NOTEBOOK: Future workers — Evelyn, Grayson, Oliver

BPC Staff Dec 19, 2017 | 5:29 pm
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160 wordsAll Latest News, Business Record Insider, The Insider NotebookIf you’re wondering what names you might toss around in the office in the next 20 years, we have a little bit of an idea.
Mercy Women & Infants’ Center has announced the top baby names for boys and girls born at the hospital in 2017.
For baby girls, the top name was Evelyn, followed by Olivia and Hannah. For baby boys, the top name was Oliver, followed by Liam and James.
UnityPoint Health also announced the most popular baby names of 2017 by region and across the entire health system.
The most popular name given in the Des Moines area, including Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Iowa Lutheran Hospital and Methodist West, to baby boys was Grayson/Greyson. For the girls, Adeline was the most popular, closely followed by Nora/Norah.
The top five names for girls and boys across UnityPoint Health’s multistate system are:
Girls: Emma, Nora/Norah, Olivia, Adaline (including additional spellings) and Harper
Boys: Oliver, Henry, Liam, Theo/Theodore and Mason