Popular baby names in Iowa, 2018

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2018 were Harper for girls (161 babies) and Oliver for boys (186). Harper ranked #9 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,639 babies born in Iowa in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2018

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: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Oaklyn: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brynlee: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hattie: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Jemma: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Makenna: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gracelynn: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hallie: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Collins: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Meredith: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Huxley: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Briggs: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Crosby: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Brecken: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tate: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Lane: 47 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sullivan: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Crew: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hayes: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Brock: 16 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Harper	161	–	9
2	Evelyn	158	↑3	10
3	Emma	157	↓1	1
4	Charlotte	153	–	6
5	Olivia	147	↓2	2
6	Amelia	126	↑1	8
7	Sophia	123	↑2	5
8	Ava	121	↓2	3
9	Isabella	111	↑6	4
10	Nora	108	↓2	30
11	Grace	93	↑7	24
12	Avery	92	–	16
13	Eleanor	90	↑4	32
14	Ella	87	–	15
15	Elizabeth	85	↓4	13
16	Hazel	85	↑12	42
17	Mila	85	↑19	14
18	Aria	82	↓5	19
19	Lillian	81	↑4	34
20	Ellie	79	↑14	36
21	Hadley	74	↑26	>100
22	Hannah	74	↑8	33
23	Violet	74	↑1	43
24	Willow	73	↑16	60
25	Addison	72	↑2	35
26	Cora	72	↓1	73
27	Lucy	72	↑5	51
28	Paisley	72	↑1	52
29	Mia	67	↓10	7
30	Abigail	64	↓8	11
31	Claire	63	↑7	50
32	Aurora	62	↑11	44
33	Kinsley	61	↑16	63
34	Natalie	61	↓14	39
35	Scarlett	61	↓25	20
36	Lydia	59	↑9	89
37	Quinn	59	↓2	85
38	Stella	57	↓22	38
39	Zoey	57	↓13	29
40	Anna	56	↓3	54
41	Everly	56	↑3	53
42	Chloe	55	↓21	25
43	Clara	55	new	>100
44	Luna	55	new	23
45	Isla	54	new	82
46	Vivian	54	new	96
47	Emily	52	↓1	12
48	Penelope	52	–	26
49	Kennedy	51	new	59
50	Piper	51	↓19	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Oliver	186	–	5
2	Liam	177	–	1
3	Henry	170	–	16
4	William	163	↑2	3
5	Owen	157	↑2	25
6	Wyatt	146	↓1	27
7	Noah	137	↑1	2
8	Lincoln	135	↓4	41
9	Jackson	124	↑2	17
10	Hudson	119	↑9	55
11	Mason	117	↑2	9
12	Carter	112	↑2	24
13	James	112	↓4	4
14	Theodore	111	↑10	44
15	Elijah	105	–	7
16	Jack	104	–	28
17	Lucas	103	↑3	8
18	Leo	101	–	50
19	Asher	96	↑13	47
20	Grayson	96	↓3	32
21	Samuel	96	–	21
22	Benjamin	95	↓10	6
23	Maverick	93	↑2	73
24	Jaxon	92	↑9	39
25	Logan	92	↓15	10
26	Easton	90	↑2	66
27	Emmett	86	↑17	>100
28	Bennett	82	new	>100
29	Nolan	82	↑1	65
30	Isaac	81	↓7	34
31	Levi	81	↑11	33
32	Alexander	80	↓5	11
33	Everett	77	new	95
34	Aiden	76	↓8	19
35	Charles	76	↓6	53
36	Beau	75	new	>100
37	Cooper	75	new	83
38	Jacob	73	↑11	13
39	Brooks	71	new	>100
40	Sawyer	71	↓18	100
41	Connor	70	↓1	58
42	Michael	70	↓7	14
43	Jaxson	69	new	76
44	Joseph	69	↓3	23
45	Hunter	68	new	56
46	Sebastian	68	new	18
47	Daniel	67	↓13	15
48	Harrison	67	new	>100
49	David	66	↓2	22
50	Gabriel	66	↓13	35

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