Eastern Iowa’s most popular baby names for 2024

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - UnityPoint Health hospitals across eastern Iowa have released the list of the most popular baby names for 2024.

The hospitals create the list using data from UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s, Finley, and Allen Hospitals in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, and Waterloo.

Here are the top five most popular baby names:

Top five girl’s names:

1. Charlotte
2. Evelyn
3. Harper
4. Amelia
5. Olivia

Top five boy’s names:

1. Henry
2. Oliver
3. Theodore
4. Jack
5. Jackson

Here’s a list broken down by hospital and city:

Cedar Rapids:

Girl’s names:

1. Evelyn
2. Charlotte
3. Harper
4. Amelia
5. Nova

Boys names:

1. Oliver
2. Henry
3. Silas
4. Owen
5. Asher

Dubuque:

Girl’s names:

1. Lainey
2. Eden
3. Amelia
4. Layla
5. Nora

Boy’s names:

1. Cooper
2. Henry
3. Beau
4. Oliver
5. Brooks

Waterloo:

Girl’s names:

1. Lainey
2. Nora
3. Adeline
4. Ava
5. Emerson

Boy’s names:

1. Ezra
2. Theodore
3. Emmett
4. Henry
5. Bennett