Nearly 11 babies were born per day at Essentia Health's hospitals in 2024.

Entering the final week of the year, 3,957 babies were born at Essentia's six hospitals that perform deliveries. That includes 1,673 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth; 1,177 at Essentia Health-Fargo; 476 at Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes; 390 at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd; 165 at Essentia Health-Virginia; and 76 at Essentia Health-Moose Lake. 

Of those beautiful babies that joined us in 2024, here are the most popular names for each facility. Data comes from nursing informatics at Essentia Health and the Office of Vital Records at the Minnesota Department of Health.

St. Mary's Medical Center

Top baby boy names

Theodore or Theo — 18
Henry or Henri, Oliver — 12
Asher, Brooks, Jack, William or Will — 9
Arlo, Lincoln, Noah — 7
Benjamin, Jackson, Liam, Silas, Wade, Wyatt — 6

Top baby girl names

Evelyn or Evalynn — 11
Juniper — 8
Adeline or Adalynn or Adelyn — 8
Amelia, Aurora, Elanore, Isla, Lilly — 6
Ava, Everly, Hazel, Laney, Maeve, Ruby — 5

Essentia Health-Fargo

Top baby boy names

Beau or Bo, Theodore — 8
Brooks, Maverick — 7
Elijah, Roman, Westen or Weston — 6
Asher, Henry, Hudsen or Hudson, Levi, Luca or Luka, Miles or Myles, Noah, Nolan, Wyatt — 5
Everett, Jasper or Jaspyr, Joseph, Landon or Landyn, Liam, Luke, Malachi or Malakai or Malakhi, Oliver, Otto, Owen, Sawyer — 4

Top baby girl names

Adaline or Adalynn or Adeline or Adelyn — 7
Charlotte, Quinn — 6
Lainey, Nora, Stella — 5
Amelia, Aria or Ariah, Daisy, Hazel, Ivy, Lucy, Violet — 4

Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes

Top baby boy names

Maverick — 5
Leo, Oliver — 4
Benjamin, David, George, Holden, Theo, Tucker, Walter — 3
Atlas, Atticus, Beau, Charles, Chase, Dawson, Hayden, Henry, John, Jordan, Liam, Michael, Nico, Noah, Sawyer, Silas, Theordore, Thomas, Wesley, Zion — 2

Top baby girl names

Elle or Ellie, Willow — 4
Aurora, Charlotte, Everlee or Everley or Everly, Hazel, Josie, Lilly or Lily, Violet, Wrenlee or Wrenleigh or Wrenley — 3
Adeline, Aria or Ariyah, Elliana, Emersyn, Emery, Evelyn, Georgia, Kinsely, Lainey, Lucile or Lucille, Lydia, Madelyn, Nova, Olivia — 2

Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center

Top baby boy names

Hudson, Milo, Thomas, Myles or Miles — 3
Banks, Declan, Harrison, Henry, Jonathan, Kaden, Leo, Liam, Lucas, Malcolm, Silas, Theodore, Wade, Waylon, Wesley, Weston, William — 2

Top baby girl names

Everly or Everlee or Everleigh — 5
Emery or Emmery — 3
Adaline, Adilynn, Aurora, Camille, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Grace, Greta, Harper, Lainey, Lilly, Mavis, Miley, Quinn, Raelyn, Sylvie, Wrenley, Zoey — 2

Essentia Health-Virginia

Top baby boy names

Arthur, Bjorn, Mason, Theodore — 2
Jaelyn or Jaylen — 2

Top baby girl names

Autumn — 2
Eliana or Ellianna, Everlee or Everly — 2

Essentia Health-Moose Lake

Top baby boy names

Henry, Mason, Waylon — 2

Top baby girl names

Riley — 2
Sophia or Sophie — 2