State roster

Top names in Illinois

The names most likely to appear on 2021 Illinois birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 102,228 Illinois births in 2021 across 3,091 distinct names.

Distinctively Illinois

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

#97Messiah#172 nationally
#62Maeve#124 nationally
#81Ximena#138 nationally
#84Cecilia#133 nationally
#60Liliana#104 nationally
#60Adam#104 nationally
#98Theo#142 nationally
#68Gael#109 nationally
#82Amir#123 nationally
#93George#134 nationally
#61Vivian#101 nationally
#78Vincent#117 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia698US #1
#2Emma554US #2
#3Sophia499US #6
#4Charlotte495US #3
#5Amelia482US #4
#6Ava456US #5
#7Isabella436US #7
#8Mia399US #8
#9Evelyn352US #9
#10Camila341US #12
#11Sofia325US #18
#12Gianna310US #13
#13Eleanor289US #15
#14Nora280US #27
#15Layla278US #24
#16Emily261US #21
#17Elizabeth255US #14
#18Harper255US #10
#19Mila250US #26
#20Avery247US #19
#21Abigail240US #17
#22Luna237US #11
#23Emilia234US #40
#24Penelope233US #23
#25Ella229US #16
#26Aria228US #22
#27Grace226US #33
#28Scarlett224US #20
#29Chloe223US #25
#30Violet212US #36
#31Isla210US #34
#32Hazel202US #28
#33Zoey202US #38
#34Lily200US #31
#35Maya192US #55
#36Nova189US #32
#37Eliana187US #47
#38Lillian187US #51
#39Madison182US #29
#40Willow177US #39
#41Ellie174US #30
#42Victoria174US #43
#43Stella173US #41
#44Elena171US #53
#45Lucy166US #48
#46Riley166US #37
#47Zoe164US #42
#48Addison160US #45
#49Delilah160US #58
#50Leilani160US #68
#51Hannah158US #44
#52Quinn155US #81
#53Ivy154US #49
#54Natalia152US #79
#55Naomi151US #54
#56Brooklyn150US #63
#57Leah142US #46
#58Natalie142US #56
#59Ruby140US #62
#60Liliana138US #104
#61Vivian138US #101
#62Maeve136US #124
#63Everly135US #50
#64Hailey135US #77
#65Aubrey134US #64
#66Audrey134US #60
#67Madelyn134US #71
#68Claire132US #59
#69Savannah132US #67
#70Aurora131US #35
#71Josephine128US #72
#72Bella127US #73
#73Kinsley125US #57
#74Gabriella124US #83
#75Samantha124US #106
#76Aaliyah120US #61
#77Eloise120US #109
#78Madeline120US #95
#79Skylar119US #74
#80Anna117US #85
#81Ximena112US #138
#82Julia111US #114
#83Ayla110US #108
#84Cecilia110US #133
#85Kennedy110US #70
#86Sophie109US #76
#87Autumn107US #66
#88Margaret107US #125
#89Ariana106US #88
#90Allison105US #82
#91Clara105US #102
#92Valentina105US #69
#93Piper104US #96
#94Mackenzie103US #123
#95Eva102US #93
#96Alice101US #65
#97Cora100US #87
#98Paisley99US #52
#99Serenity99US #84
#100Rose98US #116

Boys

#1Noah653US #2
#2Liam615US #1
#3Oliver586US #3
#4Henry498US #9
#5Benjamin492US #7
#6Alexander450US #13
#7Theodore437US #10
#8William422US #6
#9Mateo415US #15
#10Logan406US #21
#11James403US #5
#12Lucas402US #8
#13Owen398US #22
#14Daniel389US #16
#15Michael386US #17
#16Jack385US #11
#17Leo364US #31
#18Elijah351US #4
#19Sebastian329US #19
#20Mason320US #18
#21Joseph319US #28
#22Anthony318US #43
#23Ethan311US #20
#24Jackson310US #14
#25Julian304US #33
#26Aiden303US #26
#27Levi302US #12
#28Luca290US #42
#29John287US #27
#30Jacob285US #24
#31Charles271US #50
#32Thomas264US #46
#33Wyatt263US #29
#34Isaac259US #40
#35Miles254US #55
#36David253US #30
#37Gabriel252US #38
#38Matthew252US #36
#39Lincoln248US #45
#40Carter245US #39
#41Samuel245US #23
#42Cameron244US #62
#43Luke234US #32
#44Dylan233US #44
#45Grayson233US #35
#46Santiago230US #63
#47Nolan229US #60
#48Asher228US #25
#49Leonardo223US #87
#50Hudson221US #34
#51Elias220US #48
#52Nathan211US #59
#53Jayden207US #41
#54Josiah195US #49
#55Ryan192US #66
#56Caleb190US #51
#57Isaiah189US #56
#58Maverick189US #47
#59Ezra188US #37
#60Adam180US #104
#61Christopher178US #52
#62Jaxon178US #54
#63Adrian176US #61
#64Joshua175US #58
#65Dominic172US #99
#66Nicholas172US #92
#67Andrew170US #57
#68Gael170US #109
#69Jonathan170US #77
#70Connor167US #98
#71Ezekiel167US #53
#72Landon166US #73
#73Emmett164US #103
#74Angel163US #67
#75Bennett161US #90
#76Jordan161US #88
#77Brooks158US #78
#78Vincent157US #117
#79Everett154US #83
#80Aaron150US #65
#81Declan149US #106
#82Amir148US #123
#83Kai147US #70
#84Wesley147US #85
#85Eli146US #64
#86Damian145US #113
#87Robert145US #79
#88Beau140US #94
#89Axel139US #76
#90Colton139US #75
#91Easton139US #72
#92Cooper135US #68
#93George135US #134
#94Ian135US #81
#95Christian134US #71
#96Roman132US #74
#97Messiah131US #172
#98Theo131US #142
#99Austin129US #96
#100Jaxson129US #102

On the move since 2020

Rising

↑44Leilani#50
↑36Maeve#62
↑29Luca#28
↑27Willow#40
↑24Samantha#75
↑22Isla#31
↑19Vincent#78
↑18Eliana#37

Falling

↓25Madelyn#67
↓23Christian#95
↓22Claire#68
↓22Skylar#79
↓22Alice#96
↓22Serenity#99
↓21Natalie#58
↓20Jayden#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2020 rankings.