State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2016 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 121,749 Illinois births in 2016 across 3,254 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#90Amir#165 nationally
#49Natalia#111 nationally
#81Margaret#139 nationally
#66Liliana#123 nationally
#48Emilia#103 nationally
#46Gianna#92 nationally
#97Emmett#136 nationally
#46Theodore#83 nationally
#54Julia#88 nationally
#87Ximena#120 nationally
#64Leonardo#96 nationally
#99London#131 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia770US #2
#2Emma742US #1
#3Sophia711US #4
#4Ava631US #3
#5Mia582US #6
#6Isabella565US #5
#7Charlotte559US #7
#8Evelyn463US #12
#9Emily462US #9
#10Sofia452US #14
#11Amelia449US #10
#12Abigail437US #8
#13Harper358US #11
#14Grace350US #19
#15Elizabeth336US #13
#16Avery330US #16
#17Victoria318US #21
#18Madison309US #15
#19Addison295US #29
#20Aubrey286US #25
#21Lillian281US #28
#22Nora275US #36
#23Ella273US #17
#24Brooklyn267US #34
#25Penelope266US #27
#26Layla264US #30
#27Aria261US #23
#28Natalie257US #31
#29Riley252US #22
#30Chloe251US #20
#31Mila245US #48
#32Eleanor242US #41
#33Scarlett240US #18
#34Camila232US #32
#35Hannah229US #33
#36Zoey228US #26
#37Alexa227US #51
#38Lily222US #24
#39Claire221US #40
#40Skylar218US #42
#41Audrey216US #39
#42Violet215US #47
#43Leah214US #37
#44Samantha212US #44
#45Zoe207US #35
#46Gianna203US #92
#47Anna196US #49
#48Emilia192US #103
#49Natalia191US #111
#50Ariana190US #54
#51Aaliyah189US #53
#52Lucy187US #55
#53Madelyn186US #62
#54Julia184US #88
#55Adeline180US #63
#56Ellie180US #43
#57Allison175US #50
#58Maya175US #64
#59Savannah175US #38
#60Stella172US #45
#61Autumn167US #65
#62Melanie166US #82
#63Hazel165US #52
#64Kennedy164US #59
#65Quinn164US #79
#66Liliana157US #123
#67Eva156US #74
#68Naomi155US #75
#69Gabriella152US #61
#70Alice150US #76
#71Madeline150US #90
#72Sadie150US #60
#73Lydia149US #80
#74Hailey145US #68
#75Vivian145US #95
#76Kaylee142US #72
#77Arianna141US #69
#78Caroline138US #56
#79Eliana138US #93
#80Mackenzie137US #85
#81Margaret137US #139
#82Sarah137US #57
#83Alexandra136US #110
#84Piper136US #67
#85Taylor136US #89
#86Elena135US #94
#87Ximena135US #120
#88Josephine132US #114
#89Nevaeh131US #73
#90Sophie131US #109
#91Paisley128US #46
#92Ruby127US #71
#93Bella125US #78
#94Cora125US #87
#95Genesis122US #58
#96Alyssa121US #119
#97Reagan121US #98
#98Delilah120US #115
#99London119US #131
#100Isla116US #127

Boys

#1Noah800US #1
#2Liam668US #2
#3Alexander638US #11
#4Benjamin633US #6
#5William633US #3
#6Michael620US #8
#7Oliver568US #12
#8Daniel549US #13
#9Ethan540US #10
#10Jacob536US #7
#11Mason530US #4
#12James526US #5
#13Henry517US #22
#14Lucas503US #14
#15Anthony490US #30
#16Aiden480US #16
#17Owen474US #24
#18David469US #19
#19Matthew462US #15
#20Logan459US #18
#21Sebastian453US #23
#22Elijah432US #9
#23Jack431US #38
#24Joseph418US #20
#25John405US #28
#26Julian396US #39
#27Jackson391US #17
#28Nathan380US #43
#29Jayden369US #27
#30Carter368US #26
#31Isaac358US #31
#32Dylan356US #32
#33Samuel353US #21
#34Andrew351US #34
#35Gabriel340US #25
#36Mateo339US #59
#37Ryan333US #40
#38Joshua324US #35
#39Jonathan317US #56
#40Luke309US #29
#41Wyatt309US #33
#42Charles308US #52
#43Christopher302US #36
#44Thomas302US #48
#45Cameron299US #57
#46Theodore283US #83
#47Jaxon281US #41
#48Nicholas275US #63
#49Leo274US #74
#50Caleb272US #44
#51Connor271US #54
#52Aaron267US #49
#53Isaiah263US #47
#54Lincoln260US #51
#55Grayson258US #37
#56Landon258US #53
#57Christian257US #46
#58Levi251US #42
#59Jeremiah241US #58
#60Josiah241US #55
#61Adam239US #75
#62Adrian239US #60
#63Evan238US #69
#64Leonardo234US #96
#65Jordan233US #65
#66Nolan233US #67
#67Hunter232US #45
#68Dominic230US #72
#69Angel222US #70
#70Gavin218US #80
#71Chase212US #86
#72Robert206US #62
#73Eli203US #50
#74Jose201US #77
#75Vincent198US #104
#76Hudson196US #61
#77Jace193US #76
#78Austin187US #73
#79Ayden184US #92
#80Easton180US #66
#81Tyler180US #91
#82Ian177US #78
#83Zachary177US #89
#84Brayden176US #64
#85Xavier176US #88
#86Kevin173US #90
#87Santiago173US #106
#88Maxwell170US #111
#89Colton169US #68
#90Amir168US #165
#91Harrison168US #107
#92Parker165US #87
#93Miles162US #105
#94Cooper160US #79
#95Jaxson160US #82
#96Damian159US #123
#97Emmett159US #136
#98Greyson158US #95
#99Kayden157US #101
#100Max156US #118

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑29Eva#67
↑26Quinn#65
↑23Theodore#46
↑22Riley#29
↑22Emilia#48
↑21Kaylee#76
↑21Mateo#36
↑21Hudson#76

Falling

↓29Maya#58
↓25Taylor#85
↓24London#99
↓22Vivian#75
↓22Dominic#68
↓21Emmett#97
↓19Angel#69
↓18Arianna#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.