State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2007 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 144,975 Illinois births in 2007 across 3,458 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#78Jacqueline#133 nationally
#83Giselle#134 nationally
#65Natalia#109 nationally
#96Nolan#133 nationally
#55Gianna#91 nationally
#92Leslie#127 nationally
#99Giovanni#134 nationally
#98Omar#132 nationally
#67Molly#97 nationally
#29Diego#58 nationally
#58Nicole#86 nationally
#23Jocelyn#50 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella868US #2
#2Olivia843US #7
#3Emily799US #1
#4Sophia786US #6
#5Ava769US #4
#6Emma767US #3
#7Abigail662US #8
#8Madison597US #5
#9Mia553US #15
#10Elizabeth544US #10
#11Grace531US #20
#12Addison521US #11
#13Hannah520US #9
#14Samantha503US #12
#15Ashley458US #13
#16Natalie454US #17
#17Ella447US #21
#18Alyssa431US #14
#19Chloe391US #16
#20Alexis377US #19
#21Julia370US #34
#22Sarah367US #18
#23Jocelyn353US #50
#24Anna341US #25
#25Brianna328US #22
#26Lauren320US #28
#27Kayla318US #26
#28Sofia314US #36
#29Lillian303US #33
#30Taylor303US #24
#31Hailey302US #23
#32Victoria293US #29
#33Alexandra292US #49
#34Lily285US #27
#35Jessica282US #42
#36Maya276US #62
#37Nevaeh271US #31
#38Evelyn263US #55
#39Morgan257US #43
#40Katherine255US #39
#41Allison248US #46
#42Claire245US #66
#43Madeline245US #61
#44Sydney244US #37
#45Andrea241US #60
#46Alexa238US #40
#47Gabriella234US #38
#48Destiny226US #41
#49Makayla226US #47
#50Jasmine225US #32
#51Brooke224US #45
#52Audrey223US #51
#53Kaitlyn222US #44
#54Avery220US #48
#55Gianna217US #91
#56Amelia214US #77
#57Vanessa214US #71
#58Nicole212US #86
#59Jennifer207US #64
#60Isabel205US #87
#61Riley205US #52
#62Zoe204US #56
#63Maria203US #53
#64Megan203US #78
#65Natalia198US #109
#66Ariana196US #73
#67Molly194US #97
#68Angelina193US #58
#69Savannah193US #30
#70Stephanie191US #88
#71Kaylee189US #35
#72Michelle189US #94
#73Aaliyah188US #83
#74Gabrielle185US #68
#75Kylie185US #63
#76Kimberly184US #54
#77Aubrey183US #69
#78Jacqueline183US #133
#79Leah183US #67
#80Melanie183US #81
#81Isabelle176US #79
#82Paige174US #89
#83Giselle173US #134
#84Sophie171US #82
#85Mackenzie170US #65
#86Valeria169US #98
#87Mariah163US #92
#88Trinity159US #72
#89Faith158US #74
#90Mary157US #93
#91Brooklyn156US #57
#92Leslie151US #127
#93Rachel151US #59
#94Haley150US #76
#95Sara149US #80
#96Autumn148US #90
#97Daniela148US #108
#98Jada148US #95
#99Madelyn148US #104
#100Jenna146US #103

Boys

#1Daniel1,035US #5
#2Anthony974US #7
#3Michael960US #2
#4Jacob957US #1
#5Alexander951US #11
#6Joshua811US #4
#7Matthew757US #9
#8Andrew754US #10
#9William752US #8
#10Christopher746US #6
#11Ethan739US #3
#12Joseph737US #13
#13David732US #12
#14Ryan711US #16
#15Nathan669US #24
#16Nicholas634US #20
#17James616US #15
#18Tyler610US #21
#19Benjamin608US #26
#20John605US #19
#21Logan604US #17
#22Jack598US #38
#23Noah575US #14
#24Jonathan571US #23
#25Christian568US #22
#26Jayden560US #18
#27Angel530US #34
#28Kevin522US #39
#29Diego486US #58
#30Brandon479US #31
#31Aiden477US #27
#32Dylan470US #29
#33Samuel469US #25
#34Gabriel465US #28
#35Gavin465US #32
#36Evan464US #40
#37Jose425US #35
#38Jackson420US #33
#39Elijah415US #30
#40Lucas410US #53
#41Luke409US #46
#42Aidan401US #54
#43Zachary401US #42
#44Thomas397US #52
#45Adrian391US #61
#46Julian386US #66
#47Mason377US #37
#48Charles361US #62
#49Robert361US #47
#50Isaiah359US #43
#51Luis358US #60
#52Justin357US #45
#53Caleb356US #36
#54Owen352US #56
#55Isaac349US #41
#56Adam345US #65
#57Connor337US #55
#58Juan337US #63
#59Aaron334US #51
#60Brian329US #81
#61Jordan319US #44
#62Cameron302US #50
#63Austin299US #48
#64Landon298US #49
#65Sebastian291US #73
#66Jesus287US #77
#67Xavier278US #68
#68Sean270US #76
#69Jason267US #59
#70Alex266US #72
#71Brayden266US #64
#72Carter264US #80
#73Kyle262US #86
#74Jeremiah258US #67
#75Chase256US #79
#76Henry254US #90
#77Liam254US #89
#78Dominic248US #85
#79Eric248US #83
#80Antonio246US #95
#81Hunter246US #57
#82Wyatt244US #69
#83Ian242US #75
#84Nathaniel238US #82
#85Miguel233US #94
#86Jaden230US #74
#87Carlos222US #70
#88Bryan221US #78
#89Patrick221US #116
#90Cole218US #84
#91Alejandro210US #103
#92Colin206US #119
#93Brady200US #93
#94Devin200US #100
#95Blake199US #88
#96Nolan197US #133
#97Oscar195US #121
#98Omar194US #132
#99Giovanni183US #134
#100Vincent183US #110

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑44Nevaeh#37
↑36Jayden#26
↑21Claire#42
↑20Chase#75
↑18Kimberly#76
↑18Brayden#71
↑16Lily#34
↑16Makayla#49

Falling

↓32Rachel#93
↓26Mackenzie#85
↓23Melanie#80
↓22Stephanie#70
↓21Natalia#65
↓19Angelina#68
↓19Sara#95
↓16Mariah#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.