Overview
- New York City’s first baby of 2026 arrived at NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem exactly at 12:00 a.m., a girl born to Oumy and Amadou Niang weighing 7 lb 2.8 oz.
- Eastern Cape health officials in South Africa reported 90 births in the first 12 hours of Jan. 1, led by OR Tambo (21), Nelson Mandela Bay (18) and Buffalo City (16), and flagged concern about teenage pregnancies.
- UAE facilities reported multiple just‑after‑midnight deliveries, including a 12:00 a.m. birth at Burjeel Medical City and a closely monitored, successful delivery in Dubai after prior miscarriages and pregnancy complications.
- Ireland’s early arrivals included Millie Elizabeth Kelleher at 00:00:40 in Dublin’s National Maternity Hospital, with further first‑baby reports across Scotland and Northern Ireland shortly after midnight.
- Hospitals across U.S. regions — from Chicago and Tampa Bay to Houston, Atlanta, Cincinnati and central Pennsylvania — announced their first newborns, often sharing times, weights and small gifts or keepsakes for families.