Birth centers announce 2020’s most popular baby names

The baby boy and girl names we saw Minnesota and western Wisconsin families choose most

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – When it comes to the latest baby name trends, there’s no one better to ask than our birth center teams. Each year, they help deliver nearly 10,000 babies at our organization’s nine hospitals and surrounding areas. And they found that Noah was the most popular boy name chosen in 2020, while Evelyn was the most popular girl name.

Here are the complete 2020 top baby names lists for boys and girls. In each, names appear in order of popularity:

Most popular baby names by year
This isn’t the first year our birth centers have reported which baby names were the most popular. Here are our past lists:

• Top baby names of 2019
• Top baby names of 2018
• Top baby names of 2017

HealthPartners birth centers are located across the Twin Cities, central Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

• Amery Hospital Birth Center (Amery, WI)
• Hudson Hospital Birth Center (Hudson, WI)
• Hutchinson Health BirthCare Center (Hutchinson, MN)
• Lakeview Hospital Birth and Women’s Center (Stillwater, MN)
• Methodist Hospital Family Birth Center (St. Louis Park, MN)
• Olivia Hospital Birth Center (Olivia, MN)
• Regions Hospital Family Birth Center (St. Paul, MN)
• Westfields Hospital Birth Center (New Richmond, WI)

Our care providers also deliver at several other locations:

• Family Birth Center – Maple Grove Hospital (Maple Grove, MN)
• The Mother Baby Center at Abbott Northwestern and Children’s Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
• The Mother Baby Center at Mercy with Children’s Minnesota (Coon Rapids, MN)
• St. Francis Family Birth Place (Shakopee, MN)
• The Birthplace at M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital (Burnsville, MN)