Name Legacy

Baby names in Iowa, 2010s

2010–2019 · 277,471 recorded births

Emma was the most common name given in Iowa across the 2010s, with 1,924 births in the decade. The state recorded 277,471 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Iowa in the 2010s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Kinnick24585×
Nile9413×
Cael16712×
Carver13211×
Brecken200
Tate350
Brayton45
Kael78

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Emma1,924
#2Liam1,835
#3Olivia1,787
#4William1,655
#5Owen1,575
#6Noah1,553
#7Ava1,518
#8Oliver1,508
#9Harper1,505
#9Mason1,505
#11Henry1,486
#11Sophia1,486
#13Carter1,399
#13Jackson1,399
#15Wyatt1,365
#16Avery1,305
#17Logan1,259
#18Charlotte1,254
#19Benjamin1,233
#20Evelyn1,219
#21Elijah1,192
#22Isabella1,173
#23James1,168
#24Jack1,150
#25Ethan1,116

Other decades in Iowa

All Iowa names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org