State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2009 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 135,773 Illinois births in 2009 across 3,429 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#81Giovanni#133 nationally
#75Liliana#120 nationally
#32Gianna#76 nationally
#64Natalia#103 nationally
#75Colin#113 nationally
#91Eduardo#128 nationally
#93Patrick#129 nationally
#98Giselle#134 nationally
#36Jocelyn#71 nationally
#27Maya#61 nationally
#78Stephanie#112 nationally
#38Alexandra#69 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella945US #1
#2Olivia830US #3
#3Sophia761US #4
#4Emma710US #2
#5Emily673US #6
#6Ava635US #5
#7Abigail616US #8
#8Mia581US #10
#9Madison465US #7
#10Addison459US #12
#11Ella459US #15
#12Elizabeth450US #11
#13Samantha428US #14
#14Natalie422US #16
#15Grace421US #17
#16Chloe416US #9
#17Alexis411US #13
#18Leah318US #29
#19Alyssa317US #19
#20Lily305US #18
#21Sofia299US #36
#22Anna295US #28
#23Ashley291US #20
#24Evelyn289US #40
#25Taylor287US #22
#26Allison284US #30
#27Maya281US #61
#28Brianna276US #24
#29Hannah276US #23
#30Lillian272US #27
#31Sarah271US #21
#32Gianna263US #76
#33Avery262US #32
#34Kayla254US #35
#35Julia253US #50
#36Jocelyn245US #71
#37Hailey244US #25
#38Alexandra243US #69
#39Alexa241US #43
#40Gabriella240US #33
#41Amelia239US #55
#42Lauren236US #46
#43Kaylee234US #26
#44Victoria233US #31
#45Madeline228US #64
#46Madelyn227US #59
#47Sydney226US #48
#48Brooklyn218US #37
#49Claire216US #53
#50Aubrey214US #41
#51Zoe211US #47
#52Layla208US #45
#53Makayla208US #44
#54Nevaeh208US #34
#55Peyton205US #42
#56Valeria203US #72
#57Arianna201US #52
#58Morgan201US #57
#59Andrea199US #73
#60Audrey199US #49
#61Riley197US #38
#62Brooke189US #54
#63Maria189US #70
#64Natalia188US #103
#65Charlotte186US #68
#66Jessica186US #78
#67Payton184US #84
#68Aaliyah181US #63
#69Ariana177US #82
#70Katherine175US #60
#71Jasmine174US #51
#72Mariah173US #88
#73Molly173US #92
#74Camila166US #80
#75Liliana166US #120
#76Kaitlyn165US #67
#77Melanie162US #94
#78Stephanie162US #112
#79Savannah161US #39
#80Vanessa160US #91
#81Mackenzie159US #77
#82Michelle159US #104
#83Isabelle158US #100
#84Caroline157US #87
#85Paige156US #98
#86Mya154US #97
#87Kylie153US #62
#88Kimberly152US #66
#89Isabel150US #109
#90Lucy148US #101
#91Sophie146US #65
#92Destiny145US #56
#93Jada145US #113
#94Katelyn145US #90
#95Megan144US #105
#96Rachel144US #89
#97Trinity143US #74
#98Giselle141US #134
#99Nicole141US #119
#100Naomi140US #107

Boys

#1Alexander1,043US #4
#2Jacob879US #1
#3Daniel874US #7
#4Michael808US #3
#5Anthony775US #11
#6Ethan745US #2
#7Joshua697US #6
#8William693US #5
#9Nathan660US #25
#10Aiden658US #12
#11Jayden656US #8
#12David652US #14
#13Matthew647US #13
#14Christopher637US #10
#15Noah626US #9
#16Joseph598US #15
#17Benjamin592US #19
#18Ryan587US #20
#19Logan579US #17
#20Andrew563US #16
#21Tyler528US #28
#22James515US #18
#23John509US #26
#24Angel500US #37
#25Nicholas494US #32
#26Christian490US #23
#27Jack489US #42
#28Gabriel487US #22
#29Jackson485US #27
#30Jonathan485US #29
#31Dylan476US #30
#32Evan468US #35
#33Gavin466US #33
#34Julian438US #62
#35Elijah425US #21
#36Lucas418US #39
#37Samuel417US #24
#38Brandon416US #38
#39Adrian403US #59
#40Owen403US #51
#41Kevin391US #44
#42Charles387US #64
#43Liam380US #49
#44Caleb371US #31
#45Connor369US #52
#46Carter360US #50
#47Isaac360US #40
#48Mason360US #34
#49Zachary358US #53
#50Isaiah351US #41
#51Landon347US #36
#52Thomas321US #57
#53Jose319US #43
#54Aidan317US #72
#55Aaron316US #54
#56Henry316US #71
#57Luke312US #47
#58Chase302US #61
#59Justin300US #46
#60Diego292US #76
#61Brayden289US #48
#62Jordan288US #45
#63Cameron284US #58
#64Adam269US #74
#65Jeremiah269US #65
#66Robert265US #55
#67Luis264US #69
#68Xavier264US #68
#69Sebastian253US #70
#70Juan249US #67
#71Brian247US #94
#72Alex239US #83
#73Nathaniel238US #75
#74Austin233US #63
#75Colin229US #113
#76Jesus228US #78
#77Hunter227US #56
#78Jason220US #66
#79Ian219US #73
#80Cole218US #82
#81Giovanni216US #133
#82Antonio215US #105
#83Dominic214US #81
#84Cooper213US #84
#85Sean206US #97
#86Oliver204US #98
#87Eric202US #95
#88Brody200US #77
#89Kyle200US #99
#90Wyatt200US #60
#91Eduardo189US #128
#92Miguel188US #100
#93Patrick188US #129
#94Max187US #104
#95Carlos183US #79
#96Eli183US #90
#97Nolan180US #122
#98Bryan179US #92
#99Ayden178US #87
#100Blake178US #89

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑31Peyton#55
↑30Brooklyn#48
↑30Zoe#51
↑28Leah#18
↑27Layla#52
↑26Gianna#32
↑24Kaylee#43
↑21Liam#43

Falling

↓30Vanessa#80
↓29Destiny#92
↓28Nicole#99
↓22Audrey#60
↓22Katherine#70
↓22Kylie#87
↓21Morgan#58
↓20Victoria#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.