State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 140,973 Illinois births in 2008 across 3,486 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#95Liliana#150 nationally
#54Natalia#107 nationally
#88Giovanni#140 nationally
#89Giselle#136 nationally
#95Nolan#131 nationally
#36Maya#71 nationally
#66Michelle#101 nationally
#71Nicole#106 nationally
#99Melissa#134 nationally
#33Jocelyn#67 nationally
#80Colin#114 nationally
#58Gianna#88 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia827US #4
#2Emily772US #3
#3Isabella757US #2
#4Emma752US #1
#5Sophia728US #7
#6Ava692US #5
#7Abigail648US #8
#8Madison508US #6
#9Addison495US #12
#10Mia495US #14
#11Samantha486US #11
#12Grace477US #21
#13Elizabeth461US #9
#14Ella419US #19
#15Chloe402US #10
#16Natalie400US #13
#17Alexis393US #15
#18Ashley387US #18
#19Alyssa362US #16
#20Brianna355US #23
#21Hannah347US #17
#22Lillian334US #29
#23Julia328US #41
#24Victoria324US #27
#25Lily312US #24
#26Sarah311US #20
#27Sofia308US #36
#28Taylor304US #22
#29Anna297US #26
#30Lauren294US #30
#31Kayla281US #28
#32Allison275US #32
#33Jocelyn271US #67
#34Evelyn267US #54
#35Avery264US #38
#36Maya263US #71
#37Morgan263US #46
#38Audrey252US #44
#39Madeline252US #56
#40Alexandra248US #61
#41Aubrey247US #42
#42Hailey246US #25
#43Alexa244US #50
#44Gabriella244US #35
#45Nevaeh238US #34
#46Leah231US #40
#47Claire226US #62
#48Katherine226US #45
#49Jessica225US #59
#50Vanessa224US #78
#51Andrea223US #72
#52Amelia220US #68
#53Brooke219US #52
#54Natalia216US #107
#55Riley216US #39
#56Makayla214US #37
#57Camila213US #83
#58Gianna213US #88
#59Sydney211US #49
#60Madelyn206US #64
#61Melanie203US #85
#62Jasmine201US #43
#63Destiny200US #47
#64Aaliyah199US #76
#65Kylie199US #51
#66Michelle198US #101
#67Kaylee193US #31
#68Payton193US #91
#69Kimberly192US #57
#70Maria192US #63
#71Nicole192US #106
#72Valeria192US #73
#73Kaitlyn191US #53
#74Arianna188US #66
#75Isabel187US #97
#76Ariana185US #81
#77Mackenzie185US #65
#78Brooklyn181US #48
#79Layla180US #55
#80Stephanie180US #105
#81Zoe172US #58
#82Isabelle171US #93
#83Mariah170US #77
#84Angelina169US #69
#85Charlotte168US #86
#86Peyton164US #60
#87Savannah162US #33
#88Jennifer158US #84
#89Giselle157US #136
#90Molly156US #104
#91Gabrielle155US #79
#92Paige154US #89
#93Jenna150US #108
#94Daniela148US #121
#95Liliana148US #150
#96Sara148US #92
#97Autumn147US #87
#98Megan145US #100
#99Melissa144US #134
#100Sophie144US #75

Boys

#1Alexander990US #6
#2Daniel956US #5
#3Michael944US #2
#4Jacob887US #1
#5Anthony874US #7
#6Ethan774US #3
#7Joshua735US #4
#8Joseph711US #13
#9William707US #8
#10Matthew704US #10
#11David689US #14
#12Nathan680US #21
#13Andrew677US #12
#14Ryan665US #18
#15Jayden655US #11
#16Christopher645US #9
#17Aiden607US #16
#18James597US #17
#19Benjamin592US #25
#20Nicholas587US #29
#21Logan576US #19
#22Noah559US #15
#23John542US #20
#24Jack537US #39
#25Jonathan531US #26
#26Tyler519US #28
#27Angel507US #36
#28Christian492US #23
#29Brandon466US #33
#30Evan458US #38
#31Gavin456US #30
#32Jackson455US #32
#33Dylan445US #31
#34Samuel443US #27
#35Gabriel440US #24
#36Elijah436US #22
#37Kevin420US #41
#38Lucas417US #46
#39Mason400US #35
#40Diego397US #69
#41Julian396US #61
#42Aidan388US #59
#43Jose383US #40
#44Zachary376US #47
#45Charles375US #63
#46Thomas373US #52
#47Adrian370US #56
#48Caleb369US #34
#49Isaac363US #37
#50Justin358US #44
#51Aaron356US #50
#52Luke350US #43
#53Owen349US #58
#54Robert343US #49
#55Connor338US #57
#56Isaiah329US #42
#57Juan313US #66
#58Adam312US #72
#59Cameron304US #53
#60Carter299US #65
#61Austin286US #55
#62Chase282US #67
#63Landon281US #45
#64Liam280US #75
#65Xavier278US #71
#66Brayden270US #51
#67Hunter270US #54
#68Henry267US #78
#69Sebastian267US #74
#70Eric266US #86
#71Jordan264US #48
#72Luis264US #64
#73Jason262US #60
#74Jesus261US #79
#75Brian257US #87
#76Nathaniel252US #77
#77Jeremiah251US #68
#78Alex249US #84
#79Brody249US #70
#80Colin248US #114
#81Antonio238US #102
#82Carlos229US #73
#83Sean225US #83
#84Cole224US #85
#85Wyatt218US #62
#86Ian216US #80
#87Miguel213US #101
#88Giovanni201US #140
#89Kyle201US #97
#90Alejandro200US #105
#91Blake198US #90
#92Brady198US #94
#93Devin194US #109
#94Dominic194US #93
#95Nolan191US #131
#96Oscar190US #120
#97Patrick185US #127
#98Tristan185US #81
#99Hayden183US #76
#100Bryan181US #82

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑39Madelyn#60
↑36Aubrey#41
↑33Leah#46
↑19Avery#35
↑19Melanie#61
↑14Audrey#38
↑14Valeria#72
↑14Aiden#17

Falling

↓34Megan#98
↓29Jennifer#88
↓23Molly#90
↓21Luis#72
↓20Kaitlyn#73
↓19Zoe#81
↓18Savannah#87
↓17Gabrielle#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.