Discover the top 250 baby names in Illinois from 1960 to 2021. This list showcases the most popular names chosen by parents in cities likeSpringfield and reflecting the state’s cultural shifts and trends over the years. Whether you’re looking for naming inspiration or interested in naming trends, this collection offers a glimpse into the names that have resonated with families acrossIllinois for decades.
| Boy Name | Boy Number | Boy Rank | Girl Name | Girl Number | Girl Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | 32975 | 1 | Elizabeth | 28245 | 1 |
| Thomas | 29231 | 2 | Rebecca | 24809 | 2 |
| Benjamin | 28938 | 3 | Kelly | 23167 | 3 |
| Patrick | 28684 | 4 | Rachel | 20925 | 4 |
| William | 28551 | 5 | Katherine | 20811 | 5 |
| Charles | 25438 | 6 | Olivia | 20537 | 6 |
| Alexander | 25277 | 7 | Stephanie | 20313 | 7 |
| Andrew | 24827 | 8 | Megan | 20005 | 8 |
| Nathan | 23934 | 9 | Maria | 19170 | 9 |
| Aaron | 23650 | 10 | Melissa | 18600 | 10 |
| Jose | 23608 | 11 | Christina | 18526 | 11 |
| Samuel | 21683 | 12 | Victoria | 18187 | 12 |
| Adam | 20847 | 13 | Emma | 17977 | 13 |
| Steven | 19529 | 14 | Andrea | 17947 | 14 |
| Sean | 18903 | 15 | Emily | 17626 | 15 |
| Edward | 18735 | 16 | Lauren | 17420 | 16 |
| Jacob | 18311 | 17 | Nicole | 17301 | 17 |
| Jeremy | 17916 | 18 | Michelle | 17126 | 18 |
| Zachary | 17815 | 19 | Samantha | 16530 | 19 |
| Kevin | 17800 | 20 | Laura | 16410 | 20 |
| Stephen | 17779 | 21 | Abigail | 16054 | 21 |
| Justin | 17556 | 22 | Mary | 15619 | 22 |
| Richard | 17273 | 23 | Sarah | 15532 | 23 |
| Ryan | 16887 | 24 | Jacqueline | 15393 | 24 |
| Christopher | 16819 | 25 | Hannah | 15373 | 25 |
| Ethan | 16763 | 26 | Danielle | 14965 | 26 |
| James | 16582 | 27 | Natalie | 14762 | 27 |
| Brandon | 16293 | 28 | Isabella | 14713 | 28 |
| Tyler | 16224 | 29 | Margaret | 14660 | 29 |
| Noah | 16119 | 30 | Anna | 14591 | 30 |
| Timothy | 15965 | 31 | Heather | 14554 | 31 |
| Peter | 15912 | 32 | Sophia | 14368 | 32 |
| Gregory | 15832 | 33 | Christine | 14327 | 33 |
| Matthew | 15267 | 34 | Erin | 14027 | 34 |
| Mark | 15126 | 35 | Kimberly | 13892 | 35 |
| Christian | 14913 | 36 | Alexis | 13886 | 36 |
| David | 14876 | 37 | Amy | 13772 | 37 |
| Keith | 14848 | 38 | Tiffany | 13749 | 38 |
| John | 14730 | 39 | Taylor | 13165 | 39 |
| Bradley | 14637 | 40 | Alyssa | 12874 | 40 |
| Bryan | 14470 | 41 | Grace | 12729 | 41 |
| Anthony | 14439 | 42 | Sara | 12678 | 42 |
| Eric | 14325 | 43 | Allison | 12529 | 43 |
| Austin | 14070 | 44 | Kathleen | 12526 | 44 |
| Jack | 14068 | 45 | Madison | 12439 | 45 |
| Dylan | 14009 | 46 | Tina | 12333 | 46 |
| Kyle | 13715 | 47 | Jennifer | 12329 | 47 |
| Jordan | 13710 | 48 | Amber | 12228 | 48 |
| Todd | 13665 | 49 | Kayla | 12112 | 49 |
| Paul | 13664 | 50 | Dawn | 12002 | 50 |
| Logan | 13259 | 51 | Kathryn | 11706 | 51 |
| Douglas | 13223 | 52 | Angela | 11606 | 52 |
| Juan | 13161 | 53 | Catherine | 11556 | 53 |
