State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 145,127 Illinois births in 2006 across 3,402 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#100Margaret#160 nationally
#91Giovanni#147 nationally
#44Natalia#94 nationally
#56Gianna#98 nationally
#93Alexis#130 nationally
#37Jocelyn#73 nationally
#86Jacqueline#118 nationally
#99Omar#131 nationally
#34Evelyn#65 nationally
#95Charlotte#125 nationally
#91Diana#120 nationally
#29Maya#57 nationally

Girls

#1Emily909US #1
#2Isabella797US #4
#3Emma792US #2
#4Olivia787US #7
#5Ava709US #5
#6Abigail676US #6
#7Madison637US #3
#8Grace629US #16
#9Sophia621US #9
#10Mia605US #13
#11Samantha585US #10
#12Hannah560US #8
#13Elizabeth550US #11
#14Ashley485US #12
#15Natalie457US #17
#16Ella446US #21
#17Alexis426US #14
#18Sarah419US #15
#19Chloe381US #18
#20Brianna377US #20
#21Addison370US #28
#22Lauren368US #24
#23Julia367US #31
#24Kayla367US #26
#25Alyssa356US #19
#26Anna356US #22
#27Taylor339US #23
#28Jessica338US #32
#29Maya323US #57
#30Victoria313US #27
#31Alexandra304US #40
#32Morgan293US #35
#33Sofia284US #55
#34Evelyn283US #65
#35Jasmine282US #29
#36Sydney282US #34
#37Jocelyn280US #73
#38Hailey278US #25
#39Katherine276US #37
#40Lillian276US #38
#41Andrea269US #59
#42Alexa263US #39
#43Allison263US #47
#44Natalia257US #94
#45Destiny255US #36
#46Jennifer254US #51
#47Kaitlyn246US #41
#48Stephanie243US #70
#49Angelina242US #49
#50Lily241US #33
#51Riley232US #56
#52Audrey230US #69
#53Nicole227US #74
#54Gabriella226US #50
#55Avery222US #52
#56Gianna220US #98
#57Melanie220US #85
#58Madeline218US #71
#59Mackenzie217US #53
#60Maria217US #46
#61Rachel217US #48
#62Michelle215US #81
#63Claire213US #86
#64Amelia211US #83
#65Makayla211US #45
#66Brooke209US #44
#67Ariana206US #78
#68Isabel202US #87
#69Megan201US #60
#70Vanessa201US #79
#71Mariah200US #82
#72Zoe200US #54
#73Leah199US #68
#74Faith193US #62
#75Katelyn193US #61
#76Sara192US #72
#77Kylie190US #67
#78Paige188US #77
#79Aaliyah185US #90
#80Gabrielle184US #63
#81Nevaeh184US #43
#82Valeria182US #91
#83Jayla179US #99
#84Kaylee179US #42
#85Savannah179US #30
#86Jacqueline178US #118
#87Isabelle175US #84
#88Trinity175US #64
#89Mary172US #80
#90Arianna169US #76
#91Diana163US #120
#92Jada160US #92
#93Melissa160US #117
#94Kimberly155US #58
#95Charlotte153US #125
#96Jenna153US #88
#97Leslie153US #108
#98Mya152US #102
#99Gabriela149US #109
#100Margaret149US #160

Boys

#1Daniel1,023US #6
#2Michael991US #2
#3Jacob964US #1
#4Alexander945US #12
#5Joshua919US #3
#6Anthony911US #9
#7Matthew864US #5
#8Joseph834US #11
#9Andrew795US #7
#10Ryan787US #14
#11Ethan785US #4
#12Christopher764US #8
#13Nicholas756US #17
#14David748US #13
#15William717US #10
#16Nathan706US #23
#17John683US #19
#18James644US #16
#19Benjamin633US #24
#20Tyler623US #18
#21Jack616US #36
#22Logan601US #20
#23Noah593US #15
#24Jonathan589US #22
#25Angel568US #31
#26Christian540US #21
#27Kevin510US #37
#28Samuel493US #25
#29Dylan491US #26
#30Brandon476US #27
#31Aidan474US #44
#32Gabriel454US #28
#33Aiden453US #32
#34Zachary453US #33
#35Diego448US #56
#36Jose438US #30
#37Evan431US #42
#38Charles425US #60
#39Elijah411US #29
#40Luke408US #43
#41Julian405US #65
#42Lucas398US #59
#43Isaiah380US #39
#44Gavin379US #38
#45Adrian375US #63
#46Thomas374US #51
#47Jackson370US #35
#48Mason366US #40
#49Brian365US #72
#50Connor365US #53
#51Owen363US #58
#52Justin362US #45
#53Austin352US #41
#54Caleb352US #34
#55Robert349US #47
#56Aaron342US #57
#57Juan336US #61
#58Isaac331US #48
#59Luis325US #62
#60Alex319US #67
#61Adam315US #64
#62Jayden314US #49
#63Jeremiah314US #71
#64Jordan309US #46
#65Sebastian308US #76
#66Carter306US #75
#67Kyle305US #81
#68Cameron303US #52
#69Jesus285US #74
#70Nathaniel285US #69
#71Sean281US #68
#72Bryan277US #66
#73Landon277US #50
#74Carlos274US #70
#75Jason274US #55
#76Miguel273US #89
#77Eric271US #77
#78Cole263US #84
#79Ian260US #80
#80Hunter253US #54
#81Alejandro246US #96
#82Xavier245US #78
#83Antonio244US #94
#84Colin243US #111
#85Henry230US #95
#86Patrick227US #110
#87Hayden222US #73
#88Liam220US #98
#89Brayden218US #79
#90Dominic217US #85
#91Giovanni214US #147
#92Tristan207US #86
#93Alexis205US #130
#94Timothy203US #93
#95Chase198US #83
#96Vincent198US #107
#97Oscar196US #118
#98Victor196US #104
#99Omar186US #131
#100Jake183US #108

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑62Addison#21
↑28Audrey#52
↑27Leah#73
↑26Natalia#44
↑26Avery#55
↑21Lillian#40
↑20Alexa#42
↑20Riley#51

Falling

↓42Jenna#96
↓35Megan#69
↓33Jada#92
↓23Gabrielle#80
↓23Mary#89
↓22Madeline#58
↓22Faith#74
↓22Paige#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.