State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2017 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 117,424 Illinois births in 2017 across 3,249 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#100Molly#166 nationally
#64Natalia#119 nationally
#47Vivian#97 nationally
#88Maxwell#133 nationally
#81George#125 nationally
#67Liliana#109 nationally
#78Alexandra#120 nationally
#56Leonardo#97 nationally
#66Josephine#107 nationally
#83Emmett#124 nationally
#94Margaret#132 nationally
#87Ximena#121 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia728US #2
#2Emma704US #1
#3Ava616US #3
#4Sophia599US #5
#5Isabella584US #4
#6Charlotte562US #7
#7Mia516US #6
#8Amelia504US #8
#9Evelyn441US #9
#10Emily416US #12
#11Sofia390US #15
#12Harper361US #11
#13Victoria351US #19
#14Camila349US #23
#15Abigail344US #10
#16Grace322US #21
#17Elizabeth321US #13
#18Avery320US #14
#19Nora318US #29
#20Addison305US #34
#21Layla275US #26
#22Mila273US #30
#23Ella268US #16
#24Penelope266US #24
#25Madison263US #17
#26Eleanor255US #36
#27Scarlett255US #18
#28Riley254US #25
#29Chloe250US #22
#30Aria245US #20
#31Hannah242US #32
#32Aubrey237US #31
#33Brooklyn237US #39
#34Lillian233US #27
#35Natalie230US #35
#36Violet220US #47
#37Zoey219US #28
#38Anna200US #53
#39Skylar200US #48
#40Zoe200US #41
#41Claire197US #49
#42Lily194US #33
#43Savannah190US #38
#44Maya185US #60
#45Leah181US #40
#46Lucy181US #52
#47Vivian181US #97
#48Stella180US #42
#49Quinn179US #76
#50Bella178US #50
#51Samantha178US #54
#52Ariana177US #67
#53Elena177US #68
#54Emilia177US #77
#55Hazel177US #43
#56Alexa174US #66
#57Audrey173US #46
#58Ellie171US #44
#59Aaliyah168US #57
#60Naomi165US #69
#61Gianna162US #91
#62Caroline161US #55
#63Madelyn159US #63
#64Natalia159US #119
#65Adeline157US #64
#66Josephine152US #107
#67Liliana150US #109
#68Melanie150US #90
#69Madeline149US #99
#70Hailey147US #72
#71Luna147US #37
#72Sarah147US #62
#73Julia146US #93
#74Eva145US #73
#75Cora144US #83
#76Kennedy142US #58
#77Paisley141US #45
#78Alexandra136US #120
#79Allison136US #61
#80Alice134US #70
#81Lydia134US #85
#82Nevaeh133US #74
#83Sophie133US #106
#84Delilah132US #102
#85Everly131US #82
#86Piper130US #81
#87Ximena129US #121
#88Gabriella128US #65
#89Ruby127US #79
#90Sadie126US #71
#91Arianna124US #87
#92Eliana124US #88
#93Kinsley123US #59
#94Margaret123US #132
#95Isabelle121US #92
#96Autumn118US #75
#97Kaylee118US #84
#98Genesis117US #56
#99Clara116US #95
#100Molly116US #166

Boys

#1Noah778US #2
#2Liam663US #1
#3Benjamin621US #6
#4Logan597US #5
#5Alexander586US #13
#6James563US #4
#7Oliver551US #10
#8William549US #3
#9Michael519US #12
#10Daniel514US #15
#11Mason495US #7
#12Henry492US #19
#13Jacob492US #9
#14Anthony480US #33
#15Ethan461US #14
#16Lucas459US #11
#17Sebastian446US #23
#18Aiden434US #17
#19Elijah414US #8
#20Mateo401US #42
#21Matthew401US #16
#22Jackson397US #20
#23Owen395US #28
#24Julian388US #37
#25Jack386US #36
#26Joseph382US #18
#27Carter372US #24
#28David370US #22
#29John361US #27
#30Jayden346US #26
#31Dylan339US #29
#32Nathan332US #45
#33Samuel332US #21
#34Theodore328US #61
#35Isaac327US #32
#36Gabriel324US #31
#37Charles319US #48
#38Lincoln318US #41
#39Leo306US #62
#40Andrew303US #40
#41Grayson298US #34
#42Adrian289US #58
#43Wyatt287US #25
#44Luke284US #30
#45Christopher280US #39
#46Ryan279US #44
#47Thomas277US #49
#48Levi276US #35
#49Joshua271US #38
#50Josiah262US #51
#51Aaron260US #47
#52Adam260US #77
#53Christian257US #52
#54Caleb252US #50
#55Cameron252US #60
#56Leonardo250US #97
#57Jonathan242US #55
#58Dominic241US #74
#59Angel240US #71
#60Jaxon240US #43
#61Connor238US #56
#62Nolan238US #67
#63Nicholas236US #68
#64Hunter225US #53
#65Isaiah225US #46
#66Robert221US #65
#67Evan215US #85
#68Jordan206US #73
#69Austin194US #75
#70Xavier192US #89
#71Asher189US #59
#72Landon189US #57
#73Santiago189US #93
#74Zachary188US #103
#75Parker185US #90
#76Brayden182US #72
#77Eli178US #54
#78Jaxson174US #79
#79Ian172US #76
#80Tyler172US #105
#81George169US #125
#82Elias167US #78
#83Emmett166US #124
#84Vincent166US #108
#85Cooper165US #88
#86Damian163US #119
#87Hudson163US #64
#88Maxwell159US #133
#89Axel158US #104
#90Maverick158US #84
#91Everett157US #106
#92Jace156US #87
#93Ayden153US #99
#94Jose153US #81
#95Kevin151US #102
#96Miles151US #110
#97Colton147US #70
#98Easton147US #66
#99Ezra147US #69
#100Jeremiah147US #63

On the move since 2016

Rising

↑43Bella#50
↑33Elena#53
↑28Vivian#47
↑22Josephine#66
↑20Camila#14
↑20Adrian#42
↑19Cora#75
↑17Parker#75

Falling

↓41Jeremiah#100
↓35Autumn#96
↓22Allison#79
↓21Kaylee#97
↓20Jose#94
↓19Alexa#56
↓19Julia#73
↓19Gabriella#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2016 rankings.