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Spectrum Health Announces Top 10 Baby Names for 2014

Olivia and Noah take first place for most popular girl and boy names according to Spectrum Health’s 2014 Top 10 Baby Names lists.

This year showed several newcomers to the girl’s list from 2013, including Avery, Ella and Nora. An influx of new boy names also took over the list for 2014 including William, Caleb, Carter, Henry, Benjamin and Jackson.

The Family Birthplace at Butterworth Hospital delivers more babies than any other hospital in Michigan with 6,777 births to date in 2014. Of that total, 3,287 were female and 3,442 were male.

Top 10 Names for Girls in 2014

  1. Olivia
  2. Emma
  3. Ava
  4. Charlotte
  5. Harper
  6. Sophia
  7. Abigail
  8. Avery
  9. Ella
  10. Nora

Top 10 Names for Boys in 2014

  1. Noah
  2. Mason
  3. William
  4. Liam
  5. Caleb
  6. Oliver
  7. Carter
  8. Henry
  9. Benjamin
  10. Jackson 

Top 10 Names for Girls in 2013

  1. Emma
  2. Sophia
  3. Olivia
  4. Charlotte
  5. Ava
  6. Isabella
  7. Abigail
  8. Addison
  9. Grace
  10. Emily / Harper

Top 10 Names for Boys in 2013

  1. Liam
  2. Ethan
  3. Lucas
  4. Mason
  5. Carter
  6. Gabriel
  7. Levi
  8. Noah
  9. Elijah
  10. Oliver

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system, based in West Michigan, offering a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, which is comprised of 11 hospitals including Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital; 169 ambulatory and service sites; 1,150 employed physicians and advanced practice providers including members of the Spectrum Health Medical Group; and Priority Health, a 590,000-member health plan. Spectrum Health is West Michigan’s largest employer with 21,600 employees. The organization provided $294.6 million in community benefit during its 2014 fiscal year. In 2014, Spectrum Health was named one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems® by Truven Health Analytics.

spectrumhealth.org

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