Popular baby names in Iowa, 2023

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2023 were Charlotte for girls (163 babies) and Oliver for boys (195). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,087 babies born in Iowa in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2023

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

Girls

Maren: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kinley: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brynlee: 43 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Blaire: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Thea: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ila: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Opal: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jovie: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Frankie: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bristol: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Ledger: 26 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Huxley: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Boston: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Briggs: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Boone: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Garrett: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tripp: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Colter: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bowen: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Daxton: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Charlotte	163	↑1	3
2	Olivia	132	↓1	1
3	Amelia	127	↑2	4
4	Evelyn	125	↑2	9
5	Harper	124	↑2	11
6	Emma	117	↓2	2
7	Sophia	111	↑6	5
8	Eleanor	108	–	14
9	Ava	107	↓6	8
10	Hazel	92	–	18
11	Violet	89	↑5	16
12	Nora	84	↓3	24
13	Mia	82	↑18	6
14	Isabella	77	↑3	7
15	Ivy	77	–	38
16	Willow	77	↑3	41
17	Lainey	74	new	54
18	Isla	73	↑5	33
19	Nova	71	↑5	35
20	Ellie	68	↓8	27
21	Scarlett	67	↓10	17
22	Grace	66	↓4	39
23	Luna	66	↑9	10
24	Aurora	65	↓3	22
25	Ruby	65	↑15	65
26	Vivian	64	↑7	87
27	Chloe	61	new	26
28	Ella	61	↓6	32
29	Layla	60	↑5	30
30	Avery	59	↓16	29
31	Lily	59	↑5	20
32	Stella	57	↑5	46
33	Addison	55	↓3	62
34	Paisley	55	↓6	56
35	Elizabeth	53	↓15	15
36	Everly	53	↓10	69
37	Kinsley	52	↑4	67
38	Eliana	51	new	34
39	Lydia	50	↑3	94
40	Cora	49	↓2	93
41	Josie	49	new	>100
42	Quinn	49	↓7	86
43	Hadley	48	↓16	>100
44	Mila	48	↑3	28
45	Penelope	48	↓20	23
46	Claire	47	↓7	68
47	Clara	47	new	98
48	Naomi	47	new	44
49	Lillian	45	↓6	55
50	Millie	45	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Oliver	195	–	3
2	Henry	178	↑2	8
3	Theodore	158	–	7
4	Liam	146	↓2	1
5	Noah	138	↑10	2
6	Jack	137	↑2	14
7	Hudson	118	↓1	21
8	William	112	↓3	10
9	James	108	↓2	4
10	Owen	105	–	20
11	Maverick	100	↑5	37
12	Brooks	97	–	73
13	Cooper	96	↑6	52
14	Leo	96	↓5	18
15	Waylon	90	↑12	63
16	Wyatt	90	↓3	47
17	Benjamin	89	↑3	11
18	Asher	85	↓7	23
19	Lucas	83	↑5	9
20	Bennett	82	↓3	74
21	Jackson	82	↓3	28
22	Elijah	81	↓8	5
23	Lincoln	81	↓1	64
24	Miles	80	↓1	43
25	Ezra	79	↑5	15
26	Grayson	79	↑7	44
27	Mateo	78	↑13	6
28	Michael	78	new	16
29	Levi	75	↓4	12
30	Samuel	74	↑4	19
31	Emmett	72	↑1	>100
32	Weston	71	↓4	75
33	Beau	70	↑2	81
34	Elias	70	new	36
35	Nolan	67	↑14	57
36	Carter	66	↓15	48
37	Gabriel	65	new	38
38	Wesley	65	↑9	70
39	Everett	64	↓10	89
40	Eli	61	new	79
41	Thomas	61	new	41
42	Luke	60	–	31
43	Silas	60	new	80
44	Theo	60	new	78
45	Ethan	59	new	24
46	Isaac	58	↓10	42
47	Joseph	58	new	29
48	Sebastian	58	new	13
49	Rowan	57	new	76
50	Ryker	56	↓4	>100

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