Top baby names at Geisinger hospitals revealed
Adalynn earned the top spot for girls, followed by Emma. Meanwhile, Jackson was the winning moniker for boys by a landslide. Forty-nine baby boys were named variations of Jackson, while the second-place boy name, Liam, occurred only 29 times.
See the lists below for the top 10 names throughout GHS, as well as the trendiest names at each of Geisinger's four hospitals, Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital, Bloomsburg; Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital, Lewistown; Geisinger Medical Center, Danville; and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Twp.
Geisinger Health System (all hospitals) - female
1. Adalynn
2. Emma
3. Isabella
4. Mia
5. Aubrey
6. Madelyn
7. Ava
8. Sophia
9. Olivia
10. Lily
Geisinger Health System (all hospitals) - male
1. Jackson
2. Liam
3. Mason
4. Aidan
5. Gabriel
6. Hunter
7. Logan
8. Noah
9. Lucas
10. Bentley
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital, Bloomsburg - female
1. Isabella
2. Kylie
3. Mia
4. Adalynn
5. Addison
6. Aubree
7. Lacey
8. Lillian
9. Lily
10. Olivia
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital, Bloomsburg - male
1. Liam
2. Wyatt
3. Mason
4. Brentley
5. Caleb
6. Dylan
7. Jackson
8. Lincoln
9. Lucas
10. Oliver
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville - female
1. Emma
2. Adalyn
3. Ava
4. Aubrey
5. Olivia
6. Sophia
7. Amelia
8. Avery
9. Harper
10. Isabella
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville - male
1. Jackson
2. Liam
3. Gabriel
4. Logan
5. Luke
6. Alexander
7. Carter
8. Mason
9. Benjamin
10. Bentley
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital, Lewistown - female
1. Ava
2. Aubrey
3. Brooklyn
4. Hannah
5. Lillian
6. Madison
7. Paisley
8. Emma
9. Leah
10. Madelyn
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital, Lewistown - male
1. Jackson
2. Jacob
3. Hunter
4. Mason
5. Noah
6. Aaron
7. Braxton
8. Eli
9. Gabriel
10. William
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Twp. - female
1. Mia
2. Isabella
3. Lily
4. Sophia
5. Abigail
6. Addison
7. Emma
8. Aubrey
9. Olivia
10. Adalyn
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Twp. - male
1. Jackson
2. Hunter
3. David
4. Noah
5. Aidan
6. Jace
7. Liam
8. Mason
9. Logan
10. Anthony
To find these results, we combined different spelling variations of the same sounding name. For example, the ranking for Adalynn also includes variations Adalinn, Adalyn, Addalyn and Addalynn. While Jackson also includes variations such as Jacksen, Jaxon, Jaxson and Jaxxon. Many of the other names on the list include multiple spellings.
In comparison, website BabyCenter.com recently released that the most popular names of 2015 as reported by their subscribers were Sophia for girls and Jackson for boys. The SSA typically releases a list of most popular names based on applications for Social Security numbers later in the year. The most recent listing available from the SSA ranks the most popular names of 2014 as Emma and Mason for Pennsylvania, and Emma and Noah nationwide.
About Geisinger
One of the nation’s most innovative health services organizations, Geisinger serves more than 1.5 million patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The system includes 13 hospital campuses, a nearly 600,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Geisinger is known for its focus on caring and innovative programs including the ProvenCare® best-practice approach to maximize quality, safety and value; ProvenHealth Navigator® advanced medical home; Springboard Health® population health program to improve the health of an entire community; ProvenExperience™ to provide refunds to patients unhappy with their care experience; and Geisinger’s MyCode® Community Health Initiative, the largest healthcare system-based precision health project in the world. With more than 215,000 volunteer participants enrolled, MyCode is conducting extensive research and returning medically actionable results to participants. A physician-led organization, with approximately 32,000 employees and more than 1,800 employed physicians, Geisinger leverages an estimated $12.7 billion positive annual impact on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey economies. Repeatedly recognized nationally for integration, quality and service, Geisinger has a long-standing commitment to patient care, medical education, research and community service. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
