Most Popular Baby Names in Iowa (2025)

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and Oliver for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Iowa than in the country as a whole include Millie, Vivian, Lydia, Beau, Waylon, and Beckett.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Iowa

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Charlotte	158	–
2	Evelyn	117	↑ 1
3	Emma	116	↑ 4
4	Amelia	112	↓ 2
5	Eleanor	109	↑ 1
6	Olivia	107	↓ 1
7	Sophia	104	↑ 8
8	Lainey	101	↑ 4
9	Harper	98	↓ 5
10	Violet	97	↑ 7
11	Hazel	90	↓ 2
12	Nora	88	↓ 4
13	Ava	86	↓ 2
14	Lucy	84	↑ 5
15	Aurora	83	↑ 5
16	Ellie	76	↓ 6
17	Ivy	74	↓ 4
18	Elizabeth	72	↑ 6
19	Isabella	72	↑ 13
20	Millie	72	↑ 25
21	Lily	71	↑ 1
22	Mia	70	↓ 6
23	Penelope	70	↑ 29
24	Willow	69	↓ 10
25	Vivian	68	↑ 12
26	Eliana	67	↑ 30
27	Isla	66	–
28	Lydia	63	↑ 25
29	Ella	61	↓ 1
30	Nova	58	↓ 4
31	Paisley	58	↓ 8
32	Scarlett	58	↓ 11
33	Sofia	56	↑ 66
34	Emersyn	55	↑ 26
35	Iris	55	↑ 27
36	Ruby	55	↑ 4
37	Clara	54	↓ 1
38	Lillian	54	↓ 13
39	Avery	53	↓ 4
40	Elsie	53	↑ 1
41	Eloise	52	↓ 7
42	Sadie	52	↑ 56
43	Claire	51	↑ 30
44	Layla	49	↓ 26
45	Luna	49	↓ 15
46	Ailany	48	new
47	Aria	48	–
48	Grace	48	↓ 19
49	Josephine	48	↓ 7
50	Stella	48	↓ 11
51	Delilah	47	↓ 13
52	Parker	47	↑ 41
53	Oakley	46	new
54	Chloe	45	↓ 11
55	Cora	44	↓ 4
56	Brynlee	42	↑ 27
57	Josie	42	↓ 7
58	Juniper	42	↑ 24
59	Madison	42	new
60	Wrenley	42	↓ 27
61	Camila	41	↓ 3
62	Emery	41	↓ 5
63	Hallie	41	new
64	Lyla	41	↑ 3
65	Margaret	41	↑ 25
66	Raelynn	41	↑ 19
67	Kinsley	40	↓ 4
68	Sophie	40	↑ 26
69	Daisy	39	↓ 14
70	Elena	39	new
71	Collins	38	new
72	Maeve	38	↓ 28
73	Scottie	38	new
74	Addison	37	new
75	Adeline	37	↓ 21
76	Blair	37	new
77	Oaklynn	37	↓ 1
78	Abigail	36	↓ 1
79	Blakely	36	↓ 9
80	Everly	36	↓ 19
81	Hannah	36	new
82	Genevieve	35	new
83	Gianna	35	↓ 52
84	Mila	34	↓ 20
85	Presley	34	new
86	Vera	34	new
87	Eden	33	↓ 6
88	Emerson	33	new
89	Zoey	33	↓ 21
90	Alice	32	new
91	Athena	32	↓ 13
92	Hadley	32	↓ 44
93	Madelyn	32	new
94	Naomi	32	↓ 2
95	Sutton	32	↓ 29
96	Brooklyn	31	↓ 7
97	Emily	31	↓ 18
98	Kennedy	31	↓ 11
99	Lennon	31	new
100	Mabel	31	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Oliver	198	–
2	Liam	185	↑ 1
3	Henry	176	↓ 1
4	Theodore	176	–
5	Cooper	133	↑ 3
6	Hudson	124	↑ 3
7	James	118	↑ 10
8	Noah	118	↓ 3
9	Bennett	113	↑ 9
10	Owen	106	–
11	Elijah	101	↓ 5
12	Jack	100	↓ 5
13	Beau	98	↑ 7
14	William	96	↓ 1
15	Waylon	90	↑ 19
16	Leo	88	–
17	Miles	85	↑ 6
18	Mateo	83	↑ 3
