MONROE — SSM Health Monroe Hospital helped area families welcome 367 bundles of joy into the world in 2025, including 190 girls and 177 boys.
When looking at the most common names given to these sweet new family members, parents most commonly chose Charlotte and Cora for girls. For boys, the top names were Maverick and Cooper.
While SSM Health Monroe Hospital’s Family Birth team is busy caring for families year-round, January saw the highest number of birthdays in 2025, with 36 little ones joining the world. December, May, June and October were tied for second busiest months with 35 little ones joining the world each of those months. SSM Health Monroe Hospital also helped welcome two sets of twins this year.
Birth totals, information and most popular names were collected from December 1, 2024, to November 30, 2025, to represent a full calendar year.