SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) hospitals in Illinois are pleased to announce the top names chosen for babies born at HSHS St. John’s in Springfield, HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial in Effingham and HSHS St. Francis in Litchfield last year. Over 3,350 babies were delivered at these three central Illinois hospitals in 2025.
HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Springfield
Top Boy Name
- Oliver
Top Girl Name
- Charlotte
HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham
Top Boy Name
- Oliver
Top Girl Name
- Lainey and Wrenley (tied)
HSHS St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield
Top Boy Names
- Waylon
Top Girl Names
- Kinsley and Paisley (tied)
Across the Illinois and Wisconsin hospitals within Hospital Sisters Health System, Oliver and Charlotte were the most popular names chosen among the over 6,200 babies born in 2025. Additionally, July was the most common birth month across the system, followed closely by September.
For others expecting in 2026, St. John’s, St. Anthony’s and St. Francis hospitals offer a wide range of services for mothers and infants, including prenatal classes which can be found on each hospital’s websites under Classes and Events.
These hospitals focus on offering safe, quality care for mothers and babies. St. John’s Hospital is designated a Level III Perinatal Center, offering the highest level of care for mothers and babies in south-central Illinois. Their antenatal unit in the Women and Infants Center is staffed by maternal/fetal medicine specialists 24/7 for expectant mothers who may need extra care during their pregnancy for issues such as pre-term labor or high blood pressure. St. Anthony’s Women and Infants Center team regularly conducts perinatal drills coordinated by St. John’s South-Central Illinois Perinatal Center, ensuring all staff are highly trained for any obstetric situation. St. Francis Hospital’s Family Maternity Center is Cribs for Kids certified as a safe sleep leader, recognizing its commitment to best practices in infant safe sleep. Cribs for Kids is a national safe sleep initiative dedicated to reducing infant mortality.
For more information about HSHS, visit hshs.org.
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About HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital
HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham, celebrating 150 years of serving the Effingham community, is part of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a nonprofit Catholic health care ministry founded in 1875. Dedicated to our Mission to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through high-quality Franciscan health care, HSHS clinicians provide exceptional care centered on the whole person. Based in Springfield, Illinois, HSHS employs nearly 11,000 colleagues who provide care in 13 acute-care, children’s and critical-access hospitals and home health and hospice programs in Central and Southern Illinois and Eastern Wisconsin. HSHS is aligned with more than 1,000 primary and specialty physicians and advanced practitioners through its owned affiliates HSHS Medical Group and Prairie Cardiovascular and its partnership with Prevea Health. For more information about HSHS, visit hshs.org.