Changes at the Top

Spectrum Health Announces Top Baby Names for 2011

Sorry, Jacob and Emma.

After being crowned the most popular baby names for the past two years, they have been displaced this year by Mason and Olivia. Jacob has fallen to No. 4 on the top boys’ names list while Emma slipped to third place for girls.

If it’s any consolation, Emma and Jacob can still claim to be the top names for the past decade, ranking No. 1 in 2010, 2009, 2006, 2004, 2003 and 2002.

The Family Birthplace at Butterworth Hospital delivers more babies than any other hospital in Michigan with 7,312 births in its fiscal year 2011. Of that total, 3,867 were boys and 3,445 were girls.

Top 10 Names for Boys in 2011

Mason
Lucas
Jackson/William (tie)
Jacob
Logan
Alexander
Samuel
Noah
Carter
Ethan

Top 10 Names for Girls in 2011

Olivia
Sophia
Emma
Isabella
Ella
Grace
Ava
Natalie
Abigail
Madison

Here is last year’s list of the most popular names.

Top 10 Names for Boys in 2010

Jacob
Ethan
Jackson
Alexander
Elijah
Mason
Tyler
Noah
Owen
Samuel

Top 10 Names for Girls in 2010

Emma
Sophia
Ava
Olivia
Isabella
Ella
Abigail
Grace
Evelyn
Natalie

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan offering a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, which is comprised of nine hospitals including Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, a state of the art children’s hospital that opened in January 2011, and 190 service sites; the Spectrum Health Medical Group and West Michigan Heart, physician groups totaling more than 600 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with 625,000 members. Spectrum Health is West Michigan’s largest employer with more than 18,000 employees. The organization provided $176.5 million in community benefit during its 2011 fiscal year. In 2011 and 2010, Spectrum Health was named a Top 10 Health System by Thomson Reuters.