Popular baby names in Iowa, 2013

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2013 were Emma for girls (204 babies) and Liam for boys (220). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,036 babies born in Iowa in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2013

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

Girls

Tenley: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Hattie: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kenley: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Josie: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Macy: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rowan: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bristol: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kinley: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Emersyn: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hayden: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Kinnick: 16 babies, 86.2× the national rate
Cael: 21 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Kael: 15 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Brecken: 19 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Landry: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lane: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tate: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Keaton: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Beckett: 41 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Drake: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Emma	204	–	2
2	Harper	184	↑2	16
3	Sophia	171	↓1	1
4	Olivia	170	↓1	3
5	Ava	151	–	5
6	Isabella	141	↑4	4
7	Avery	122	↑1	12
8	Charlotte	120	↑7	11
9	Ella	118	↓3	15
10	Zoey	113	↑9	24
11	Mia	112	↑12	6
12	Addison	104	↓5	19
13	Elizabeth	99	↓2	10
14	Amelia	96	↑8	17
15	Aubrey	95	↑2	18
16	Evelyn	95	↑8	20
17	Hannah	94	↑12	23
18	Lillian	94	↓6	26
19	Brooklyn	91	↓5	28
20	Chloe	88	↓7	14
21	Claire	84	↑4	50
22	Grace	84	↓6	22
23	Lily	82	↓2	27
24	Nora	82	↑3	83
25	Abigail	79	↑1	8
26	Natalie	79	↓8	21
27	Ellie	76	↑4	74
28	Emily	75	↓19	7
29	Stella	75	↑5	70
30	Hadley	73	↑8	>100
31	Piper	71	↓1	97
32	Alexis	70	↑8	47
33	Anna	70	↑11	35
34	Lydia	70	↓1	95
35	Leah	69	↑8	32
36	Aria	67	new	41
37	Aubree	66	new	53
38	Madison	66	↓18	9
39	Peyton	65	new	51
40	Audrey	62	↑6	33
41	Layla	60	↓6	30
42	Quinn	59	↑8	>100
43	Clara	58	new	>100
44	Kaylee	55	new	40
45	Serenity	54	new	52
46	Sofia	52	new	13
47	Paisley	50	↓10	80
48	Nevaeh	49	new	46
49	Alivia	48	new	>100
50	Hayden	48	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Liam	220	–	3
2	Mason	167	–	4
3	Carter	164	–	33
4	Noah	163	↑2	1
5	William	161	↓1	5
6	Owen	160	↓1	38
7	Jackson	151	↑3	16
8	Wyatt	144	↑3	42
9	Henry	141	↓1	37
10	Jack	141	↑12	40
11	Logan	140	↓2	18
12	Ethan	135	↑1	6
13	Landon	135	↑4	39
14	Jacob	134	↓7	2
15	Samuel	121	↑4	25
16	Aiden	120	↓1	12
17	Hunter	120	↑7	36
18	Elijah	119	↓2	11
19	Jaxon	117	↑11	45
20	Lucas	114	↑11	23
21	Isaac	112	↑13	28
22	Eli	110	↑7	43
23	James	110	↓3	13
24	Oliver	110	↑16	52
25	Benjamin	106	↓13	14
26	Jace	106	new	66
27	Cooper	103	↓6	84
28	Alexander	102	↓14	8
29	Andrew	102	↑6	22
30	Brayden	101	↓7	48
31	Gabriel	98	↓6	24
32	Daniel	94	↑11	10
33	Jase	94	new	89
34	Parker	90	↓1	74
35	Evan	89	↑10	55
36	Lincoln	89	new	95
37	Blake	88	↓11	75
38	John	88	new	27
39	Colton	87	new	65
40	Luke	84	new	34
41	Easton	81	↑3	88
42	Gavin	80	↓15	50
43	Jayden	80	↓1	9
44	Michael	80	↓8	7
45	Carson	79	↓4	90
46	Connor	79	↑4	56
47	Joseph	79	↓10	20
48	Bentley	78	↓30	81
49	David	78	new	17
50	Nolan	78	↓2	86

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