Popular baby names in Iowa, 2016

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2016 were Olivia for girls (207 babies) and Oliver for boys (201). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #12 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,233 babies born in Iowa in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2016

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

Girls

Tinley: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Elsie: 35 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Elliott: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mara: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tenley: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Collins: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Emersyn: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Oakley: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brynn: 38 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brylee: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Kinnick: 25 babies, 84.2× the national rate
Brecken: 22 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Tate: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Finnley: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Kellen: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Drake: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Drew: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Emmitt: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Kyler: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Knox: 46 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Olivia	207	↑1	2
2	Emma	173	↓1	1
3	Harper	155	–	11
4	Evelyn	152	–	12
5	Ava	150	↑1	3
6	Charlotte	150	↑1	7
7	Nora	123	↑5	36
8	Amelia	122	–	10
9	Sophia	109	↓4	4
10	Addison	101	↑8	29
11	Isabella	97	↑2	5
12	Grace	96	↑3	19
13	Lillian	93	↑1	28
14	Brooklyn	91	↑14	34
15	Zoey	89	↓4	26
16	Claire	88	↑9	40
17	Elizabeth	88	–	13
18	Mia	88	↓8	6
19	Quinn	83	↑20	79
20	Scarlett	83	↑2	18
21	Ellie	82	↑19	43
22	Stella	81	↑9	45
23	Avery	80	↓14	16
24	Ella	77	↓8	17
25	Hannah	77	↑4	33
26	Abigail	76	↓3	8
27	Eleanor	74	↑5	41
28	Natalie	73	↓2	31
29	Cora	72	↓5	87
30	Lydia	71	↑7	80
31	Paisley	69	↓1	46
32	Violet	68	↑9	47
33	Aria	66	–	23
34	Emily	66	↓7	9
35	Madison	66	↓14	15
36	Piper	65	↓16	67
37	Anna	63	↑9	49
38	Aurora	63	new	66
39	Hadley	61	↑3	>100
40	Aubrey	60	↓21	25
41	Emery	60	new	>100
42	Hazel	60	↓6	52
43	Riley	60	new	22
44	Ruby	59	–	71
45	Chloe	58	↓11	20
46	Lily	56	↓3	24
47	Lucy	56	↓9	55
48	Willow	56	↑2	96
49	Kennedy	55	new	59
50	Penelope	55	↓2	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Oliver	201	↑2	12
2	Owen	180	↑3	24
3	William	175	↓1	3
4	Henry	167	–	22
5	Wyatt	166	↑4	33
6	Benjamin	154	↑13	6
7	Liam	153	↓6	2
8	Noah	149	↓2	1
9	Jackson	136	↑1	17
10	Grayson	126	↑5	37
11	Jack	124	↑7	38
12	Elijah	119	↓4	9
13	Lincoln	115	↓1	51
14	Mason	115	↓7	4
15	James	113	↓4	5
16	Carter	112	↓3	26
17	Jaxon	105	↑6	41
18	Alexander	100	↓4	11
19	Logan	99	↑5	18
20	Lucas	99	–	14
21	Samuel	99	↑28	21
22	Easton	98	↑8	66
23	Joseph	96	↑5	20
24	Isaac	93	↑5	31
25	Jacob	93	↓3	7
26	Michael	92	↓1	8
27	Ethan	90	↓11	10
28	Hunter	90	↓7	45
29	Theodore	88	new	83
30	Landon	87	↑3	53
31	Hudson	85	↓14	61
32	Eli	83	↑3	50
33	Levi	82	↑1	42
34	David	81	↑9	19
35	Emmett	81	new	>100
36	Jaxson	81	↑14	82
37	Nolan	81	↓6	67
38	Aiden	80	↓11	16
39	Gabriel	80	↑2	25
40	Bentley	79	↓3	100
41	Leo	77	new	74
42	Ryker	77	↓16	>100
43	Bennett	75	↑5	>100
44	Cameron	75	new	57
45	Connor	75	new	54
46	Daniel	75	↓1	13
47	Cooper	74	↓15	79
48	Thomas	74	↓6	48
49	Harrison	73	new	>100
50	Matthew	72	new	15

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