Dec 21, 2021 - News

Tracking Iowa's most popular baby names

Data: Iowa Department of Public Health; Table: Thomas Oide/Axios

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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