Overview
- Mount Sinai identified Brandon Alexander Whittington as its first 2026 baby, born at 12:06:41 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces to parents Shaniqua Jones and Brandon Antwon Whittington.
- The Chicago Tribune reported Brandon is believed to be the first baby born in the city in 2026, arriving minutes after the downtown New Year’s countdown.
- Advocate Christ Medical Center said its first 2026 arrival was Winona LaCount at 12:50 a.m., weighing 10 pounds, 6 ounces, born to Olivia Gorney and Ryan LaCount of Chicago.
- At the same hospital, the first baby boy of the year, Noah Robert Garcia, was born at 3:43 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces to parents Gino Garcia and Samantha Scuito of Joliet.
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook reported its first 2026 birth at 1:46 a.m.: Matthew Mindru, 6 pounds, 13 ounces, to Ana and Serghei Mindru of Yorkville.