State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2015 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 124,888 Illinois births in 2015 across 3,307 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#70Emilia#145 nationally
#95Patrick#165 nationally
#76Emmett#139 nationally
#63Natalia#118 nationally
#72Liliana#127 nationally
#73Ximena#125 nationally
#53Vivian#95 nationally
#89Josephine#131 nationally
#29Maya#68 nationally
#64Leonardo#103 nationally
#65Alexandra#100 nationally
#62Gianna#96 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia816US #2
#2Emma811US #1
#3Sophia736US #3
#4Mia670US #6
#5Isabella644US #5
#6Ava639US #4
#7Sofia482US #14
#8Abigail470US #7
#9Charlotte461US #9
#10Amelia459US #12
#11Emily459US #8
#12Evelyn419US #15
#13Grace398US #19
#14Madison374US #11
#15Avery354US #16
#16Elizabeth346US #13
#17Harper342US #10
#18Victoria322US #20
#19Ella304US #18
#20Aubrey294US #21
#21Lillian288US #26
#22Alexa286US #32
#23Nora283US #41
#24Natalie281US #27
#25Brooklyn280US #31
#26Audrey273US #37
#27Chloe260US #17
#28Addison255US #24
#29Maya255US #68
#30Hannah254US #28
#31Layla244US #30
#32Zoe243US #33
#33Penelope238US #34
#34Mila236US #53
#35Zoey233US #23
#36Camila231US #43
#37Ariana225US #46
#38Aria224US #29
#39Samantha219US #40
#40Violet218US #50
#41Leah217US #36
#42Lily217US #25
#43Scarlett213US #22
#44Claire212US #49
#45Eleanor211US #60
#46Stella211US #51
#47Savannah209US #38
#48Skylar201US #42
#49Aaliyah200US #47
#50Anna199US #44
#51Riley191US #35
#52Madelyn189US #59
#53Vivian187US #95
#54Ellie186US #48
#55Gabriella182US #54
#56Lucy180US #55
#57Melanie177US #81
#58Julia176US #89
#59Arianna175US #56
#60Taylor174US #77
#61Allison172US #39
#62Gianna170US #96
#63Natalia169US #118
#64Kylie162US #66
#65Alexandra160US #100
#66Hazel160US #63
#67Kennedy159US #58
#68Naomi158US #75
#69Hailey155US #64
#70Emilia154US #145
#71Mackenzie154US #73
#72Liliana153US #127
#73Ximena152US #125
#74Autumn148US #69
#75London148US #105
#76Piper148US #67
#77Paisley147US #45
#78Alyssa146US #93
#79Madeline144US #91
#80Sarah143US #57
#81Alexis142US #85
#82Elena142US #106
#83Peyton142US #72
#84Aubree140US #79
#85Caroline140US #62
#86Nevaeh139US #70
#87Eliana138US #102
#88Sophie138US #104
#89Josephine137US #131
#90Sadie137US #52
#91Quinn135US #97
#92Ruby134US #83
#93Lydia133US #80
#94Serenity131US #71
#95Annabelle130US #92
#96Eva129US #76
#97Kaylee129US #61
#98Katherine126US #84
#99Genesis124US #65
#100Kimberly124US #108

Boys

#1Noah869US #1
#2Liam714US #2
#3Alexander711US #8
#4Jacob653US #4
#5Michael622US #9
#6Benjamin618US #10
#7William618US #5
#8Daniel606US #12
#9Mason597US #3
#10James580US #7
#11Logan569US #14
#12Ethan561US #6
#13Aiden549US #13
#14Anthony527US #25
#15Henry518US #29
#16Oliver504US #19
#17Jayden485US #20
#18Lucas473US #16
#19Matthew452US #15
#20Jackson448US #17
#21Owen446US #36
#22Sebastian434US #35
#23Carter430US #24
#24Joseph429US #21
#25Isaac426US #31
#26Elijah417US #11
#27John417US #26
#28David406US #18
#29Dylan406US #27
#30Julian397US #45
#31Jack388US #40
#32Samuel385US #23
#33Nathan383US #38
#34Andrew381US #30
#35Gabriel379US #22
#36Joshua366US #33
#37Christopher349US #32
#38Ryan337US #39
#39Caleb333US #37
#40Jonathan330US #48
#41Charles321US #50
#42Luke308US #28
#43Christian302US #43
#44Wyatt301US #34
#45Thomas299US #51
#46Dominic287US #68
#47Adrian282US #58
#48Cameron281US #56
#49Nolan280US #71
#50Angel279US #64
#51Nicholas274US #62
#52Levi270US #42
#53Connor269US #55
#54Hunter268US #41
#55Landon266US #46
#56Aaron262US #52
#57Mateo262US #85
#58Grayson258US #47
#59Isaiah258US #49
#60Adam256US #73
#61Jordan253US #59
#62Evan252US #67
#63Leo246US #91
#64Leonardo246US #103
#65Jaxon242US #44
#66Josiah238US #57
#67Gavin237US #70
#68Eli225US #53
#69Theodore222US #99
#70Lincoln220US #66
#71Brandon218US #83
#72Tyler218US #81
#73Brayden211US #61
#74Austin206US #69
#75Robert205US #63
#76Emmett204US #139
#77Parker204US #72
#78Jeremiah203US #54
#79Ian201US #76
#80Kevin201US #79
#81Colton199US #60
#82Vincent198US #109
#83Zachary198US #88
#84Chase193US #74
#85Cooper189US #77
#86Ayden188US #87
#87Declan183US #112
#88Easton183US #78
#89Jaxson180US #84
#90Xavier178US #90
#91Jace173US #75
#92Kayden173US #95
#93Damian172US #116
#94Jose172US #80
#95Patrick171US #165
#96Giovanni168US #130
#97Hudson168US #65
#98Camden165US #104
#99Max165US #117
#100Maxwell155US #113

On the move since 2014

Rising

↑31Mateo#57
↑28Grayson#58
↑27Stella#46
↑25Kylie#64
↑24Emilia#70
↑23Alexa#22
↑23Piper#76
↑22Dominic#46

Falling

↓38Annabelle#95
↓28Kaylee#97
↓25Camden#98
↓23Serenity#94
↓23Kevin#80
↓21Katherine#98
↓20Anna#50
↓20Evan#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2014 rankings.