State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2010 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 130,622 Illinois births in 2010 across 3,397 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#92Nora#159 nationally
#96Leonardo#150 nationally
#86Patrick#129 nationally
#79Giovanni#117 nationally
#86Liliana#124 nationally
#61Natalia#98 nationally
#87Nicole#123 nationally
#90Michelle#125 nationally
#35Gianna#67 nationally
#62Jessica#92 nationally
#91Damian#121 nationally
#83Colin#111 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella946US #1
#2Sophia921US #2
#3Olivia823US #4
#4Emma654US #3
#5Emily650US #6
#6Abigail618US #7
#7Ava605US #5
#8Mia478US #10
#9Madison427US #8
#10Addison419US #11
#11Grace419US #18
#12Elizabeth411US #12
#13Ella406US #13
#14Natalie403US #14
#15Chloe397US #9
#16Samantha386US #15
#17Sofia340US #28
#18Evelyn320US #39
#19Lily313US #17
#20Avery299US #23
#21Leah290US #24
#22Lillian289US #22
#23Alexis274US #16
#24Ashley273US #29
#25Hannah273US #20
#26Anna271US #27
#27Brooklyn266US #34
#28Alyssa265US #21
#29Taylor265US #37
#30Julia264US #55
#31Victoria263US #32
#32Charlotte262US #46
#33Amelia260US #41
#34Hailey253US #19
#35Gianna248US #67
#36Allison247US #38
#37Gabriella245US #33
#38Layla241US #36
#39Brianna240US #30
#40Nevaeh240US #25
#41Zoe233US #31
#42Sarah228US #26
#43Maya227US #66
#44Riley218US #40
#45Aaliyah217US #56
#46Alexandra215US #64
#47Claire214US #53
#48Camila212US #61
#49Alexa210US #50
#50Aubrey209US #45
#51Lauren205US #58
#52Makayla205US #43
#53Jocelyn200US #65
#54Morgan200US #63
#55Audrey198US #52
#56Kayla197US #49
#57Madelyn192US #76
#58Sydney183US #60
#59Zoey182US #47
#60Molly178US #87
#61Natalia177US #98
#62Jessica175US #92
#63Melanie174US #82
#64Bella173US #48
#65Brooke171US #73
#66Khloe171US #42
#67Kylie171US #57
#68Andrea170US #80
#69Kaylee165US #35
#70Madeline164US #77
#71Katherine163US #70
#72Lucy162US #75
#73Arianna161US #54
#74Sophie161US #59
#75Ariana160US #84
#76Savannah158US #44
#77Eva156US #91
#78Stella155US #85
#79Peyton153US #51
#80Vanessa152US #107
#81Kimberly151US #69
#82Mackenzie151US #68
#83Destiny150US #71
#84Valeria146US #96
#85Payton143US #79
#86Liliana140US #124
#87Nicole140US #123
#88Autumn138US #81
#89Kennedy134US #111
#90Michelle134US #125
#91Mya134US #101
#92Nora133US #159
#93Ellie131US #104
#94Jasmine130US #62
#95Faith129US #74
#96Naomi128US #95
#97Paige128US #100
#98Caroline127US #88
#99Isabel127US #116
#100Kaitlyn127US #90

Boys

#1Alexander915US #6
#2Jacob914US #1
#3Michael745US #3
#4Daniel736US #8
#5Anthony722US #10
#6Ethan721US #2
#7Jayden688US #4
#8William675US #5
#9Joshua649US #11
#10Noah609US #7
#11Logan607US #17
#12David602US #15
#13Mason598US #12
#14Aiden587US #9
#15Andrew582US #14
#16Matthew581US #16
#17Nathan563US #27
#18Benjamin551US #22
#19Joseph545US #20
#20Ryan531US #23
#21Christopher525US #13
#22Lucas516US #35
#23Jonathan496US #28
#24Jackson480US #25
#25Christian475US #29
#26James474US #19
#27John470US #26
#28Liam466US #30
#29Elijah462US #18
#30Gabriel451US #21
#31Angel447US #42
#32Nicholas436US #37
#33Jack435US #45
#34Tyler434US #34
#35Julian429US #53
#36Samuel428US #24
#37Evan427US #36
#38Dylan425US #31
#39Gavin387US #38
#40Charles381US #63
#41Owen370US #47
#42Luke363US #41
#43Landon355US #33
#44Connor352US #49
#45Caleb350US #32
#46Carter345US #48
#47Isaac344US #39
#48Kevin342US #59
#49Henry341US #67
#50Adrian340US #56
#51Zachary325US #61
#52Thomas323US #62
#53Jeremiah316US #51
#54Brandon300US #44
#55Brayden298US #40
#56Sebastian296US #68
#57Jordan294US #46
#58Hunter283US #58
#59Isaiah281US #43
#60Jose280US #52
#61Cameron275US #60
#62Robert273US #54
#63Austin264US #64
#64Chase259US #66
#65Aaron257US #55
#66Diego248US #86
#67Adam244US #80
#68Aidan241US #94
#69Xavier241US #71
#70Justin240US #50
#71Oliver236US #88
#72Ian235US #72
#73Jason231US #69
#74Wyatt226US #57
#75Eli223US #65
#76Nathaniel213US #81
#77Dominic209US #74
#78Luis203US #79
#79Giovanni202US #117
#80Alex201US #93
#81Juan201US #76
#82Jesus200US #92
#83Colin199US #111
#84Levi197US #70
#85Cooper190US #75
#86Patrick189US #129
#87Cole187US #90
#88Blake183US #87
#89Jaden183US #91
#90Vincent179US #110
#91Damian177US #121
#92Carson174US #82
#93Max174US #98
#94Carlos173US #89
#95Nolan172US #104
#96Leonardo171US #150
#97Brody170US #83
#98Eric170US #95
#99Parker170US #85
#100Ayden169US #78

On the move since 2009

Rising

↑35Mason#13
↑33Charlotte#32
↑26Camila#48
↑23Aaliyah#45
↑21Brooklyn#27
↑21Eli#75
↑20Kylie#67
↑19Hunter#58

Falling

↓28Valeria#84
↓26Kaylee#69
↓25Madeline#70
↓24Peyton#79
↓24Kaitlyn#100
↓23Jasmine#94
↓22Kayla#56
↓18Payton#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2009 rankings.