When St. Luke’s Hospital opened in Fountain Hill in the late 1800s, the most popular baby names in the nation for girls were Mary, Anne and Emma, according to the Social Security Administration. For boys, this government website lists John, William and James.

Of the nearly 4,000 newborns making their debuts at the two St. Luke’s campuses in Allentown and Bethlehem this year, the top 10 names (beginning with number one) for each gender are Liam, Jackson,Oliver, Ethan, three way tie: Benjamin, Leo and Mason; Noah, Jacob, Lucas, Logan and Luke; and Emma, Olivia, Amelia, Mia, tie: Ava and Charlotte; Harper, Luna, Isabella, tie: Sophia and Riley; Stella, and a tie: Gabriella and Penelope.

St. Luke’s Bethlehem Campus, is the often-awarded network for places to receive obstetrical care and have a baby is putting finishing touches on its third birthing place, the Women & Babies Pavilion, which opens in just a few weeks at St. Luke’s Anderson Campus, Bethlehem Township.

Ask parents how they chose the moniker for their child, and you’re likely to get a variety of responses. Dale Carnegie said, “Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”