Stella and Asher are making a bid for the top spots on Iowa's top 20 most popular baby names.
- They entered the charts with the biggest gains from the previous year at #15 and #16, respectively.
Yes, but: They've still got a ways to go. Girls were named Stella 95 fewer times than the chart-topping Olivia.
- Boys are more than twice as likely to be named Oliver than Asher.

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