| Kenneth | 13094 | 54 | Tammy | 11429 | 54 |
| Lucas | 13043 | 55 | Tracy | 11402 | 55 |
| Scott | 13019 | 56 | Julia | 11269 | 56 |
| Jeffrey | 12865 | 57 | Ava | 11226 | 57 |
| George | 12460 | 58 | Cynthia | 11004 | 58 |
| Joshua | 12289 | 59 | Diana | 10953 | 59 |
| Donald | 12236 | 60 | Mia | 10918 | 60 |
| Robert | 11923 | 61 | Shannon | 10886 | 61 |
| Nicholas | 11839 | 62 | Jasmine | 10738 | 62 |
| Brian | 11279 | 63 | Alexandra | 10441 | 63 |
| Jason | 11095 | 64 | Lisa | 10217 | 64 |
| Michael | 10841 | 65 | Crystal | 10034 | 65 |
| Luke | 10799 | 66 | Erica | 9819 | 66 |
| Joseph | 10739 | 67 | Ashley | 9796 | 67 |
| Antonio | 10644 | 68 | Jamie | 9777 | 68 |
| Gabriel | 10596 | 69 | Jill | 9733 | 69 |
| Luis | 10552 | 70 | Julie | 9704 | 70 |
| Evan | 10329 | 71 | Denise | 9670 | 71 |
| Frank | 9815 | 72 | Jessica | 9369 | 72 |
| Craig | 9809 | 73 | Brianna | 9292 | 73 |
| Mason | 9742 | 74 | Patricia | 9288 | 74 |
| Ronald | 9672 | 75 | Theresa | 9244 | 75 |
| Caleb | 9644 | 76 | Vanessa | 9104 | 76 |
| Connor | 9624 | 77 | Sandra | 8996 | 77 |
| Vincent | 9510 | 78 | Amanda | 8963 | 78 |
| Elijah | 9484 | 79 | Courtney | 8926 | 79 |
| Shawn | 9376 | 80 | Monica | 8844 | 80 |
| Carlos | 9359 | 81 | Teresa | 8691 | 81 |
| Larry | 9275 | 82 | Kristin | 8066 | 82 |
| Angel | 9206 | 83 | Morgan | 8010 | 83 |
| Julian | 9197 | 84 | Kristen | 7854 | 84 |
| Cameron | 9191 | 85 | Karen | 7620 | 85 |
| Alex | 9131 | 86 | Leslie | 7610 | 86 |
| Dennis | 9108 | 87 | Cheryl | 7569 | 87 |
| Gary | 9094 | 88 | Nancy | 7465 | 88 |
| Liam | 9086 | 89 | Lori | 7374 | 89 |
| Chad | 8955 | 90 | Chloe | 7370 | 90 |
| Adrian | 8794 | 91 | Sharon | 7188 | 91 |
| Victor | 8782 | 92 | Michele | 7095 | 92 |
| Jackson | 8712 | 93 | Gina | 7060 | 93 |
| Aiden | 8695 | 94 | Evelyn | 6910 | 94 |
| Raymond | 8664 | 95 | Wendy | 6896 | 95 |
| Nathaniel | 8508 | 96 | Sofia | 6801 | 96 |
| Daniel | 8459 | 97 | Ella | 6781 | 97 |
| Ian | 8362 | 98 | Dana | 6730 | 98 |
| Jayden | 8265 | 99 | Brittany | 6704 | 99 |
| Jeffery | 8145 | 100 | Robin | 6693 | 100 |
| Henry | 8135 | 101 | Colleen | 6660 | 101 |
| Phillip | 7999 | 102 | Madeline | 6591 | 102 |
| Jesus | 7988 | 103 | Valerie | 6584 | 103 |
| Marcus | 7896 | 104 | Pamela | 6499 | 104 |
| Isaac | 7862 | 105 | Debra | 6478 | 105 |
| Cody | 7723 | 106 | Beth | 6473 | 106 |
| Owen | 7496 | 107 | Carrie | 6407 | 107 |
| Terry | 7272 | 108 | Susan | 6382 | 108 |
| Isaiah | 7166 | 109 | Amelia | 6360 | 109 |
| Sebastian | 6983 | 110 | Janet | 6330 | 110 |
| Jerry | 6586 | 111 | Deborah | 6214 | 111 |
| Miguel | 6559 | 112 | Renee | 6173 | 112 |
| Derek | 6440 | 113 | Kaitlyn | 6077 | 113 |
| Travis | 6415 | 114 | Melanie | 6070 | 114 |
| Erik | 6347 | 115 | Carol | 6017 | 115 |
| Brett | 6293 | 116 | Jenna | 5972 | 116 |
| Carl | 6255 | 117 | Sydney | 5943 | 117 |
| Corey | 6243 | 118 | Brenda | 5938 | 118 |
| Carter | 6036 | 119 | Charlotte | 5936 | 119 |
