Despite 2020 being one of the most unusual years to date, one thing remained certain: New life and new beginnings continued to provide hope for the future.

In 2020, 229 babies were born at Spencer Hospital, with 118 of those girls and 111 boys.

"This has been quite a unique year in our birth center trying to navigate our way through the COVID-19 pandemic, yet our team continues to enjoy the opportunity to help families welcome little ones into the world as well as educating and pampering new moms," said Jeannette Hasley, Spencer Hospital Birth Center Director, in a news release. "It's always fun to learn the names parents select for their babies, which often come with a story of why the name was picked or it's simply because the family likes the name."

In 2020, the baby names at Spencer Hospital reflect a mix of traditional and unique, with very few duplicate names.

Of the 118 baby girls born in 2020, the names range from Adaline to ZaeLynn, with three babies named Saylor, making it the most popular girls' name for the year locally. Of the 111 baby boys born at Spencer Hospital, Christian and Theodore were tied for the most popular boy names. Other popular names given to at least two of the 2020 babies included Annie, Athena, Eden, Ella, Gracelyn, Lennyn, Olivia, Phoenix, Quinn, and Tatum for girls, and Bennett, Caleb, Jaxon, Maddox, Owen, and Waylon for boys.

However, in Spencer Hospital's nursery, it is more common to see babies with one-of-a-kind names. Some of the unique names for girls were Arlie, Cora, Gamay, Harlow, Kinsley, Luna, Rhyplee, Sunshine, Vaeda, and Zaelynn, and the boys were Brison, Calum, Cashel, Chaunncei, Da'Zarrious, Irving, Jinzen, Kyler, Olund, Romik, Tyce, and Zion. Some of the "old school" names that are making a comeback for baby names include Adaline, Beatrice, Eleanor, Rebecca, Charles, Christopher, Hank, Henry and Theodore.