State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2012 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 125,250 Illinois births in 2012 across 3,325 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#92Margaret#177 nationally
#52Nora#108 nationally
#63Natalia#119 nationally
#97Leonardo#152 nationally
#94Declan#143 nationally
#89Mateo#137 nationally
#88Eleanor#134 nationally
#98Patrick#140 nationally
#54Jocelyn#93 nationally
#95Leo#134 nationally
#60Madeline#96 nationally
#85Giovanni#120 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia962US #1
#2Olivia820US #4
#3Isabella813US #3
#4Emma773US #2
#5Ava602US #5
#6Emily597US #6
#7Mia550US #8
#8Abigail466US #7
#9Sofia424US #18
#10Elizabeth392US #10
#11Ella381US #12
#12Charlotte378US #19
#13Madison377US #9
#14Amelia369US #23
#15Avery354US #13
#16Grace343US #21
#17Samantha331US #26
#18Chloe324US #11
#19Aubrey319US #15
#20Brooklyn319US #29
#21Lillian317US #25
#22Evelyn315US #27
#23Natalie313US #17
#24Victoria309US #28
#25Addison299US #14
#26Lily293US #16
#27Zoe279US #30
#28Zoey275US #20
#29Hannah265US #22
#30Harper260US #24
#31Hailey245US #32
#32Audrey241US #41
#33Leah240US #33
#34Layla230US #31
#35Camila225US #48
#36Claire225US #45
#37Maya222US #63
#38Aaliyah220US #36
#39Gabriella217US #37
#40Gianna217US #73
#41Anna213US #34
#42Nevaeh208US #39
#43Alexis205US #40
#44Alexa204US #57
#45Julia204US #65
#46Allison203US #38
#47Alyssa199US #44
#48Ashley196US #50
#49Taylor195US #46
#50Madelyn184US #67
#51Melanie182US #77
#52Nora182US #108
#53Kaylee181US #35
#54Jocelyn177US #93
#55Alexandra175US #76
#56Molly175US #90
#57Kayla172US #69
#58Sophie167US #52
#59Brianna166US #51
#60Madeline165US #96
#61Lauren160US #72
#62Lucy159US #66
#63Natalia159US #119
#64Arianna158US #49
#65Sarah157US #42
#66Makayla156US #70
#67Riley156US #47
#68London155US #94
#69Naomi154US #79
#70Katherine153US #64
#71Savannah151US #43
#72Lydia150US #95
#73Stella150US #62
#74Andrea146US #100
#75Autumn145US #68
#76Violet145US #89
#77Mackenzie144US #71
#78Peyton144US #53
#79Morgan142US #82
#80Serenity141US #58
#81Bella139US #54
#82Ellie139US #85
#83Aria138US #92
#84Mariah137US #107
#85Ariana135US #74
#86Liliana135US #117
#87Nicole135US #114
#88Eleanor133US #134
#89Kylie133US #59
#90Payton132US #103
#91Brooke130US #102
#92Margaret130US #177
#93Mila129US #115
#94Caroline127US #80
#95Kennedy126US #84
#96Sydney126US #78
#97Scarlett125US #61
#98Penelope123US #125
#99Reese121US #128
#100Annabelle120US #99

Boys

#1Jacob764US #1
#2Noah748US #4
#3Alexander747US #9
#4Michael710US #7
#5Ethan679US #3
#6Mason661US #2
#7Liam660US #6
#8Anthony658US #15
#9Jayden657US #8
#10Daniel653US #11
#11William643US #5
#12Aiden596US #10
#13Benjamin569US #16
#14Nathan514US #29
#15Logan500US #22
#16Matthew492US #12
#17James484US #14
#18David480US #20
#19Jackson477US #21
#20Lucas477US #27
#21Joshua468US #17
#22Elijah466US #13
#23Joseph466US #19
#24Andrew463US #18
#25Ryan462US #26
#26John457US #28
#27Christopher456US #23
#28Owen451US #38
#29Jack417US #46
#30Jonathan405US #34
#31Julian404US #53
#32Samuel404US #25
#33Dylan402US #31
#34Henry401US #44
#35Evan389US #47
#36Gabriel383US #24
#37Nicholas378US #49
#38Isaac374US #30
#39Carter370US #36
#40Caleb357US #32
#41Gavin355US #40
#42Charles352US #62
#43Adrian331US #61
#44Christian328US #33
#45Angel324US #57
#46Sebastian313US #64
#47Landon303US #35
#48Thomas302US #63
#49Hunter301US #45
#50Connor300US #59
#51Jeremiah300US #52
#52Tyler298US #50
#53Luke295US #37
#54Aaron294US #51
#55Oliver294US #73
#56Brandon286US #56
#57Kevin284US #69
#58Isaiah282US #42
#59Dominic278US #70
#60Jordan272US #48
#61Wyatt271US #41
#62Adam264US #82
#63Brayden262US #39
#64Zachary253US #67
#65Cameron251US #54
#66Blake245US #71
#67Robert245US #60
#68Eli240US #43
#69Levi239US #55
#70Nolan232US #89
#71Ayden230US #68
#72Parker224US #81
#73Jaxon215US #66
#74Colton214US #65
#75Jose213US #72
#76Chase212US #77
#77Xavier211US #80
#78Ian210US #78
#79Josiah204US #79
#80Austin203US #58
#81Bentley200US #75
#82Vincent199US #104
#83Damian196US #99
#84Cooper192US #83
#85Giovanni189US #120
#86Nathaniel182US #84
#87Jason181US #76
#88Justin176US #74
#89Mateo176US #137
#90Alex173US #98
#91Max172US #105
#92Colin170US #124
#93Luis169US #90
#94Declan165US #143
#95Leo165US #134
#96Cole162US #102
#97Leonardo162US #152
#98Patrick162US #140
#99Grayson160US #86
#100Jesus159US #101

On the move since 2011

Rising

↑40Harper#30
↑31Nora#52
↑25Zoey#28
↑22Naomi#69
↑19London#68
↑19Hunter#49
↑19Jaxon#73
↑19Josiah#79

Falling

↓24Sydney#96
↓22Kylie#89
↓20Jesus#100
↓19Savannah#71
↓19Morgan#79
↓17Alyssa#47
↓17Austin#80
↓16Makayla#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2011 rankings.