Popular Names in Iowa

The most popular names in Iowa 2022 are Olivia and Oliver. Olivia is also Number 1 nationally among the popular baby names 2022, while Oliver ranks at Number 2.

A number of the Top 10 names in Iowa rank outside of the national Top 10. For girls, these are Harper, Eleanor, Nora and Hazel, while boy names Hudson, Jack, Leo, and Owen rank Top 10 favorites in Iowa but not the US as a whole. Another notable mention is Brooks, which ranks at Number 11 in Iowa, but only Number 76 nationally.

Nicknames as full names such as Elsie, Josie, and Millie are more popular than average in Iowa, as are one-syllable boys names like Lane, Rhett, Briggs, Tate, Knox, and Nash. Other Hawkeye State favorites include Briar, Saylor, and Wren for girls, and Walker, Calvin, and Barrett for boys.

To browse popular names lists from the US and around the world, visit our main Popular Names page. You might also want to browse Nameberry's real-time lists of Popular Girl Names 2022 and Popular Boy Names 2022.

For more local data, search the full lists of Popular Names by State.