HSHS shares top baby names of 2023

Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) hospitals in Illinois are pleased to announce the top names chosen for babies born at each hospital in 2023.

HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Springfield
Top Boy Name
•    Hudson
Top Girl Name
•    Aurora

HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, O’Fallon
Top Boy Name
•    Oliver
Top Girl Name
•    Amelia

HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham
Top Boy Name
•    Oliver
Top Girl Name
•    Harper

HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Breese
Top Boy Name
•    Wyatt
Top Girl Name
•    Ava

HSHS St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield
Top Boy Names
•    Liam and Ryker (tied)
Top Girl Name
•    Eleanor

These names were part of the over 4,400 babies delivered at these hospitals in 2023.

The Women and Infant Centers at these HSHS Illinois hospitals in Springfield, O’Fallon, Effingham, Breese and Litchfield provide quality and compassionate care for women and infants throughout pregnancy, labor, delivery and in the time after delivery. In addition, HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital in Springfield is an award-winning hospital delivering pediatric services, including the area’s only Level III NICU, cancer care, ICU and inpatient units, rehabilitation programs and more.