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Emma leads baby names at one La Crosse hospital for 2022
The name Emma has become popular again in America, thanks partly to famous women including Emma Thompson and Emma Stone.
Mayo Health System says Emma was the top baby name at its La Crosse hospital this year. It was also the number 1 name for newborns at the hospital 10 years ago, in 2012. Violet and Wrenley were tied for second place among names for baby girls. The top boys name at Mayo was Levi, with Hudson and Benjamin tied in second.
Layla was the most popular name at the La Crosse hospital last year. Fifty-one per cent of the babies born at Mayo in La Crosse this year were boys.
The top baby names at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse by year are:
- 2022: Emma
- 2021: Layla
- 2020: Leo
- 2019: Charlotte
- 2018: Harper
- 2017: Henry
- 2016: Dominic
- 2015: William
- 2014: Ava and Jackson (tie)
- 2013: Ella
- 2012: Emma
- 2011: Caiden
- 2010: Lauren
- 2009: Isaac, Addison and Jackson (tie)
- 2008: Gavin
- 2007: Alexander
| 2022 | |
Girls EmmaViolet, Wrenley (tie)Evelyn, Elizabeth, Amelia, Kendall (tie) | Boys LeviHudson, Benjamin (tie)Noah, Asher (tie) |