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DANVILLE, Pa. – Happy birthday, Noah and Emma, Geisinger’s most popular baby names of 2019! Geisinger welcomed 6,085 babies in 2019 and has tabulated the most popular names. 

Babies are delivered five Geisinger hospitals in Pennsylvania, including Geisinger Medical Center; Geisinger Community Medical Center; Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center; Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital and Geisinger Lewistown Hospital.

The top 10 baby names across all of Geisinger’s hospitals in Pennsylvania are:

Girls:

  1. Emma
  2. Olivia
  3. Harper
  4. Charlotte
  5. Amelia
  6. Ava
  7. Isabella
  8. Sophia
  9. Avery
  10. Willow

Boys:

  1. Noah
  2. Liam
  3. Carson
  4. Mason
  5. Lucas
  6. James
  7. Elijah
  8. Lincoln
  9. Oliver
  10. Wyatt

Below are the top three names at individual Geisinger hospitals:

Geisinger Medical Center, Danville – 1,976 babies 

Girls:

  1. Ava
  2. Olivia
  3. Emma 
    Avery

Boys:

  1. Liam
  2. Carson
  3. Levi

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre – 1,943 babies

Girls:

  1. Olivia
  2. Emma
  3. Sophia

Boys:

  1. Noah
  2. Mason
  3. Jacob

Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital, Bloomsburg - 446 babies

Girls:

  1. Luna
  2. Charlotte
  3. Madison

Boys:

  1. Logan
  2. Henry
  3. Grayson

Geisinger Lewistown Hospital, Lewistown - 572 babies

Girls:

  1. Harper
  2. Ava
  3. Sophia

Boys:

  1. Oliver
  2. Matthew
  3. Noah

Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton - 78 babies

  • In 2019, Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton saw the return of babies, with The Childbirth Center opening on Oct. 10. There were 78 babies born last year, including 36 girls and 42 boys. The top two boy names are Levi and Silas. As for the girls, all 36 have a unique name. No two names are alike even when spelling variations are taken into consideration. 

To find these results, we combined different spelling variations of the same sounding name. For example, the ranking for Liam also includes variations like Liamm. While Oliver also includes variations such as Olliver. Many of the other names on the list include multiple spellings.

At Geisinger, obstetrician/gynecologists and certified nurse midwives work together to comfort and care for mothers-to-be and their babies, and expectant moms will be able to tailor their birth plans according to their preferences. Midwives will facilitate natural birth plans, and OB/GYNs will be on duty at all hours to intervene when needed.

About Geisinger
Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves. Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes 10 hospital campuses, a health plan with more than half a million members, a research institute and the Geisinger College of Health Sciences, which includes schools of medicine, nursing and graduate education. With more than 25,000 employees and 1,700+ employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

 
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