Popular baby names in Iowa, 2015

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2015 were Emma for girls (200 babies) and Liam for boys (215). Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,674 babies born in Iowa in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2015

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

Girls

Kora: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tenley: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Emersyn: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Lennon: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Myla: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brynlee: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Elsie: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Greta: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brinley: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Macy: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Kinnick: 28 babies, 100.1× the national rate
Brecken: 29 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Hank: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Briggs: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bo: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Lane: 48 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ryker: 102 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Drake: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Otto: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Keaton: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Emma	200	–	1
2	Olivia	192	–	2
3	Harper	183	–	10
4	Evelyn	143	↑3	15
5	Sophia	137	–	3
6	Ava	136	↓2	4
7	Charlotte	127	↓1	9
8	Amelia	125	↑4	12
9	Avery	119	↓1	16
10	Mia	118	↑3	6
11	Zoey	111	↑8	23
12	Nora	110	↑5	41
13	Isabella	99	↓4	5
14	Lillian	95	↓4	26
15	Grace	94	–	19
16	Ella	91	↓5	18
17	Elizabeth	88	↓3	13
18	Addison	85	↑7	24
19	Aubrey	84	↑1	21
20	Piper	81	↑12	67
21	Madison	80	↑16	11
22	Scarlett	79	↑22	22
23	Abigail	78	–	7
24	Cora	78	↑2	88
25	Claire	76	↓9	49
26	Natalie	75	↑1	27
27	Emily	73	↑8	8
28	Brooklyn	72	↓10	31
29	Hannah	72	↑9	28
30	Paisley	71	↓8	45
31	Stella	71	↓2	51
32	Eleanor	70	↑11	60
33	Aria	69	↑7	29
34	Chloe	69	↓13	17
35	Layla	68	new	30
36	Hazel	67	new	63
37	Lydia	67	↓13	80
38	Lucy	64	↓2	55
39	Quinn	64	↑11	97
40	Ellie	62	↓12	48
41	Violet	61	new	50
42	Hadley	60	↓3	>100
43	Lily	59	↓12	25
44	Ruby	59	new	83
45	Lauren	56	new	>100
46	Anna	55	↓16	44
47	Audrey	52	↓13	37
48	Penelope	52	new	34
49	Eva	51	new	76
50	Willow	51	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Liam	215	–	2
2	William	179	–	5
3	Oliver	176	↑5	19
4	Henry	174	↑3	29
5	Owen	162	–	36
6	Noah	159	↓2	1
7	Mason	154	↓4	3
8	Elijah	149	↑3	11
9	Wyatt	146	↑4	34
10	Jackson	144	↓4	17
11	James	140	↑1	7
12	Lincoln	138	↑9	66
13	Carter	119	↓4	24
14	Alexander	116	–	8
15	Grayson	114	new	47
16	Ethan	113	↑7	6
17	Hudson	111	↑27	65
18	Jack	111	↓2	40
19	Benjamin	110	↓9	10
20	Lucas	109	–	16
21	Hunter	108	↓6	41
22	Jacob	107	↑6	4
23	Jaxon	104	↓5	44
24	Logan	103	↓7	14
25	Michael	103	↑5	9
26	Ryker	102	↑23	>100
27	Aiden	98	↓2	13
28	Joseph	98	↑9	21
29	Isaac	97	↑5	31
30	Easton	96	↑13	78
31	Nolan	96	↑2	71
32	Cooper	95	new	77
33	Landon	93	↓11	46
34	Levi	93	↓5	42
35	Eli	90	↑11	53
36	Braxton	89	new	>100
37	Bentley	87	↑2	92
38	Gavin	87	↓2	70
39	Sawyer	85	new	94
40	Carson	84	new	89
41	Gabriel	84	↓17	22
42	Thomas	84	new	51
43	David	83	↓11	18
44	Andrew	82	↓6	30
45	Daniel	82	new	12
46	Parker	82	↓20	72
47	Jace	81	↓28	75
48	Bennett	80	new	>100
49	Samuel	80	↓22	23
50	Jaxson	78	↓9	84

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