| Hunter | 5994 | 120 | Claire | 5916 | 120 |
| Jeremiah | 5949 | 121 | Brooke | 5897 | 121 |
| Blake | 5930 | 122 | Molly | 5831 | 122 |
| Jesse | 5911 | 123 | Barbara | 5752 | 123 |
| Randy | 5770 | 124 | Rhonda | 5728 | 124 |
| Dustin | 5765 | 125 | Ann | 5693 | 125 |
| Philip | 5698 | 126 | April | 5621 | 126 |
| Oliver | 5659 | 127 | Stacy | 5503 | 127 |
| Derrick | 5524 | 128 | Katie | 5420 | 128 |
| Martin | 5425 | 129 | Cindy | 5349 | 129 |
| Gavin | 5356 | 130 | Addison | 5288 | 130 |
| Tony | 5229 | 131 | Kelsey | 5281 | 131 |
| Lawrence | 5109 | 132 | Diane | 5266 | 132 |
| Jared | 4905 | 133 | Paige | 5262 | 133 |
| Joel | 4867 | 134 | Kathy | 5226 | 134 |
| Rodney | 4834 | 135 | Hailey | 5224 | 135 |
| Alejandro | 4698 | 136 | Donna | 5205 | 136 |
| Colin | 4685 | 137 | Linda | 5167 | 137 |
| Roger | 4554 | 138 | Anne | 5154 | 138 |
| Troy | 4495 | 139 | Sheila | 5142 | 139 |
| Dominic | 4425 | 140 | Tara | 5101 | 140 |
| Mike | 4351 | 141 | Alicia | 5046 | 141 |
| Landon | 4317 | 142 | Paula | 5020 | 142 |
| Curtis | 4314 | 143 | Stacey | 4987 | 143 |
| Alan | 4295 | 144 | Veronica | 4918 | 144 |
| Andre | 4204 | 145 | Avery | 4917 | 145 |
| Xavier | 4187 | 146 | Lily | 4904 | 146 |
| Aidan | 4096 | 147 | Maya | 4870 | 147 |
| Chase | 4024 | 148 | Lillian | 4832 | 148 |
| Bruce | 4008 | 149 | Mackenzie | 4784 | 149 |
| Wyatt | 3922 | 150 | Jocelyn | 4774 | 150 |
| Steve | 3872 | 151 | Carolyn | 4732 | 151 |
| Russell | 3862 | 152 | Haley | 4649 | 152 |
| Jeff | 3836 | 153 | Lindsey | 4574 | 153 |
| Gerald | 3784 | 154 | Sherry | 4552 | 154 |
| Shane | 3640 | 155 | Zoe | 4551 | 155 |
| Cole | 3566 | 156 | Kim | 4521 | 156 |
| Nolan | 3396 | 157 | Debbie | 4335 | 157 |
| Trevor | 3389 | 158 | Savannah | 4318 | 158 |
| Diego | 3314 | 159 | Destiny | 4297 | 159 |
| Mateo | 3313 | 160 | Lindsay | 4194 | 160 |
| Cory | 3279 | 161 | Leah | 4126 | 161 |
| Devin | 3245 | 162 | Alexa | 4050 | 162 |
| Randall | 3155 | 163 | Cassandra | 4028 | 163 |
| Chris | 3142 | 164 | Katelyn | 4010 | 164 |
| Dale | 3093 | 165 | Gianna | 3946 | 165 |
| Brayden | 3056 | 166 | Ariana | 3925 | 166 |
| Levi | 3034 | 167 | Holly | 3851 | 167 |
| Mario | 2872 | 168 | Audrey | 3813 | 168 |
| Kurt | 2816 | 169 | Aaliyah | 3750 | 169 |
| Brent | 2788 | 170 | Camila | 3738 | 170 |
| Leo | 2764 | 171 | Riley | 3709 | 171 |
| Walter | 2753 | 172 | Lynn | 3697 | 172 |
| Danny | 2639 | 173 | Gabriella | 3683 | 173 |
| Eli | 2610 | 174 | Caroline | 3644 | 174 |
| Ricky | 2610 | 175 | Laurie | 3631 | 175 |
| Theodore | 2605 | 176 | Caitlin | 3605 | 176 |
| Darryl | 2562 | 177 | Gabrielle | 3590 | 177 |
| Jon | 2540 | 178 | Kristina | 3572 | 178 |
| Mitchell | 2526 | 179 | Aubrey | 3537 | 179 |
| Jaxon | 2494 | 180 | Madelyn | 3537 | 180 |
| Glenn | 2490 | 181 | Mariah | 3530 | 181 |
| Wayne | 2475 | 182 | Brooklyn | 3497 | 182 |
| Josiah | 2458 | 183 | Layla | 3496 | 183 |
| Omar | 2442 | 184 | Harper | 3417 | 184 |
