Popular baby names in Iowa, 2021

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2021 were Charlotte for girls (173 babies) and Oliver for boys (203). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,746 babies born in Iowa in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2021

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

Girls

Briar: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Macy: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maren: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lennon: 41 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hattie: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sylvie: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Oaklee: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Oaklyn: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Saylor: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bristol: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Brecken: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Riggs: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kohen: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Briggs: 36 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lane: 51 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tate: 41 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Clay: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Beckett: 70 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Flynn: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Huxley: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Charlotte	173	↑1	3
2	Olivia	155	↓1	1
3	Amelia	138	↑2	4
4	Ava	126	↑2	5
5	Emma	123	↓1	2
6	Sophia	114	↑2	6
7	Nora	113	↑5	27
8	Evelyn	110	↓5	9
9	Harper	101	↓2	10
10	Willow	99	↑10	39
11	Eleanor	95	↓1	15
12	Hazel	95	↓3	28
13	Avery	87	↑4	19
14	Scarlett	80	↑12	20
15	Paisley	79	↑29	52
16	Mia	78	↓5	8
17	Aurora	74	↑6	35
18	Everly	74	↑14	50
19	Grace	73	↑5	33
20	Isla	72	↑7	34
21	Ellie	71	↑7	30
22	Elizabeth	69	↓8	14
23	Cora	68	↓5	87
24	Violet	68	↑5	36
25	Isabella	67	↓12	7
26	Chloe	63	↑19	25
27	Lillian	62	↓5	51
28	Luna	62	↑5	11
29	Lydia	59	↑13	89
30	Ivy	58	↑6	49
31	Nova	58	–	32
32	Quinn	58	↑7	81
33	Ella	57	↓17	16
34	Josephine	56	new	72
35	Sofia	55	new	18
36	Stella	55	↓21	41
37	Ruby	54	new	62
38	Addison	53	new	45
39	Abigail	52	↓18	17
40	Lily	51	↑8	31
41	Lucy	51	↓16	48
42	Mila	49	↓23	26
43	Zoey	49	new	38
44	Claire	48	↑2	59
45	Layla	48	↓8	24
46	Hannah	47	↓6	44
47	Clara	46	↓6	>100
48	Hadley	46	↓18	>100
49	Leah	46	new	46
50	Vivian	46	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Oliver	203	–	3
2	Liam	175	–	1
3	Henry	169	↑1	9
4	Noah	142	↑2	2
5	Asher	134	↑11	25
6	Theodore	129	↓3	10
7	Hudson	123	↑8	34
8	Owen	123	–	22
9	Elijah	118	↑3	4
10	Jack	115	↓3	11
11	Brooks	113	↑9	78
12	William	110	↓7	6
13	Benjamin	105	↑4	7
14	Lucas	101	↑15	8
15	Maverick	101	↓6	47
16	James	97	↓2	5
17	Jackson	93	↓4	14
18	Lincoln	93	↓8	45
19	Grayson	92	↑5	35
20	Wyatt	92	↓9	29
21	Leo	85	↓3	31
22	Samuel	85	↑5	23
23	Levi	84	↑3	12
24	Isaac	83	↑16	40
25	Carter	81	↓3	39
26	Ryker	80	↑21	>100
27	Easton	79	↑10	72
28	Waylon	79	new	69
29	Mason	78	↓10	18
30	Bennett	74	↓7	90
31	Beau	71	↓6	94
32	Beckett	70	new	>100
33	Emmett	70	↑12	>100
34	Aiden	67	↑10	26
35	Declan	66	new	>100
36	Cooper	65	↓15	68
37	Everett	65	↑9	83
38	Weston	64	new	95
39	Eli	62	new	64
40	Greyson	62	new	84
41	Harrison	62	new	>100
42	Nolan	62	↓12	60
43	Walker	62	new	>100
44	Miles	61	↓13	55
45	Logan	60	↓9	21
46	David	59	↓4	30
47	Ethan	58	new	20
48	Ezra	58	↓10	37
49	Joseph	58	–	28
50	Sawyer	58	–	>100

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