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Harper and Henry big names for La Crosse babies in 2018

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6 years ago

December 27, 2018

Brad Williams

In the high school graduating class of 2036, there could be plenty of grads named Jackson or Jaxon — of both sexes.

La Crosse’s two hospitals had several new babies with the name Jaxon during 2018.

Jaxon tied with Evelyn and Axel for the No. 3 girls name at Mayo Health System in La Crosse, while it was in a tie for fifth place among boys at Gundersen Health System.

Last year, Gundersen said Jackson and William were tied for the top boys names. Noah and Evelyn topped the Gundersen baby name lists this past year.

Mayo’s most frequent boys names were Henry, Owen and Oliver
— but No. 1 overall was the girls name, Harper.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.