Popular baby names in Iowa, 2025

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2025 were Charlotte for girls (158 babies) and Oliver for boys (198). Charlotte ranked #2 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,601 babies born in Iowa in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2025

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

Girls

Kollyns: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Berkley: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Taytum: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Briar: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Loretta: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brynlee: 42 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Halle: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nellie: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Collins: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Maren: 19 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Carver: 15 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Crue: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Drake: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Clay: 29 babies, 7× the national rate
Briar: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kolter: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Krew: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cal: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ledger: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tate: 60 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Charlotte	158	–	2
2	Evelyn	117	↑1	8
3	Emma	116	↑4	3
4	Amelia	112	↓2	4
5	Eleanor	109	↑1	12
6	Olivia	107	↓1	1
7	Sophia	104	↑8	5
8	Lainey	101	↑4	30
9	Harper	98	↓5	16
10	Violet	97	↑7	13
11	Hazel	90	↓2	21
12	Nora	88	↓4	20
13	Ava	86	↓2	11
14	Lucy	84	↑5	25
15	Aurora	83	↑5	15
16	Ellie	76	↓6	24
17	Ivy	74	↓4	39
18	Elizabeth	72	↑6	17
19	Isabella	72	↑13	7
20	Millie	72	↑25	73
21	Lily	71	↑1	18
22	Mia	70	↓6	6
23	Penelope	70	new	22
24	Willow	69	↓10	44
25	Vivian	68	↑12	72
26	Eliana	67	new	10
27	Isla	66	–	28
28	Lydia	63	new	92
29	Ella	61	↓1	29
30	Nova	58	↓4	46
31	Paisley	58	↓8	67
32	Scarlett	58	↓11	32
33	Sofia	56	new	9
34	Emersyn	55	new	>100
35	Iris	55	new	61
36	Ruby	55	↑4	64
37	Clara	54	↓1	63
38	Lillian	54	↓13	57
39	Avery	53	↓4	37
40	Elsie	53	↑1	>100
41	Eloise	52	↓7	49
42	Sadie	52	new	50
43	Claire	51	new	68
44	Layla	49	↓26	36
45	Luna	49	↓15	27
46	Ailany	48	new	14
47	Aria	48	–	26
48	Grace	48	↓19	38
49	Josephine	48	↓7	53
50	Stella	48	↓11	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Oliver	198	–	3
2	Liam	185	↑1	1
3	Henry	176	↓1	5
4	Theodore	176	–	4
5	Cooper	133	↑3	27
6	Hudson	124	↑3	17
7	James	118	↑10	6
8	Noah	118	↓3	2
9	Bennett	113	↑9	40
10	Owen	106	–	31
11	Elijah	101	↓5	7
12	Jack	100	↓5	15
13	Beau	98	↑7	60
14	William	96	↓1	9
15	Waylon	90	↑19	56
16	Leo	88	–	19
17	Miles	85	↑6	44
18	Mateo	83	↑3	8
19	Weston	82	↑12	55
20	Asher	81	↓9	28
21	Grayson	81	↑15	51
22	Levi	80	–	12
23	Beckett	77	↑20	>100
24	Brooks	77	↓9	64
25	Lucas	76	↑7	10
26	Rowan	76	↑9	59
27	Benjamin	75	↓8	11
28	Jackson	74	↓2	36
29	Lincoln	74	↓2	69
30	Luca	73	new	14
31	Wesley	73	↓7	52
32	Ezra	72	↓7	20
33	Maverick	72	↓21	49
34	Samuel	70	↓5	18
35	Walker	69	↓5	78
36	Gabriel	67	new	37
37	Luke	67	↑7	33
38	Wyatt	66	↓24	38
39	Everett	65	↓2	77
40	Thomas	65	new	34
41	John	64	new	23
42	Elias	63	new	13
43	Michael	63	↑5	21
44	Carter	62	↓4	45
45	Archer	61	↓3	98
46	Roman	61	↓5	42
47	Myles	60	↓19	100
48	Santiago	60	new	26
49	Tate	60	↓10	>100
50	Silas	59	↓4	71

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