| Marc | 2441 | 185 | Natalia | 3323 | 185 |
| Leonardo | 2433 | 186 | Tamara | 3309 | 186 |
| Tim | 2421 | 187 | Suzanne | 3282 | 187 |
| Eduardo | 2355 | 188 | Jordan | 3270 | 188 |
| Grayson | 2304 | 189 | Heidi | 3180 | 189 |
| Dean | 2270 | 190 | Janice | 3118 | 190 |
| Cooper | 2230 | 191 | Meghan | 3117 | 191 |
| Giovanni | 2209 | 192 | Kaylee | 3086 | 192 |
| Maurice | 2084 | 193 | Carla | 3082 | 193 |
| Jay | 2057 | 194 | Yolanda | 2937 | 194 |
| Lincoln | 2055 | 195 | Makayla | 2906 | 195 |
| Joe | 2041 | 196 | Annette | 2898 | 196 |
| Jake | 1974 | 197 | Nora | 2891 | 197 |
| Willie | 1974 | 198 | Connie | 2871 | 198 |
| Jim | 1949 | 199 | Alexandria | 2809 | 199 |
| Colton | 1943 | 200 | Tanya | 2746 | 200 |
| Micheal | 1940 | 201 | Marissa | 2738 | 201 |
| Parker | 1911 | 202 | Cathy | 2690 | 202 |
| Maxwell | 1909 | 203 | Kylie | 2661 | 203 |
| Oscar | 1906 | 204 | Zoey | 2637 | 204 |
| Tom | 1906 | 205 | Tonya | 2632 | 205 |
| Damian | 1893 | 206 | Autumn | 2555 | 206 |
| Ayden | 1743 | 207 | Nevaeh | 2532 | 207 |
| Darren | 1694 | 208 | Jane | 2506 | 208 |
| Miles | 1684 | 209 | Isabel | 2494 | 209 |
| Jorge | 1654 | 210 | Dominique | 2493 | 210 |
| Arthur | 1589 | 211 | Chelsea | 2482 | 211 |
| Dalton | 1546 | 212 | Arianna | 2480 | 212 |
| Greg | 1495 | 213 | Brandy | 2430 | 213 |
| Alexis | 1446 | 214 | Erika | 2398 | 214 |
| Jaxson | 1442 | 215 | Mila | 2373 | 215 |
| Allen | 1383 | 216 | Eleanor | 2342 | 216 |
| Max | 1375 | 217 | Penelope | 2324 | 217 |
| Dakota | 1344 | 218 | Aria | 2319 | 218 |
| Hudson | 1336 | 219 | Faith | 2277 | 219 |
| Louis | 1321 | 220 | Shelby | 2259 | 220 |
| Dwayne | 1301 | 221 | Maureen | 2184 | 221 |
| Santiago | 1286 | 222 | Lucy | 2160 | 222 |
| Roy | 1250 | 223 | Violet | 2155 | 223 |
| Alec | 1228 | 224 | Jean | 2149 | 224 |
| Emmett | 1198 | 225 | Scarlett | 2140 | 225 |
| Declan | 1188 | 226 | Tracey | 2084 | 226 |
| Dan | 1157 | 227 | Judith | 2073 | 227 |
| Rick | 1131 | 228 | Brittney | 2056 | 228 |
| Ricardo | 1120 | 229 | Anita | 2052 | 229 |
| Easton | 1110 | 230 | Peggy | 2045 | 230 |
| Barry | 1106 | 231 | Jada | 2041 | 231 |
| Bill | 1054 | 232 | Stella | 2029 | 232 |
| Shaun | 1042 | 233 | Terri | 2024 | 233 |
| Asher | 1021 | 234 | Liliana | 1997 | 234 |
| Elias | 1004 | 235 | Sophie | 1979 | 235 |
| Harold | 983 | 236 | Latoya | 1967 | 236 |
| Brody | 981 | 237 | Joyce | 1914 | 237 |
| Jace | 924 | 238 | Angelica | 1903 | 238 |
| Maverick | 910 | 239 | Vicki | 1867 | 239 |
| Seth | 910 | 240 | Regina | 1861 | 240 |
| Ezra | 878 | 241 | Ellie | 1859 | 241 |
| Jamie | 842 | 242 | Kennedy | 1803 | 242 |
| Axel | 803 | 243 | Naomi | 1799 | 243 |
| Brendan | 796 | 244 | Judy | 1798 | 244 |
| Luca | 795 | 245 | Briana | 1708 | 245 |
| Jaden | 790 | 246 | Trinity | 1693 | 246 |
| Ivan | 784 | 247 | Bella | 1648 | 247 |
| Everett | 777 | 248 | Penny | 1648 | 248 |
| Taylor | 747 | 249 | Brandi | 1642 | 249 |
| Malik | 703 | 250 | Sherri | 1621 | 250 |