NameCensus.

Top first names in Illinois

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Illinois since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Illinois account for 6,736,254 total births.

# Name Total in Illinois Trend
1 Robert 278,666
2 John 275,689
3 Michael 258,032
4 James 255,167
5 William 201,380
6 Mary 201,109
7 David 186,349
8 Richard 150,931
9 Joseph 135,903
10 Thomas 134,092
11 Charles 116,993
12 Daniel 113,892
13 Patricia 97,073
14 Donald 90,582
15 Christopher 86,915
16 Anthony 83,355
17 Barbara 83,052
18 Matthew 81,930
19 Mark 79,969
20 Edward 79,904
21 Linda 78,584
22 Jennifer 77,322
23 Steven 76,830
24 Elizabeth 75,305
25 Kenneth 74,740
26 Paul 72,833
27 George 72,389
28 Ronald 70,494
29 Susan 70,456
30 Brian 69,763
31 Kevin 68,059
32 Margaret 63,252
33 Nancy 62,714
34 Timothy 62,166
35 Andrew 61,700
36 Karen 61,334
37 Dorothy 60,867
38 Jeffrey 55,921
39 Carol 55,638
40 Helen 52,526
41 Sandra 51,900
42 Frank 50,974
43 Lisa 50,066
44 Joshua 49,306
45 Nicholas 49,170
46 Betty 49,098
47 Eric 48,935
48 Ryan 48,772
49 Kathleen 48,689
50 Donna 48,378
51 Scott 48,270
52 Michelle 47,761
53 Jason 47,566
54 Jessica 46,756
55 Sharon 46,133
56 Raymond 45,521
57 Laura 45,049
58 Kimberly 44,920
59 Gary 44,668
60 Sarah 44,286
61 Patrick 43,179
62 Jacob 43,030
63 Gregory 42,174
64 Larry 42,053
65 Jack 40,649
66 Emily 40,633
67 Ruth 40,463
68 Cynthia 39,900
69 Shirley 38,888
70 Deborah 38,714
71 Stephen 38,007
72 Alexander 37,478
73 Dennis 37,404
74 Diane 37,288
75 Janet 36,679
76 Stephanie 35,972
77 Amy 35,880
78 Christine 35,861
79 Jonathan 35,727
80 Pamela 35,557
81 Ashley 35,525
82 Anna 35,299
83 Melissa 35,052
84 Judith 34,975
85 Nicole 34,568
86 Benjamin 34,460
87 Peter 33,988
88 Virginia 33,983
89 Debra 33,961
90 Catherine 33,781
91 Angela 33,673
92 Amanda 33,641
93 Julie 33,510
94 Rebecca 33,137
95 Walter 32,277
96 Brandon 32,171
97 Evelyn 31,988
98 Katherine 31,961
99 Henry 31,444
100 Joan 31,230