Popular baby names in Iowa, 2010

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2010 were Ava for girls (209 babies) and Noah for boys (184). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,156 babies born in Iowa in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2010

Names given at least 15 times in Iowa that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Emersyn: 21 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Kenna: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Tenley: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brinley: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brynlee: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leighton: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hayden: 62 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bristol: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kinley: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Finley: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Kinnick: 36 babies, 113× the national rate
Carver: 16 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Cael: 26 babies, 13× the national rate
Brecken: 17 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Kael: 17 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Tate: 48 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Keaton: 44 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Kale: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dayton: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Dane: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Ava	209	–	5
2	Emma	202	↑1	3
3	Sophia	195	↑4	2
4	Isabella	193	–	1
5	Olivia	192	↓3	4
6	Addison	171	↓1	11
7	Ella	151	↓1	13
8	Abigail	130	↑1	7
9	Chloe	130	↓1	9
10	Elizabeth	128	↑7	12
11	Madison	120	↑2	8
12	Avery	115	↑2	23
13	Claire	110	↑9	53
14	Grace	109	↓4	18
15	Lillian	100	–	22
16	Natalie	99	↓5	14
17	Brooklyn	98	↑1	34
18	Aubrey	97	↑11	45
19	Emily	92	↓7	6
20	Kaylee	92	↑5	35
21	Alexis	90	↓5	16
22	Hannah	82	↑1	20
23	Anna	81	↑1	27
24	Lily	79	↓4	17
25	Zoey	73	↑17	47
26	Ellie	71	↑21	>100
27	Evelyn	71	↑4	39
28	Lauren	71	↑16	58
29	Nevaeh	71	↑7	25
30	Taylor	70	↓11	37
31	Leah	69	↓5	24
32	Peyton	68	↓5	51
33	Hailey	65	↓12	19
34	Morgan	63	↑7	63
35	Amelia	62	new	41
36	Hayden	62	↑2	>100
37	Payton	61	↓4	79
38	Mia	60	↓10	10
39	Harper	59	new	>100
40	Layla	58	↓1	36
41	Lydia	58	↓6	>100
42	Lucy	57	new	75
43	Autumn	56	new	81
44	Isabelle	56	new	>100
45	Sydney	56	↓13	60
46	Rylee	55	new	>100
47	Nora	54	new	>100
48	Khloe	53	new	42
49	Riley	53	↓12	40
50	Samantha	53	↓20	15

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Noah	184	↑3	7
2	Mason	183	↑8	12
3	Ethan	179	↓1	2
4	Aiden	170	↑7	9
5	Jacob	166	↓4	1
6	Landon	162	↑7	33
7	William	161	↓2	5
8	Carter	158	↓5	48
9	Jackson	157	↓3	25
10	Logan	156	↓1	17
11	Samuel	147	↑11	24
12	Benjamin	145	↑3	22
13	Evan	145	↑7	36
14	Owen	139	↓7	47
15	Alexander	136	↓3	6
16	Wyatt	133	↓2	57
17	Gavin	130	↓9	38
18	Joseph	126	↑5	20
19	Brayden	122	–	40
20	Liam	122	↑30	30
21	Caleb	121	↓5	32
22	Jayden	121	↑3	4
23	Gabriel	120	↑6	21
24	Jack	119	↓7	45
25	Eli	117	new	65
26	Andrew	114	↓8	14
27	Lucas	113	↑15	35
28	Brody	109	↓1	83
29	Isaac	107	↑5	39
30	Tyler	104	↓6	34
31	Carson	102	↑16	82
32	Cooper	102	↓4	75
33	Elijah	101	↓3	18
34	Anthony	99	↑11	10
35	Dylan	99	–	31
36	James	99	↑4	19
37	Michael	98	↓11	3
38	Joshua	97	↓1	11
39	Hayden	96	↓8	96
40	Nolan	96	new	>100
41	Colton	95	new	73
42	Bentley	94	new	100
43	Hunter	94	↓22	58
44	Levi	92	↑5	70
45	Daniel	91	↓1	8
46	Connor	88	↓5	49
47	Parker	87	↓8	85
48	Luke	86	new	41
49	Henry	85	↓11	67
50	David	82	new	15

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