Popular baby names in Iowa, 2024

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2024 were Charlotte for girls (141 babies) and Oliver for boys (192). Charlotte ranked #4 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,391 babies born in Iowa in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2024

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: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Blaire: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mara: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Wrenley: 59 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Makenna: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Sutton: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Elsie: 50 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brynlee: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rory: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ada: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Huxley: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Fletcher: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Briggs: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lee: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bowen: 43 babies, 5× the national rate
Sutton: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Banks: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tate: 61 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kohen: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Colter: 53 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Charlotte	141	–	4
2	Amelia	133	↑1	3
3	Evelyn	121	↑1	8
4	Harper	121	↑1	12
5	Olivia	120	↓3	1
6	Eleanor	110	↑2	14
7	Emma	104	↓1	2
8	Nora	99	↑4	22
9	Hazel	97	↑1	19
10	Ellie	94	↑10	21
11	Ava	93	↓2	9
12	Lainey	92	↑5	38
13	Ivy	85	↑2	36
14	Willow	82	↑2	41
15	Sophia	81	↓8	6
16	Mia	80	↓3	5
17	Violet	79	↓6	15
18	Layla	75	↑11	37
19	Lucy	75	new	34
20	Aurora	73	↑4	16
21	Scarlett	71	–	27
22	Lily	69	↑9	24
23	Paisley	68	↑11	61
24	Elizabeth	65	↑11	17
25	Lillian	63	↑24	54
26	Nova	63	↓7	39
27	Isla	61	↓9	35
28	Ella	60	–	30
29	Grace	60	↓7	40
30	Luna	60	↓7	13
31	Gianna	59	new	23
32	Isabella	59	↓18	7
33	Wrenley	59	new	>100
34	Eloise	57	new	64
35	Avery	56	↓5	31
36	Clara	56	↑11	78
37	Vivian	55	↓11	77
38	Delilah	53	new	50
39	Stella	53	↓7	49
40	Ruby	52	↓15	62
41	Elsie	50	new	>100
42	Josephine	50	new	56
43	Chloe	49	↓16	20
44	Maeve	49	new	75
45	Millie	49	↑5	87
46	Quinn	49	↓4	96
47	Aria	48	new	26
48	Hadley	48	↓5	>100
49	Maya	48	new	51
50	Josie	47	↓9	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Oliver	192	–	3
2	Henry	188	–	6
3	Liam	164	↑1	1
4	Theodore	142	↓1	4
5	Noah	137	–	2
6	Elijah	134	↑16	8
7	Jack	122	↓1	15
8	Cooper	115	↑5	50
9	Hudson	113	↓2	22
10	Owen	113	–	26
11	Asher	106	↑7	20
12	Maverick	103	↓1	36
13	William	103	↓5	10
14	Wyatt	103	↑2	38
15	Brooks	98	↓3	67
16	Leo	95	↓2	24
17	James	92	↓8	5
18	Bennett	90	↑2	60
19	Benjamin	89	↓2	11
20	Beau	88	↑13	69
21	Mateo	85	↑6	7
22	Levi	82	↑7	12
23	Miles	81	↑1	37
24	Wesley	79	↑14	58
25	Ezra	76	–	13
26	Jackson	74	↓5	35
27	Lincoln	74	↓4	73
28	Myles	69	new	99
29	Samuel	69	↑1	17
30	Walker	69	new	82
31	Weston	69	↑1	70
32	Lucas	68	↓13	9
33	Sawyer	67	new	>100
34	Waylon	67	↓19	65
35	Rowan	66	↑14	71
36	Grayson	65	↓10	48
37	Everett	64	↑2	85
38	Daniel	61	new	16
39	Tate	61	new	>100
40	Carter	60	↓4	46
41	Roman	60	new	52
42	Archer	59	new	>100
43	Beckett	59	new	>100
44	Luke	59	↓2	34
45	Emmett	58	↓14	>100
46	Silas	58	↓3	81
47	Isaac	57	↓1	41
48	Michael	57	↓20	18
49	August	56	new	88
50	Sebastian	56	↓2	14

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