State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2013 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 123,841 Illinois births in 2013 across 3,296 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#57Natalia#121 nationally
#56Eleanor#106 nationally
#83Colin#125 nationally
#42Nora#83 nationally
#60Morgan#100 nationally
#33Maya#72 nationally
#39Julia#75 nationally
#46Alexandra#82 nationally
#51Gianna#87 nationally
#85Declan#121 nationally
#96Leonardo#131 nationally
#91Liliana#124 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia889US #3
#2Sophia858US #1
#3Emma789US #2
#4Isabella677US #4
#5Emily561US #7
#6Ava554US #5
#7Mia553US #6
#8Sofia455US #13
#9Abigail451US #8
#10Charlotte403US #11
#11Amelia400US #17
#12Avery387US #12
#13Grace373US #22
#14Elizabeth359US #10
#15Madison359US #9
#16Evelyn357US #20
#17Ella332US #15
#18Natalie321US #21
#19Chloe319US #14
#20Victoria318US #25
#21Aubrey314US #18
#22Lillian289US #26
#23Brooklyn281US #28
#24Harper281US #16
#25Addison268US #19
#26Samantha262US #29
#27Layla260US #30
#28Hannah254US #23
#29Lily248US #27
#30Audrey247US #33
#31Camila245US #39
#32Zoe239US #31
#33Maya232US #72
#34Leah227US #32
#35Zoey227US #24
#36Allison222US #34
#37Anna221US #35
#38Claire220US #50
#39Julia215US #75
#40Aria207US #41
#41Alexa203US #60
#42Nora202US #83
#43Scarlett195US #42
#44Aaliyah193US #37
#45Gabriella192US #38
#46Alexandra191US #82
#47Violet191US #69
#48Alyssa190US #57
#49Hailey188US #43
#50Arianna182US #44
#51Gianna181US #87
#52Madelyn178US #68
#53Savannah178US #36
#54Alexis177US #47
#55Ariana176US #54
#56Eleanor174US #106
#57Natalia172US #121
#58Lucy171US #66
#59Mackenzie171US #62
#60Morgan169US #100
#61Sarah169US #48
#62Melanie168US #84
#63Nicole167US #91
#64Mila165US #79
#65Penelope163US #56
#66Peyton163US #51
#67Madeline162US #90
#68London160US #85
#69Nevaeh159US #46
#70Autumn156US #64
#71Molly155US #102
#72Kaylee153US #40
#73Aubree149US #53
#74Kennedy149US #65
#75Eva148US #88
#76Riley148US #45
#77Caroline146US #63
#78Brianna145US #71
#79Jocelyn145US #99
#80Katherine145US #77
#81Ellie144US #74
#82Serenity144US #52
#83Stella144US #70
#84Makayla143US #94
#85Taylor141US #59
#86Annabelle140US #81
#87Kayla140US #96
#88Kylie137US #61
#89Sydney137US #98
#90Bella136US #58
#91Liliana136US #124
#92Vivian135US #120
#93Andrea134US #112
#94Sadie129US #49
#95Ruby128US #93
#96Lauren127US #92
#97Quinn127US #119
#98Ashley125US #67
#99Kimberly125US #101
#100Brooke124US #115

Boys

#1Noah762US #1
#2Alexander735US #8
#3Jacob735US #2
#4Liam726US #3
#5Michael703US #7
#6William667US #5
#7Jayden640US #9
#8Benjamin635US #14
#9Daniel630US #10
#10Mason621US #4
#11Ethan594US #6
#12Anthony584US #19
#13Aiden564US #12
#14Matthew550US #15
#15Logan529US #18
#16James506US #13
#17Lucas498US #23
#18Joseph497US #20
#19Elijah494US #11
#20Jackson487US #16
#21Henry483US #37
#22Andrew480US #22
#23David480US #17
#24Nathan476US #31
#25Jack457US #40
#26Samuel426US #25
#27Owen412US #38
#28John409US #27
#29Ryan405US #30
#30Julian394US #47
#31Dylan389US #29
#32Joshua387US #21
#33Gabriel384US #24
#34Christopher374US #26
#35Isaac369US #28
#36Jonathan365US #41
#37Caleb363US #32
#38Charles358US #57
#39Christian341US #35
#40Oliver332US #52
#41Sebastian332US #46
#42Carter330US #33
#43Nicholas327US #54
#44Luke325US #34
#45Gavin318US #50
#46Angel313US #67
#47Evan312US #55
#48Adrian308US #60
#49Isaiah284US #44
#50Landon283US #39
#51Thomas283US #61
#52Tyler282US #63
#53Jaxon281US #45
#54Connor279US #56
#55Brandon268US #70
#56Wyatt268US #42
#57Aaron266US #51
#58Jordan263US #53
#59Hunter262US #36
#60Nolan260US #86
#61Dominic258US #68
#62Adam253US #82
#63Kevin252US #72
#64Eli246US #43
#65Cameron245US #59
#66Robert242US #62
#67Ayden231US #71
#68Ian226US #80
#69Levi226US #49
#70Jeremiah224US #58
#71Chase223US #78
#72Austin219US #64
#73Zachary219US #73
#74Brayden214US #48
#75Parker213US #74
#76Blake210US #75
#77Josiah209US #69
#78Jace206US #66
#79Colton203US #65
#80Jose197US #76
#81Xavier193US #83
#82Vincent186US #101
#83Colin184US #125
#84Nathaniel184US #91
#85Declan183US #121
#86Leo182US #112
#87Kayden181US #93
#88Camden178US #99
#89Jaxson178US #92
#90Mateo178US #109
#91Damian175US #98
#92Miles166US #115
#93Cooper165US #84
#94Tristan165US #96
#95Maxwell164US #108
#96Leonardo162US #131
#97Max162US #111
#98Easton159US #88
#99Grayson159US #77
#100Jesus158US #107

On the move since 2012

Rising

↑54Scarlett#43
↑43Aria#40
↑33Penelope#65
↑32Eleanor#56
↑30Ariana#55
↑29Violet#47
↑29Mila#64
↑24Nicole#63

Falling

↓50Ashley#98
↓36Taylor#85
↓35Lauren#96
↓30Kayla#87
↓27Nevaeh#69
↓25Jocelyn#79
↓19Kaylee#72
↓19Brianna#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2012 rankings.