Popular baby names in Iowa, 2017

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2017 were Harper for girls (173 babies) and Oliver for boys (211). Harper ranked #11 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,314 babies born in Iowa in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2017

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

Girls

Oaklyn: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Hallie: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Macy: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Collins: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Octavia: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Emersyn: 41 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brinley: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Evelynn: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Elsie: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Finley: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Kinnick: 19 babies, 81.6× the national rate
Huxley: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Bo: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Hank: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kohen: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Drake: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ty: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tate: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bryant: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lewis: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Harper	173	↑2	11
2	Emma	171	–	1
3	Olivia	170	↓2	2
4	Charlotte	163	↑2	7
5	Evelyn	156	↓1	9
6	Ava	142	↓1	3
7	Amelia	124	↑1	8
8	Nora	124	↓1	29
9	Sophia	95	–	5
10	Scarlett	90	↑10	18
11	Elizabeth	89	↑6	13
12	Avery	88	↑11	14
13	Aria	84	↑20	20
14	Ella	84	↑10	16
15	Isabella	84	↓4	4
16	Stella	84	↑6	42
17	Eleanor	83	↑10	36
18	Grace	83	↓6	21
19	Mia	82	↓1	6
20	Natalie	81	↑8	35
21	Chloe	79	↑24	22
22	Abigail	78	↑4	10
23	Lillian	76	↓10	27
24	Violet	74	↑8	47
25	Cora	73	↑4	83
26	Zoey	73	↓11	28
27	Addison	72	↓17	34
28	Hazel	72	↑14	43
29	Paisley	72	↑2	45
30	Hannah	71	↓5	32
31	Piper	71	↑5	81
32	Lucy	70	↑15	52
33	Madison	65	↑2	17
34	Ellie	63	↓13	44
35	Quinn	62	↓16	76
36	Mila	61	new	30
37	Anna	59	–	53
38	Claire	59	↓22	49
39	Layla	59	new	26
40	Willow	59	↑8	80
41	Brooklyn	58	↓27	39
42	Aubrey	57	↓2	31
43	Aurora	56	↓5	51
44	Everly	56	new	82
45	Lydia	56	↓15	85
46	Emily	55	↓12	12
47	Hadley	55	↓8	>100
48	Penelope	55	↑2	24
49	Kinsley	54	new	59
50	Adeline	48	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Oliver	211	–	10
2	Liam	181	↑5	1
3	Henry	180	↑1	19
4	Lincoln	160	↑9	41
5	Wyatt	156	–	25
6	William	150	↓3	3
7	Owen	144	↓5	28
8	Noah	134	–	2
9	James	133	↑6	4
10	Logan	120	↑9	5
11	Jackson	119	↓2	20
12	Benjamin	118	↓6	6
13	Mason	117	↑1	7
14	Carter	115	↑2	24
15	Elijah	110	↓3	8
16	Jack	107	↓5	36
17	Grayson	100	↓7	34
18	Leo	100	↑23	62
19	Hudson	96	↑12	64
20	Lucas	94	–	11
21	Samuel	91	–	21
22	Sawyer	91	new	95
23	Isaac	90	↑1	32
24	Theodore	89	↑5	61
25	Maverick	88	new	84
26	Aiden	86	↑12	17
27	Alexander	86	↓9	13
28	Easton	85	↓6	66
29	Charles	84	new	48
30	Nolan	84	↑7	67
31	Ryker	83	↑11	>100
32	Asher	82	new	59
33	Jaxon	82	↓16	43
34	Daniel	81	↑12	15
35	Michael	80	↓9	12
36	Ethan	79	↓9	14
37	Gabriel	79	↑2	31
38	Greyson	78	new	80
39	Eli	75	↓7	54
40	Connor	74	↑5	56
41	Joseph	74	↓18	18
42	Levi	72	↓9	35
43	Bentley	71	↓3	>100
44	Emmett	70	↓9	>100
45	Andrew	69	new	40
46	Caleb	69	new	50
47	David	69	↓13	22
48	Parker	69	new	90
49	Jacob	68	↓24	9
50	Joshua	67	new	38

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