State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 144,306 Illinois births in 2005 across 3,297 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#85Margaret#151 nationally
#100Giovanni#158 nationally
#70Natalia#123 nationally
#68Jacqueline#116 nationally
#88Omar#135 nationally
#76Alondra#120 nationally
#46Jocelyn#87 nationally
#72Gianna#110 nationally
#38Maya#73 nationally
#36Madeline#70 nationally
#95Eduardo#129 nationally
#50Ariana#82 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,005US #1
#2Emma810US #2
#3Olivia773US #5
#4Isabella709US #6
#5Abigail695US #4
#6Ava631US #9
#7Grace620US #14
#8Samantha596US #8
#9Elizabeth591US #11
#10Mia583US #17
#11Hannah579US #7
#12Madison572US #3
#13Sophia557US #12
#14Ashley554US #10
#15Natalie509US #18
#16Alexis489US #13
#17Ella439US #23
#18Alyssa413US #16
#19Jessica406US #27
#20Lauren403US #21
#21Sarah400US #15
#22Anna382US #22
#23Julia382US #31
#24Alexandra368US #37
#25Kayla356US #25
#26Taylor339US #24
#27Brianna336US #20
#28Victoria336US #28
#29Chloe334US #19
#30Katherine303US #36
#31Morgan303US #33
#32Sydney291US #30
#33Nicole286US #56
#34Megan284US #41
#35Hailey283US #26
#36Madeline281US #70
#37Jasmine280US #29
#38Maya279US #73
#39Allison275US #45
#40Kaitlyn268US #34
#41Jennifer264US #42
#42Evelyn263US #71
#43Destiny257US #32
#44Rachel255US #38
#45Sofia252US #52
#46Jocelyn248US #87
#47Angelina241US #43
#48Stephanie240US #64
#49Lily239US #39
#50Ariana233US #82
#51Michelle228US #74
#52Faith227US #49
#53Brooke226US #47
#54Jenna224US #62
#55Vanessa223US #80
#56Paige222US #60
#57Gabrielle221US #55
#58Amelia214US #84
#59Jada212US #76
#60Andrea209US #65
#61Lillian209US #50
#62Alexa202US #66
#63Zoe201US #58
#64Makayla200US #44
#65Gabriella197US #61
#66Mary196US #72
#67Trinity192US #48
#68Jacqueline190US #116
#69Maria190US #46
#70Natalia190US #123
#71Riley188US #54
#72Gianna187US #110
#73Mackenzie187US #51
#74Isabel186US #89
#75Melanie185US #92
#76Alondra183US #120
#77Claire183US #95
#78Savannah183US #35
#79Amanda181US #79
#80Audrey180US #77
#81Avery177US #67
#82Melissa176US #104
#83Addison175US #106
#84Diana173US #100
#85Margaret173US #151
#86Kaylee172US #40
#87Mariah170US #85
#88Kimberly169US #63
#89Leslie169US #103
#90Kylie167US #57
#91Katelyn163US #59
#92Molly162US #97
#93Rebecca161US #81
#94Gabriela159US #115
#95Aaliyah157US #93
#96Sara157US #75
#97Arianna156US #88
#98Caroline156US #83
#99Haley153US #53
#100Leah151US #68

Boys

#1Michael1,116US #2
#2Jacob1,115US #1
#3Daniel1,071US #7
#4Alexander993US #13
#5Matthew974US #4
#6Joseph945US #9
#7Joshua942US #3
#8Anthony927US #8
#9Andrew857US #6
#10Ryan841US #14
#11David823US #12
#12Nicholas817US #15
#13Ethan814US #5
#14William753US #11
#15John752US #18
#16Tyler719US #16
#17Christopher716US #10
#18Nathan691US #20
#19Jack658US #34
#20Benjamin632US #25
#21Jonathan607US #19
#22Christian589US #22
#23James588US #17
#24Brandon566US #27
#25Samuel563US #21
#26Kevin539US #33
#27Zachary534US #29
#28Angel523US #32
#29Jose514US #30
#30Logan512US #26
#31Noah502US #23
#32Aidan494US #43
#33Gabriel484US #28
#34Dylan469US #24
#35Thomas443US #40
#36Charles441US #56
#37Evan441US #39
#38Luke400US #41
#39Diego394US #62
#40Juan394US #55
#41Caleb384US #35
#42Robert379US #37
#43Connor377US #48
#44Julian373US #74
#45Elijah367US #31
#46Aiden365US #50
#47Brian365US #63
#48Adam353US #64
#49Austin353US #38
#50Justin352US #36
#51Mason345US #42
#52Kyle344US #69
#53Lucas342US #58
#54Owen337US #60
#55Isaac333US #49
#56Adrian327US #65
#57Gavin325US #47
#58Jackson325US #44
#59Jesus320US #73
#60Luis318US #59
#61Isaiah315US #45
#62Eric311US #66
#63Aaron309US #57
#64Carlos307US #70
#65Jason301US #51
#66Colin300US #95
#67Cameron295US #52
#68Alex292US #71
#69Carter286US #77
#70Nathaniel280US #67
#71Alejandro278US #97
#72Jeremiah270US #78
#73Jordan270US #46
#74Sean266US #75
#75Ian263US #68
#76Bryan254US #72
#77Sebastian252US #86
#78Jayden250US #54
#79Antonio248US #92
#80Miguel241US #93
#81Patrick235US #108
#82Cole230US #79
#83Timothy225US #84
#84Henry222US #102
#85Hunter218US #53
#86Landon211US #61
#87Liam207US #104
#88Omar203US #135
#89Xavier202US #87
#90Chase196US #82
#91Vincent196US #111
#92Oscar192US #117
#93Brayden191US #80
#94Victor191US #105
#95Eduardo190US #129
#96Hayden190US #76
#97Dominic189US #85
#98Caden188US #98
#99Ivan187US #126
#100Giovanni186US #158

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑28Amelia#58
↑26Gabrielle#57
↑26Natalia#70
↑23Jada#59
↑23Aiden#46
↑20Destiny#43
↑20Diego#39
↑19Maya#38

Falling

↓41Kylie#90
↓37Haley#99
↓27Caroline#98
↓26Mackenzie#73
↓25Leslie#89
↓22Leah#100
↓20Amanda#79
↓19Sara#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.