Popular baby names in Iowa, 2020

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2020 were Olivia for girls (169 babies) and Oliver for boys (213). Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,087 babies born in Iowa in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2020

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: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Rory: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Kinley: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hayden: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maren: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hattie: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Elsie: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Lennon: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Collins: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Freya: 41 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Brecken: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Huxley: 27 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Clay: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lane: 52 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Baker: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bowen: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Callen: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Briggs: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Boone: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tate: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	169	↑4	1
2	Charlotte	146	↓1	5
3	Evelyn	138	↑1	9
4	Emma	118	↓2	2
5	Amelia	116	↑1	6
6	Ava	111	↑1	3
7	Harper	110	↓4	10
8	Sophia	103	↑5	4
9	Hazel	97	–	31
10	Eleanor	94	↑5	22
11	Mia	92	↑1	8
12	Nora	85	↓2	30
13	Isabella	82	↑1	7
14	Elizabeth	74	↑8	16
15	Stella	74	↑13	42
16	Ella	73	↑1	15
17	Avery	69	↓9	19
18	Cora	68	–	88
19	Mila	68	↑4	20
20	Willow	68	–	48
21	Abigail	66	↑10	12
22	Lillian	66	↑2	46
23	Aurora	65	↑16	36
24	Grace	64	↓8	28
25	Lucy	64	↑10	50
26	Scarlett	62	–	21
27	Isla	61	↑5	44
28	Ellie	60	↓7	29
29	Violet	60	↓18	37
30	Hadley	58	new	>100
31	Nova	57	↑15	38
32	Everly	56	↓13	43
33	Luna	56	↑16	14
34	Piper	56	↑3	91
35	Aria	55	↓6	27
36	Ivy	55	↓11	57
37	Layla	55	↑1	24
38	Penelope	54	↓4	26
39	Quinn	54	↑4	84
40	Hannah	53	↑1	39
41	Clara	51	↑7	>100
42	Lydia	51	new	95
43	Natalie	51	↓1	51
44	Paisley	51	↓17	49
45	Chloe	48	new	25
46	Claire	48	new	58
47	Camila	47	new	11
48	Lily	46	↓18	35
49	Madison	44	new	23
50	Aubrey	42	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Oliver	213	–	3
2	Liam	184	–	1
3	Theodore	164	↑7	23
4	Henry	163	↓1	9
5	William	149	↓1	5
6	Noah	131	↓1	2
7	Jack	121	↑1	21
8	Owen	120	↓1	22
9	Maverick	117	↑2	50
10	Lincoln	110	↓4	40
11	Wyatt	108	↑4	29
12	Elijah	107	↑5	4
13	Jackson	106	↓4	17
14	James	105	–	6
15	Hudson	104	↓3	43
16	Asher	98	↑12	32
17	Benjamin	95	↓1	7
18	Leo	91	–	36
19	Mason	88	↑7	11
20	Brooks	87	↑9	92
21	Cooper	87	↑15	75
22	Carter	84	↓2	33
23	Bennett	83	↓2	>100
24	Grayson	82	↓11	35
25	Beau	81	↑21	>100
26	Levi	80	↓7	18
27	Samuel	79	↑3	25
28	Mateo	76	new	20
29	Lucas	75	↓7	8
30	Nolan	73	↑15	61
31	Miles	71	new	59
32	Carson	70	new	84
33	Michael	69	↓1	12
34	Alexander	68	↓10	10
35	Jameson	68	new	79
36	Logan	68	↓11	16
37	Easton	65	–	73
38	Ezra	65	↑11	44
39	Luke	62	↑4	31
40	Isaac	61	↑10	39
41	Jaxon	60	↓18	48
42	David	59	new	28
43	Thomas	59	new	45
44	Aiden	58	↓11	24
45	Emmett	58	↓14	>100
46	Everett	58	↓7	90
47	Ryker	58	↓20	>100
48	Calvin	57	new	>100
49	Joseph	57	↓14	26
50	Sawyer	57	new	>100

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