Popular baby names in Iowa, 2011

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2011 were Emma for girls (204 babies) and Carter for boys (196). Emma ranked #3 nationally for girls. Carter ranked #41 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,492 babies born in Iowa in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2011

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: 25 babies, 9× the national rate
Tenley: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kinley: 66 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brynlee: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Elin: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Brinley: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Macy: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brenna: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Elsie: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brynn: 50 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Kinnick: 39 babies, 100.4× the national rate
Cael: 38 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Kael: 16 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Brecken: 16 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Tate: 52 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Ryker: 47 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Drake: 57 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Keaton: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kale: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cade: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Emma	204	↑1	3
2	Olivia	195	↑3	4
3	Sophia	189	–	1
4	Ava	176	↓3	5
5	Addison	143	↑1	13
6	Ella	123	↑1	12
7	Abigail	119	↑1	7
8	Isabella	119	↓4	2
9	Natalie	118	↑7	14
10	Chloe	116	↓1	10
11	Avery	115	↑1	18
12	Brooklyn	109	↑5	21
13	Aubrey	108	↑5	20
14	Grace	102	–	16
15	Emily	101	↑4	6
16	Lily	99	↑8	15
17	Elizabeth	96	↓7	11
18	Harper	94	↑21	54
19	Madison	94	↓8	8
20	Zoey	92	↑5	28
21	Lillian	91	↓6	22
22	Hannah	90	–	25
23	Alexis	85	↓2	26
24	Claire	84	↓11	50
25	Amelia	81	↑10	30
26	Mia	79	↑12	9
27	Charlotte	71	new	27
28	Evelyn	71	↓1	24
29	Kaylee	71	↓9	36
30	Lauren	69	↓2	62
31	Kinley	66	new	>100
32	Anna	65	↓9	38
33	Nevaeh	62	↓4	33
34	Piper	62	new	>100
35	Sophie	62	new	51
36	Ellie	60	↓10	97
37	Peyton	60	↓5	53
38	Samantha	60	↑12	17
39	Layla	59	↑1	35
40	Lydia	59	↑1	96
41	Hailey	58	↓8	32
42	Leah	56	↓11	29
43	Stella	54	new	74
44	Sydney	54	↑1	65
45	Audrey	52	new	43
46	Aaliyah	51	new	46
47	Autumn	51	↓4	69
48	Lucy	51	↓6	73
49	Brynn	50	new	>100
50	Payton	50	↓13	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Carter	196	↑7	41
2	Mason	190	–	2
3	Owen	172	↑11	44
4	Noah	167	↓3	5
5	Jacob	164	–	1
6	William	160	↑1	3
7	Jackson	157	↑2	23
8	Ethan	154	↓5	7
9	Liam	149	↑11	15
10	Logan	145	–	21
11	Aiden	144	↓7	9
12	Gavin	144	↑5	37
13	Benjamin	140	↓1	19
14	Landon	137	↓8	34
15	Elijah	132	↑18	13
16	Alexander	128	↓1	8
17	Samuel	122	↓6	26
18	Hayden	118	↑21	90
19	Lucas	115	↑8	29
20	Gabriel	113	↑3	24
21	Caleb	111	–	32
22	Levi	111	↑22	66
23	Andrew	109	↑3	16
24	Wyatt	106	↓8	48
25	James	105	↑11	17
26	Bentley	104	↑16	75
27	Cooper	104	↑5	82
28	Henry	101	↑21	57
29	Brody	99	↓1	83
30	Isaac	99	↓1	35
31	Parker	97	↑16	79
32	Hunter	94	↑11	55
33	Jack	94	↓9	45
34	Blake	93	new	73
35	Tyler	93	↓5	38
36	Brayden	92	↓17	36
37	Evan	90	↓24	40
38	Daniel	88	↑7	10
39	Colton	85	↑2	74
40	Michael	85	↓3	6
41	Easton	84	new	>100
42	Jace	84	new	>100
43	Oliver	83	new	78
44	Eli	82	↓19	58
45	Jayden	80	↓23	4
46	Matthew	80	new	12
47	Carson	79	↓16	85
48	Connor	79	↓2	54
49	Joseph	78	↓31	22
50	Ryan	76	new	25

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