Popular baby names in Iowa, 2012

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2012 were Emma for girls (246 babies) and Liam for boys (200). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,651 babies born in Iowa in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2012

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

Girls

Mara: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kynlee: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Josie: 47 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tenley: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brinley: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Emersyn: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cora: 63 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kinley: 54 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brynlee: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kenley: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Kinnick: 28 babies, 100.4× the national rate
Nile: 19 babies, 36.1× the national rate
Carver: 15 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Cael: 23 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Brecken: 26 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Tate: 53 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Cale: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Dayton: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Bently: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Lane: 46 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	246	–	2
2	Sophia	224	↑1	1
3	Olivia	187	↓1	4
4	Harper	159	↑14	24
5	Ava	156	↓1	5
6	Ella	137	–	12
7	Addison	123	↓2	14
8	Avery	123	↑3	13
9	Emily	114	↑6	6
10	Isabella	114	↓2	3
11	Elizabeth	111	↑6	10
12	Lillian	110	↑9	25
13	Chloe	101	↓3	11
14	Brooklyn	99	↓2	29
15	Charlotte	99	↑12	19
16	Grace	98	↓2	21
17	Aubrey	94	↓4	15
18	Natalie	94	↓9	17
19	Zoey	94	↑1	20
20	Madison	93	↓1	9
21	Lily	92	↓5	16
22	Amelia	91	↑3	23
23	Mia	91	↑3	8
24	Evelyn	89	↑4	27
25	Claire	87	↓1	45
26	Abigail	84	↓19	7
27	Nora	80	new	>100
28	Lauren	75	↑2	72
29	Hannah	72	↓7	22
30	Piper	72	↑4	98
31	Ellie	70	↑5	85
32	Lucy	70	↑16	66
33	Lydia	69	↑7	95
34	Stella	65	↑9	62
35	Layla	64	↑4	31
36	Cora	63	new	>100
37	Paisley	61	new	>100
38	Hadley	57	new	>100
39	Kinley	54	↓8	>100
40	Alexis	53	↓17	40
41	Payton	53	↑9	>100
42	Allison	52	new	38
43	Leah	52	↓1	33
44	Anna	51	↓12	34
45	Hailey	49	↓4	32
46	Audrey	48	↓1	41
47	Josie	47	new	>100
48	Riley	46	new	47
49	Samantha	46	↓11	26
50	Quinn	45	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Liam	200	↑8	6
2	Mason	198	–	2
3	Carter	176	↓2	36
4	William	166	↑2	5
5	Owen	161	↓2	38
6	Noah	151	↓2	4
7	Jacob	143	↓2	1
8	Henry	140	↑20	44
9	Logan	136	↑1	22
10	Jackson	133	↓3	21
11	Wyatt	131	↑13	41
12	Benjamin	129	↑1	16
13	Ethan	127	↓5	3
14	Alexander	126	↑2	9
15	Aiden	121	↓4	10
16	Elijah	121	↓1	13
17	Landon	120	↓3	35
18	Bentley	117	↑8	75
19	Samuel	116	↓2	25
20	James	114	↑5	14
21	Cooper	110	↑6	83
22	Jack	109	↑11	46
23	Brayden	108	↑13	39
24	Hunter	107	↑8	45
25	Gabriel	106	↓5	24
26	Blake	105	↑8	71
27	Gavin	105	↓15	40
28	Levi	104	↓6	55
29	Eli	103	↑15	43
30	Jaxon	103	new	66
31	Lucas	103	↓12	27
32	Caleb	102	↓11	32
33	Parker	102	↓2	81
34	Isaac	101	↓4	30
35	Andrew	98	↓12	18
36	Michael	95	↑4	7
37	Joseph	89	↑12	19
38	Matthew	89	↑8	12
39	Brody	88	↓10	91
40	Oliver	85	↑3	73
41	Carson	83	↑6	87
42	Jayden	81	↑3	8
43	Daniel	80	↓5	11
44	Easton	80	↓3	96
45	Evan	80	↓8	47
46	Hudson	78	new	93
47	Jaxson	78	new	>100
48	Nolan	78	new	89
49	Chase	77	new	77
50	Connor	76	↓2	59

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