82Jada182US #81
#83Gabrielle177US #73
#84Madelyn177US #111
#85Claire175US #99
#86Amelia172US #96
#87Katelyn168US #59
#88Audrey166US #80
#89Aaliyah162US #94
#90Margaret161US #133
#91Melissa158US #98
#92Rebecca157US #70
#93Angela156US #105
#94Catherine156US #103
#95Alondra154US #153
#96Natalia154US #142
#97Addison153US #160
#98Danielle149US #91
#99Erin147US #95
#100Gabriela147US #110

Boys

#1Michael1,265US #2
#2Jacob1,247US #1
#3Daniel1,147US #7
#4Anthony1,046US #11
#5Joshua1,014US #3
#6Alexander1,013US #15
#7Matthew992US #4
#8Joseph934US #9
#9Andrew914US #6
#10Ryan890US #12
#11Nicholas889US #13
#12David852US #14
#13Ethan844US #5
#14William812US #8
#15Tyler793US #16
#16Christopher773US #10
#17John715US #17
#18James692US #18
#19Nathan689US #20
#20Jonathan650US #21
#21Benjamin648US #25
#22Samuel628US #23
#23Jack622US #42
#24Dylan608US #19
#25Zachary604US #26
#26Christian554US #24
#27Brandon541US #22
#28Kevin540US #34
#29Jose533US #28
#30Logan531US #27
#31Connor504US #38
#32Aidan487US #40
#33Thomas478US #37
#34Angel468US #44
#35Luke467US #41
#36Noah454US #29
#37Justin442US #30
#38Kyle435US #55
#39Evan421US #39
#40Gabriel419US #32
#41Brian407US #59
#42Charles402US #56
#43Elijah401US #31
#44Austin388US #35
#45Robert388US #36
#46Adam384US #58
#47Eric379US #61
#48Juan379US #54
#49Luis376US #57
#50Alex372US #63
#51Caleb363US #33
#52Julian361US #74
#53Isaiah346US #45
#54Jackson337US #48
#55Gavin333US #52
#56Mason332US #51
#57Aaron331US #53
#58Lucas324US #66
#59Diego322US #73
#60Jason318US #47
#61Isaac317US #46
#62Sean317US #64
#63Adrian313US #72
#64Owen308US #67
#65Colin303US #85
#66Nathaniel289US #68
#67Jesus285US #70
#68Cameron283US #50
#69Aiden280US #60
#70Antonio280US #93
#71Ian280US #69
#72Jordan278US #43
#73Bryan277US #65
#74Alejandro271US #99
#75Patrick258US #100
#76Carlos255US #71
#77Hunter244US #49
#78Jeremiah244US #77
#79Carter237US #89
#80Alexis235US #103
#81Jayden225US #62
#82Timothy224US #79
#83Miguel214US #96
#84Cole213US #75
#85Jake212US #98
#86Sebastian211US #97
#87Ivan209US #117
#88Dominic202US #91
#89Blake194US #95
#90Devin194US #81
#91Chase192US #82
#92Steven190US #78
#93Xavier190US #88
#94Henry188US #109
#95Alan187US #132
#96Oscar186US #123
#97Victor186US #102
#98Ashton180US #76
#99Jaden178US #83
#100Omar178US #148

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑23Ava#22
↑20Alexis#80
↑19Carter#79
↑18Maya#57
↑17Makayla#52
↑17Gabriella#75
↑17Daniela#81
↑17Mason#56

Falling

↓27Rebecca#92
↓25Destiny#63
↓25Jacqueline#76
↓21Claire#85
↓17Xavier#93
↓16Jason#60
↓15Haley#62
↓14Morgan#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.