19	Weston	82	↑ 12
20	Asher	81	↓ 9
21	Grayson	81	↑ 15
22	Levi	80	–
23	Beckett	77	↑ 20
24	Brooks	77	↓ 9
25	Lucas	76	↑ 7
26	Rowan	76	↑ 9
27	Benjamin	75	↓ 8
28	Jackson	74	↓ 2
29	Lincoln	74	↓ 2
30	Luca	73	↑ 26
31	Wesley	73	↓ 7
32	Ezra	72	↓ 7
33	Maverick	72	↓ 21
34	Samuel	70	↓ 5
35	Walker	69	↓ 5
36	Gabriel	67	↑ 62
37	Luke	67	↑ 7
38	Wyatt	66	↓ 24
39	Everett	65	↓ 2
40	Thomas	65	↑ 20
41	John	64	↑ 35
42	Elias	63	↑ 12
43	Michael	63	↑ 5
44	Carter	62	↓ 4
45	Archer	61	↓ 3
46	Roman	61	↓ 5
47	Myles	60	↓ 19
48	Santiago	60	new
49	Tate	60	↓ 10
50	Silas	59	↓ 4
51	Atlas	58	↑ 19
52	Daniel	58	↓ 14
53	Mason	58	↑ 26
54	Joseph	57	↑ 1
55	Colter	56	↑ 2
56	Emmett	56	↓ 11
57	Alexander	55	↑ 7
58	Isaac	55	↓ 11
59	Theo	55	↓ 8
60	Sawyer	54	↓ 27
61	Callum	51	new
62	Hayden	51	↑ 13
63	Nolan	49	↓ 11
64	Stetson	49	new
65	Vincent	49	new
66	Dawson	48	↑ 31
67	Graham	48	↓ 5
68	River	47	↑ 4
69	Arlo	46	↑ 2
70	Ezekiel	46	new
71	Arthur	45	↑ 25
72	Cameron	45	↑ 2
73	Charles	45	↓ 12
74	David	45	↓ 9
75	Dylan	45	↑ 19
76	Calvin	43	↓ 23
77	Ian	43	new
78	Knox	43	↑ 8
79	Logan	43	↓ 2
80	Rhett	43	new
81	Ryker	43	↓ 3
82	Axel	42	–
83	Barrett	42	↓ 10
84	Harrison	42	new
85	Julian	42	↓ 18
86	Thiago	42	new
87	August	41	↓ 38
88	Hayes	41	↓ 19
89	Jace	41	new
90	Matthew	40	↓ 27
91	Micah	40	↓ 32
92	Baker	39	new
93	Callan	39	new
94	Eli	39	new
95	Jasper	39	new
96	Milo	39	↓ 9
97	Luka	38	new
98	Tucker	38	new
99	Beckham	37	↓ 8
100	Caleb	37	↓ 8

Names more popular in Iowa

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Iowa than across the US.

Girls

Name	Iowa	US
Millie	#20	#73
Vivian	#25	#72
Lydia	#28	#92
Emersyn	#34	#138
Elsie	#40	#123

Boys

Name	Iowa	US
Beau	#13	#60
Waylon	#15	#56
Beckett	#23	#141
Brooks	#24	#64
Lincoln	#29	#69
Walker	#35	#78
Archer	#45	#98
Myles	#47	#100

Number-one names in Iowa by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte (158)	Oliver (198)
2024	Charlotte (141)	Oliver (192)
2023	Charlotte (163)	Oliver (195)
2022	Olivia (175)	Oliver (196)
2021	Charlotte (173)	Oliver (203)
2020	Olivia (169)	Oliver (213)
2019	Charlotte (180)	Oliver (234)
2018	Harper (161)	Oliver (186)
2017	Harper (173)	Oliver (211)
2016	Olivia (207)	Oliver (201)
2015	Emma (200)	Liam (215)
2014	Emma (198)	Liam (222)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Iowa

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Iowa

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Iowa by year

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