Every year, the Illinois Secretary of State's office rejects personalized license plates because they're too profane, inflammatory, or simply too difficult to read.

The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office received more than 60,000 requests for vanity or personalized license plates in 2024. Of those, 335 (or 0.0055%) requests were denied for profanity or other reasons for ineligibility.

While some Illinois drivers may think these ideas for license plates are KILER, you won’t see them on the road. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has released the list of rejected custom license plate ideas from 2024.

Drivers got points for creativity with some unique vanity license plate requests in 2024, but those efforts didn't pass the scrutiny of the Secretary of State's office.

Over 300 personalized plate requests were rejected in 2024 due to their offensive nature or because they were difficult to read, the Secretary of State said.

They might have been salaciously creative, but more than 300 salty expressions failed to make the grade as Illinois license plates last year. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Wednesday

The Illinois Secretary of State's office also denied vanity plates that were deemed difficult to read and could pose a problem for law enforcement. Some of those included "MWMWMWM" or "OOQQOO."

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias banned over 300 vanity and personalized license plates due to profanity or other reasons, with requests including HOKTUAH, GYATT, MUNCH, BICHIN, JAGWEED,