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The Twenty Most Popular Baby Names for Girls and Boys in Iowa (2010)

Iowa parents went Biblical for their top two choices for baby names in 2010.

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The most popular names for newborn infants in Iowa were Ava and Noah, both Biblical names.

A quick glance at baby names sites shows that Ava is derived from a word meaning "life" or "serpent" in Hebrew or "bird" in Latin, while Noah means "dude with a large boat." Or, it's Hebrew for "rest" or "comfort."

Here are your top 10 names chosen by parents in Iowa in 2010 according to vital statistics released by the state.

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Your top ten names for girls

  1. Ava
  2. Olivia
  3. Sophia
  4. Emma
  5. Isabella
  6. Addison
  7. Ella
  8. Abigail
  9. Elizabeth
  10. Chloe

Your top ten names for boys

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  1. Noah
  2. Ethan
  3. Mason
  4. Aiden
  5. Jackson
  6. Landon
  7. William
  8. Jacob
  9. Logan
  10. Carter

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