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HELLO WORLD! A Look at the Top Baby Names of the Past Year

what’s trending among the youngest Chippewa Vallians

Tom Giffey

Can we get a tiny drumroll please? Thanks! The year is over, the results have been tallied, and Jack and Charlotte and were the most popular baby names for kiddos born in Eau Claire hospitals in 2021.

That’s according to numbers announced by Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital, and Marshfield Medical Center-Eau Claire. All three hospitals recently unveiled their lists of top baby names for the just-finished year, and we combined the lists to find out the overall favorites. Here’s are some of the key stats:

#1

Rank of Jack (or Jackson) and Charlotte among boys and girls born in Eau Claire hospitals during 2021.

18

The number of Jacks and Jacksons born in 2021. The number grows to at least 22 when the variation “Jaxon” is added.

19

The number babies named Charlotte, making it the area’s top name for newborn girls.

987

The number of babies born in 2021 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire.

723

The number of babies born in 2021 at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire.


Here are the individual lists for each hospital (each name is followed by the number of newborns receiving that name at that hospital):

MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM

BOYS
  1. Henry – 10
  2. Oliver/Olyver – 9 
  3. Jack/Jackson – 8
  4. Owen, Asher, and Maverick – 7
  5. Rhett – 6
GIRLS
  1. Emma – 9
  2. Charlotte – 7
  3. Nora and Ellie – 6
  4. Aria, Evelyn , Amelia, and Everly – 5

HSHS SACRED HEART HOSPITAL

BOYS
  1. Levi and Owen – 5
  2. Oliver, Jackson, Jack, and William – 4
  3. Theodore, Rhett, Vincent, and Grant – 3
GIRLS
  1. Charlotte – 8
  2. Evelyn – 7
  3. Ava – 6
  4. Lydia – 5
  5. Parker – 4
  6. Oaklynn, Rachel, Lauren, Luna, and Arabella – 3

MARSHFIELD MEDICAL CENTER-EAU CLAIRE

BOYS
  1. Jack/Jackson – 6
  2. Henry – 5
  3. Oliver/Olyver – 4
  4. Axel, Leo, and Liam – 3
GIRLS
  1. Evelyn – 6
  2. Harper – 5
  3. Charlotte, Ava , Brynlee/Brynley, Madelyn/Madilynn, Natalie, and Stella – 4
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