MercyOne reports 8,592 births, girls outnumber boys

By: QCBJ News Staff|January 9, 2026

|3 min read

MercyOne Genesis Davenport Birth Center labor and delivery team.

MercyOne Birth Centers across Iowa and Illinois welcomed 8,592 babies in 2025, with girls slightly outnumbering boys. The health system reported 4,321 girls, 4,271 boys, and 133 sets of twins born system-wide.

Locally, the MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center’s Birth Center experienced a significant “baby boom” with a 194% increase in deliveries in fiscal 2025 compared to the fiscal year 2023.

“This upward trend in births at the Silvis campus began in July 2024, when Dr. May Yazeji, of Contemporary Obstetrics & Gynecology Women’s Care Center, joined MercyOne Genesis,” said Theresa Main, the Silvis Medical Center president. “Dr. May had a vision for what was needed in women’s health care in the Illinois Quad Cities, and we shared that vision. With her offices in Moline and on our Silvis campus, Dr. May has been delivering the babies of her many patients at the Silvis Birth Center.”

The Silvis Birth Center also launched a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Inpatient Program last year, ensuring a nurse practitioner is available around the clock to care for newborns in the Level 2 Nursery. In June, Medical Arts OB/GYN physicians Dr. Justin Hinzman, Dr. Karla Van Keulen and Dr. Rhonda Freed relocated to the campus’ Larson Center.

This is a breakdown of births and popular names at MercyOne locations:

MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center

Total births: 2,652 (1,340 boys, 1,312 girls).
Twins: 60 sets.
Top boy names: Liam, Oliver, Michael.
Top girl names: Hazel, Harper, Charlotte.

MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center

Total births: 2,078 (998 boys, 1,080 girls).
Twins: 26 sets.
Top boy names: Liam, James, Henry, Beau, Oliver, Miles.
Top girl names: Eleanor, Elena, Charlotte, Emma, Eloise, Elizabeth, Amelia, Sophia