Popular baby names in Iowa, 2019

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2019 were Charlotte for girls (180 babies) and Oliver for boys (234). Charlotte ranked #6 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,540 babies born in Iowa in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2019

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

Girls

Veda: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Greta: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Evelynn: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Collins: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wren: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Oaklynn: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mae: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Henley: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cecelia: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Oaklyn: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Cal: 16 babies, 12× the national rate
Brecken: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Briggs: 29 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Tate: 34 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Huxley: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Boone: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Clay: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Tripp: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lane: 50 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hayes: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Charlotte	180	↑3	6
2	Emma	169	↑1	2
3	Harper	152	↓2	9
4	Evelyn	151	↓2	10
5	Olivia	142	–	1
6	Amelia	126	–	7
7	Ava	122	↑1	3
8	Avery	99	↑4	18
9	Hazel	97	↑7	33
10	Nora	97	–	29
11	Violet	93	↑12	36
12	Mia	92	↑17	8
13	Sophia	90	↓6	4
14	Isabella	89	↓5	5
15	Eleanor	85	↓2	27
16	Grace	83	↓5	28
17	Ella	82	↓3	13
18	Cora	80	↑8	71
19	Everly	80	↑22	42
20	Willow	75	↑4	45
21	Ellie	72	↓1	35
22	Elizabeth	71	↓7	14
23	Mila	69	↓6	19
24	Lillian	68	↓5	37
25	Ivy	67	new	67
26	Scarlett	67	↑9	21
27	Paisley	66	↑1	53
28	Stella	66	↑10	40
29	Aria	63	↓11	20
30	Lily	63	new	34
31	Abigail	62	↓1	11
32	Isla	61	↑13	57
33	Ruby	61	new	66
34	Penelope	60	↑14	22
35	Lucy	58	↓8	48
36	Addison	57	↓11	47
37	Piper	57	↑13	84
38	Layla	56	new	23
39	Aurora	55	↓7	39
40	Brooklyn	55	new	52
41	Hannah	55	↓19	32
42	Natalie	55	↓8	41
43	Quinn	55	↓6	83
44	Vivian	55	↑2	96
45	Emily	54	↑2	12
46	Nova	54	new	51
47	Zoey	53	↓8	31
48	Clara	52	↓5	95
49	Luna	52	↓5	16
50	Emery	50	new	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Oliver	234	–	3
2	Liam	196	–	1
3	Henry	179	–	13
4	William	156	–	4
5	Noah	142	↑2	2
6	Lincoln	140	↑2	41
7	Owen	135	↓2	21
8	Jack	125	↑8	19
9	Jackson	125	–	17
10	Theodore	123	↑4	36
11	Maverick	117	↑12	58
12	Hudson	114	↓2	50
13	Grayson	110	↑7	33
14	James	110	↓1	6
15	Wyatt	107	↓9	29
16	Benjamin	104	↑6	7
17	Elijah	104	↓2	5
18	Leo	104	–	40
19	Levi	103	↑12	25
20	Carter	97	↓8	30
21	Bennett	96	↑7	>100
22	Lucas	93	↓5	8
23	Jaxon	92	↑1	42
24	Alexander	88	↑8	10
25	Logan	87	–	16
26	Mason	86	↓15	9
27	Ryker	85	new	>100
28	Asher	84	↓9	43
29	Brooks	84	↑10	>100
30	Samuel	84	↓9	22
31	Emmett	82	↓4	>100
32	Michael	78	↑10	14
33	Aiden	77	↑1	20
34	John	74	new	28
35	Joseph	74	↑9	24
36	Cooper	70	↑1	80
37	Easton	70	↓11	74
38	Ethan	70	new	11
39	Everett	70	↓6	94
40	Jacob	70	↓2	12
41	Charles	69	↓6	52
42	Gabriel	68	↑8	37
43	Luke	67	new	32
44	Daniel	66	↑3	15
45	Nolan	66	↓16	65
46	Beau	64	↓10	>100
47	Harrison	64	↑1	>100
48	Eli	63	new	62
49	Ezra	63	new	49
50	Isaac	63	↓20	34

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