State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2014 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 125,329 Illinois births in 2014 across 3,240 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#94Emilia#164 nationally
#96Patrick#152 nationally
#64Liliana#119 nationally
#62Natalia#111 nationally
#79Nicole#128 nationally
#42Julia#86 nationally
#75Leonardo#114 nationally
#38Maya#74 nationally
#61Vivian#97 nationally
#58London#93 nationally
#60Gianna#95 nationally
#100George#135 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia905US #2
#2Emma793US #1
#3Sophia759US #3
#4Isabella689US #4
#5Ava629US #5
#6Mia592US #6
#7Emily523US #7
#8Sofia460US #12
#9Charlotte439US #10
#10Abigail433US #8
#11Amelia398US #15
#12Evelyn398US #16
#13Harper386US #11
#14Avery382US #14
#15Elizabeth378US #13
#16Madison370US #9
#17Victoria360US #19
#18Grace354US #20
#19Chloe311US #18
#20Ella311US #17
#21Nora307US #49
#22Natalie304US #23
#23Aubrey299US #21
#24Brooklyn295US #26
#25Lillian273US #25
#26Zoey270US #22
#27Hannah268US #28
#28Layla265US #29
#29Leah258US #35
#30Anna252US #34
#31Claire251US #44
#32Lily246US #27
#33Aria238US #31
#34Addison232US #24
#35Camila231US #41
#36Samantha231US #33
#37Penelope230US #43
#38Maya224US #74
#39Madelyn217US #60
#40Ariana211US #37
#41Zoe206US #32
#42Julia204US #86
#43Violet204US #67
#44Scarlett203US #30
#45Alexa201US #64
#46Allison199US #39
#47Audrey199US #36
#48Mila194US #72
#49Arianna192US #40
#50Eleanor191US #78
#51Aaliyah187US #45
#52Mackenzie187US #69
#53Savannah185US #38
#54Melanie182US #81
#55Naomi182US #80
#56Gabriella181US #42
#57Annabelle177US #57
#58London175US #93
#59Alexandra174US #92
#60Gianna173US #95
#61Vivian173US #97
#62Natalia172US #111
#63Ellie169US #55
#64Liliana169US #119
#65Kennedy166US #54
#66Lucy165US #61
#67Sarah164US #50
#68Skylar163US #48
#69Kaylee159US #52
#70Riley159US #47
#71Serenity157US #58
#72Caroline155US #59
#73Stella155US #66
#74Taylor155US #77
#75Nevaeh154US #63
#76Alyssa152US #76
#77Katherine152US #82
#78Sophie152US #91
#79Nicole151US #128
#80Peyton151US #56
#81Sadie149US #46
#82Bella148US #70
#83Aubree147US #62
#84Lydia147US #84
#85Alexis146US #65
#86Autumn146US #71
#87Hailey146US #51
#88Madeline146US #89
#89Kylie145US #73
#90Ashley140US #87
#91Isabelle140US #96
#92Eva138US #83
#93Ruby138US #90
#94Emilia136US #164
#95Brianna134US #85
#96Molly134US #122
#97Faith130US #79
#98Morgan130US #102
#99Piper129US #75
#100Lauren127US #94

Boys

#1Noah843US #1
#2Alexander751US #8
#3William687US #5
#4Michael680US #7
#5Liam672US #2
#6Jacob655US #4
#7Benjamin649US #12
#8Mason605US #3
#9Logan594US #13
#10Daniel593US #10
#11Ethan580US #6
#12Anthony567US #21
#13Aiden540US #14
#14Jayden533US #15
#15Joseph503US #20
#16James486US #9
#17Lucas485US #19
#18Henry477US #33
#19Jackson470US #18
#20David468US #17
#21Elijah447US #11
#22Nathan447US #38
#23Matthew437US #16
#24Andrew434US #22
#25John434US #26
#26Isaac419US #31
#27Dylan417US #29
#28Joshua413US #25
#29Owen413US #36
#30Jack411US #41
#31Julian408US #47
#32Gabriel401US #24
#33Ryan400US #37
#34Oliver397US #32
#35Carter394US #27
#36Sebastian380US #34
#37Charles378US #51
#38Luke371US #28
#39Jonathan366US #44
#40Samuel355US #23
#41Christopher340US #30
#42Evan326US #58
#43Connor314US #52
#44Caleb313US #35
#45Christian310US #42
#46Thomas307US #54
#47Wyatt301US #39
#48Nicholas300US #57
#49Hunter298US #40
#50Adrian288US #59
#51Angel285US #67
#52Cameron281US #53
#53Aaron275US #50
#54Landon268US #43
#55Nolan267US #81
#56Jordan264US #55
#57Kevin261US #70
#58Gavin258US #61
#59Adam250US #79
#60Brandon247US #71
#61Eli238US #49
#62Parker237US #73
#63Isaiah235US #48
#64Jaxon233US #46
#65Levi232US #45
#66Tyler228US #72
#67Josiah225US #64
#68Dominic224US #69
#69Jeremiah222US #56
#70Austin220US #66
#71Robert211US #60
#72Cooper205US #86
#73Camden203US #101
#74Ian203US #77
#75Leonardo203US #114
#76Brayden201US #62
#77Blake200US #84
#78Zachary198US #82
#79Damian197US #102
#80Jace196US #68
#81Vincent196US #104
#82Ayden192US #74
#83Colton191US #65
#84Leo191US #97
#85Chase189US #78
#86Grayson186US #63
#87Lincoln186US #87
#88Mateo185US #106
#89Jose183US #76
#90Maxwell181US #107
#91Jason180US #75
#92Giovanni179US #125
#93Kayden175US #90
#94Nathaniel175US #94
#95Miles174US #108
#96Patrick173US #152
#97Jaxson170US #85
#98Max170US #112
#99Brody168US #93
#100George166US #135

On the move since 2013

Rising

↑31Vivian#61
↑29Annabelle#57
↑28Penelope#37
↑27Liliana#64
↑21Nora#21
↑21Cooper#72
↑21Leonardo#75
↑18Ellie#63

Falling

↓38Hailey#87
↓38Morgan#98
↓31Alexis#85
↓28Alyssa#76
↓25Molly#96
↓21Madeline#88
↓17Audrey#47
↓17Eva#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2013 rankings.