Birth centers announce 2019’s most popular baby names

The baby boy names and baby girl names we saw Minnesota and western Wisconsin families choose most

When it comes to the latest baby name trends, there’s no one better to ask than our birth center teams. Each year, they help deliver nearly 10,000 babies at our organization’s eight hospitals and surrounding areas. And they found that Oliver was the most popular boy name chosen in 2019, while Amelia was the most popular girl name chosen.

Here are their complete 2019 top baby names lists for boys and girls. In each, names appear in order of popularity:

Top 2019 boy names
Oliver
Theodore
Jackson
Aiden
Graysen

Top 2019 girl names
Amelia
Isabella/Isabelle
Luna
Sophia
Evelyn

Most popular baby names by year

This isn’t the first year our birth centers have reported which baby names were the most popular. Here are our past lists:

• Top baby names of 2018
• Top baby names of 2017
• Top baby names of 2016

HealthPartners birth centers are located across the Twin Cities, central Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

• Amery Hospital Birth Center (Amery, WI)
• Hudson Hospital Birth Center (Hudson, WI)
• Hutchinson Health BirthCare Center (Hutchinson, MN)
• Lakeview Hospital Birth and Women’s Center (Stillwater, MN)
• Methodist Hospital Family Birth Center (St. Louis Park, MN)
• Olivia Hospital Birth Center (Olivia, MN)
• Regions Hospital Family Birth Center (St. Paul, MN)
• Westfields Hospital Birth Center (New Richmond, WI)

Our care providers also deliver at several other locations:

• Family Birth Center – Maple Grove Hospital (Maple Grove, MN)
• The Mother Baby Center at Abbott Northwestern and Children’s Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
• The Mother Baby Center at Mercy with Children’s Minnesota (Coon Rapids, MN)
• St. Francis Family Birth Place (Shakopee, MN)
• The Birthplace at M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital (Burnsville, MN)