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Basque Country Names First Newborns of 2026

Local bakers mark the arrivals with a yearlong bread award for the first boy and girl.

Overview

  • The earliest birth in Euskadi was Ailany, delivered at 00:29 at Bilbao’s Basurto Hospital and weighing 2.55 kilograms.
  • The first baby in Gipuzkoa was Libe, born at 02:43 at Mendaro Hospital.
  • Álava’s first newborn was Ainhoa, born at 03:17 at Txagorritxu Hospital in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
  • This year’s first Alavés arrival came earlier than in 2025, when Oihan was born at 16:41.
  • The Asociación de Panaderías de Álava will give a free loaf each day for 364 days to the first boy and girl of 2026 and will deliver roscones to pediatric patients at HUA on January 5.