State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2011 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 127,206 Illinois births in 2011 across 3,375 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#83Nora#137 nationally
#99Michelle#144 nationally
#99Patrick#143 nationally
#78Nicole#117 nationally
#79Giovanni#117 nationally
#94Reese#131 nationally
#85Colin#121 nationally
#73Natalia#108 nationally
#85Vanessa#120 nationally
#51Madeline#85 nationally
#82Liliana#115 nationally
#57Melanie#89 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia892US #1
#2Olivia853US #4
#3Isabella816US #2
#4Emma689US #3
#5Emily623US #6
#6Ava577US #5
#7Mia538US #9
#8Abigail502US #7
#9Sofia406US #19
#10Natalie400US #14
#11Elizabeth382US #11
#12Ella380US #12
#13Madison377US #8
#14Grace375US #16
#15Chloe358US #10
#16Addison347US #13
#17Evelyn332US #24
#18Samantha324US #17
#19Avery323US #18
#20Lily307US #15
#21Amelia305US #30
#22Victoria304US #23
#23Brooklyn290US #21
#24Charlotte289US #27
#25Leah285US #29
#26Lillian278US #22
#27Aubrey268US #20
#28Layla267US #35
#29Alexis264US #26
#30Alyssa256US #37
#31Hannah249US #25
#32Claire243US #50
#33Nevaeh243US #33
#34Julia241US #58
#35Audrey236US #43
#36Maya234US #64
#37Anna232US #38
#38Zoe229US #31
#39Gianna227US #63
#40Aaliyah226US #46
#41Camila223US #48
#42Gabriella223US #34
#43Hailey219US #32
#44Brianna213US #45
#45Ashley211US #42
#46Kayla205US #59
#47Allison202US #40
#48Kaylee201US #36
#49Madelyn201US #79
#50Makayla201US #56
#51Madeline200US #85
#52Savannah197US #41
#53Zoey197US #28
#54Riley188US #47
#55Alexandra185US #76
#56Alexa183US #55
#57Melanie181US #89
#58Molly181US #78
#59Lauren178US #62
#60Morgan176US #75
#61Sarah176US #39
#62Taylor176US #44
#63Arianna175US #52
#64Katherine175US #61
#65Jocelyn172US #71
#66Mackenzie169US #68
#67Kylie167US #57
#68Sophie167US #51
#69Andrea166US #82
#70Harper166US #54
#71Kimberly164US #67
#72Sydney160US #65
#73Natalia159US #108
#74Khloe158US #49
#75Stella153US #74
#76Ariana145US #84
#77Autumn144US #69
#78Nicole144US #117
#79Lucy143US #73
#80Maria143US #92
#81Bella142US #60
#82Liliana142US #115
#83Nora141US #137
#84Peyton141US #53
#85Vanessa141US #120
#86Violet140US #101
#87London137US #94
#88Brooke136US #86
#89Caroline134US #87
#90Faith134US #70
#91Naomi134US #93
#92Serenity133US #66
#93Mariah132US #98
#94Reese132US #131
#95Payton130US #95
#96Kennedy128US #91
#97Eva124US #83
#98Jessica124US #118
#99Michelle124US #144
#100Trinity124US #77

Boys

#1Alexander899US #8
#2Michael801US #6
#3Jacob783US #1
#4Noah737US #5
#5Daniel707US #10
#6Mason700US #2
#7William698US #3
#8Ethan694US #7
#9Anthony685US #11
#10Benjamin647US #19
#11Jayden647US #4
#12Liam598US #15
#13Aiden585US #9
#14Matthew559US #12
#15Logan556US #21
#16David539US #18
#17Joshua502US #14
#18Andrew496US #16
#19Nathan485US #28
#20Lucas480US #29
#21James479US #17
#22Gabriel478US #24
#23Jackson476US #23
#24Joseph472US #22
#25John471US #27
#26Christopher464US #20
#27Ryan455US #25
#28Elijah454US #13
#29Julian429US #50
#30Jonathan416US #31
#31Christian410US #30
#32Evan406US #40
#33Owen401US #44
#34Henry398US #57
#35Dylan391US #33
#36Caleb389US #32
#37Nicholas385US #42
#38Samuel383US #26
#39Carter371US #41
#40Jack368US #45
#41Gavin367US #37
#42Angel363US #52
#43Isaac362US #35
#44Tyler359US #38
#45Charles355US #61
#46Adrian337US #56
#47Luke330US #39
#48Thomas318US #63
#49Isaiah317US #43
#50Brandon310US #47
#51Zachary295US #64
#52Kevin290US #67
#53Aaron289US #51
#54Brayden282US #36
#55Sebastian281US #68
#56Jordan278US #46
#57Adam276US #81
#58Landon276US #34
#59Connor275US #54
#60Jeremiah264US #49
#61Chase257US #69
#62Cameron244US #53
#63Austin230US #60
#64Blake230US #73
#65Jose229US #65
#66Robert228US #62
#67Nolan226US #92
#68Hunter225US #55
#69Oliver225US #78
#70Xavier224US #76
#71Eli221US #58
#72Justin219US #59
#73Ayden218US #70
#74Levi215US #66
#75Dominic212US #77
#76Parker209US #79
#77Wyatt206US #48
#78Diego205US #99
#79Giovanni201US #117
#80Jesus201US #93
#81Ian198US #72
#82Vincent197US #101
#83Brody194US #83
#84Nathaniel193US #84
#85Colin190US #121
#86Cooper189US #82
#87Max189US #96
#88Alex187US #95
#89Juan187US #89
#90Jason179US #71
#91Colton177US #74
#92Jaxon175US #86
#93Aidan168US #107
#94Luis168US #88
#95Miles168US #115
#96Antonio166US #118
#97Cole166US #94
#98Josiah165US #80
#99Patrick164US #143
#100Sean162US #125

On the move since 2010

Rising

↑28Nolan#67
↑27Ayden#73
↑24Savannah#52
↑24Blake#64
↑23Aubrey#27
↑23Parker#76
↑21Kaylee#48
↑20Audrey#35

Falling

↓36Jessica#98
↓33Taylor#62
↓25Aidan#93
↓23Brooke#88
↓21Ashley#45
↓20Eva#97
↓19Sarah#61
↓17Bella#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2010 rankings.