Popular baby names in Iowa, 2014

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2014 were Emma for girls (198 babies) and Liam for boys (222). Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,736 babies born in Iowa in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2014

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

Girls

Elsie: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kinley: 56 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brynlee: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Emersyn: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bristol: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Braelynn: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cora: 82 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brinley: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Macy: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Josie: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Kinnick: 25 babies, 84.6× the national rate
Carver: 22 babies, 22.1× the national rate
Cael: 15 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Brecken: 25 babies, 10× the national rate
Drake: 40 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lane: 50 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tate: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kellen: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Beckett: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Keaton: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Emma	198	–	1
2	Olivia	185	↑2	2
3	Harper	174	↓1	11
4	Ava	155	↑1	5
5	Sophia	153	↓2	3
6	Charlotte	143	↑2	10
7	Evelyn	133	↑9	16
8	Avery	131	↓1	14
9	Isabella	126	↓3	4
10	Lillian	114	↑8	25
11	Ella	110	↓2	17
12	Amelia	109	↑2	15
13	Mia	101	↓2	6
14	Elizabeth	99	↓1	13
15	Grace	99	↑7	20
16	Claire	97	↑5	44
17	Nora	96	↑7	49
18	Brooklyn	93	↑1	26
19	Zoey	92	↓9	22
20	Aubrey	91	↓5	21
21	Chloe	90	↓1	18
22	Paisley	90	↑25	53
23	Abigail	88	↑2	8
24	Lydia	87	↑10	84
25	Addison	85	↓13	24
26	Cora	82	new	>100
27	Natalie	79	↓1	23
28	Ellie	77	↓1	55
29	Stella	73	–	66
30	Anna	72	↑3	34
31	Lily	69	↓8	27
32	Piper	69	↓1	75
33	Alexis	67	↓1	65
34	Audrey	67	↑6	36
35	Emily	67	↓7	7
36	Lucy	67	new	61
37	Madison	65	↑1	9
38	Hannah	64	↓21	28
39	Hadley	62	↓9	100
40	Aria	61	↓4	31
41	Kennedy	58	new	54
42	Kinley	56	new	>100
43	Eleanor	53	new	78
44	Scarlett	53	new	30
45	Kaylee	51	↓1	52
46	Leah	51	↓11	35
47	Clara	50	↓4	>100
48	Madelyn	50	new	60
49	Peyton	50	↓10	56
50	Quinn	50	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Liam	222	–	2
2	William	184	↑3	5
3	Mason	178	↓1	3
4	Noah	167	–	1
5	Owen	165	↑1	36
6	Jackson	153	↑1	18
7	Henry	149	↑2	33
8	Oliver	144	↑16	32
9	Carter	138	↓6	27
10	Benjamin	132	↑15	12
11	Elijah	132	↑7	11
12	James	132	↑11	9
13	Wyatt	130	↓5	39
14	Alexander	126	↑14	8
15	Hunter	117	↑2	40
16	Jack	116	↓6	41
17	Logan	116	↓6	13
18	Jaxon	115	↑1	46
19	Jace	114	↑7	68
20	Lucas	109	–	19
21	Lincoln	108	↑15	87
22	Landon	106	↓9	43
23	Ethan	105	↓11	6
24	Gabriel	105	↑7	24
25	Aiden	104	↓9	14
26	Parker	104	↑8	73
27	Samuel	100	↓12	23
28	Jacob	98	↓14	4
29	Levi	95	new	45
30	Michael	95	↑14	7
31	Caleb	94	new	35
32	David	94	↑17	17
33	Nolan	94	↑17	81
34	Isaac	93	↓13	31
35	Charles	91	new	51
36	Gavin	90	↑6	61
37	Joseph	90	↑10	20
38	Andrew	89	↓9	22
39	Bentley	88	↑9	89
40	Brody	86	new	93
41	Jaxson	86	new	85
42	Brayden	85	↓12	62
43	Easton	84	↓2	83
44	Hudson	84	new	80
45	John	83	↓7	26
46	Eli	82	↓24	49
47	Dylan	79	new	29
48	Luke	78	↓8	28
49	Ryker	78	new	>100
50	Connor	77	↓4	52

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