What’s in a name? Apparently, there was quite a bit of variety in the naming of the newborns born at St. Luke’s University Health Network in 2024.

These are the top three (or more) favorites at campuses where babies are born:

St. Luke’s Allentown: Mia, Charlotte, Riley, for girls. Oliver, Henry, Lucas for males.

St. Luke’s Anderson: Girls—Olivia and Sophia (tied); Madelyn/Madeline and Riley (tied); Zoe/Zoey and Mia (tied). For boys—Liam, Noah and Theodore.

St. Luke’s Upper Bucks: Girls—Charlotte, Lucy, Emma. Boys—Jackson and Liam (tied); Henry and Luke (tied); Wesley, Noah, Andrew, Brooks, Carter (tied).

The most popular baby names given to newborns at St. Luke’s University Health Network in 2023 bears only a slight resemblance to the 2024 names. In 2023, Liam and Isabella were those top monikers, for boys and girls, respectively at the network.

About St. Luke’s

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 20,000 employees providing services at 15 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites.  With annual net revenue of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital.

Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.  In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley’s first and only four-year medical school campus.  It also operates the nation’s oldest School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 52 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with more than 500 residents and fellows. In 2022, St. Luke’s, a member of the Children’s Hospital Association, opened the Lehigh Valley’s first and only free-standing facility dedicated entirely to kids.

SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.  It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital.  The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Fortune/PINC AI 10 years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.  In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally.  Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN’s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.  The Network is also recognized as one of the state’s lowest-cost providers.

 

Information provided to TVL by:
Sam Kennedy