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Hospitals Name First Babies of 2026 Across Mexico, Spain and Argentina

Official announcements fixed birth times to the second to showcase care protocols, leaving Argentina's national 'first' unresolved.

Overview

  • Sofía Isabela was confirmed by Mexico’s IMSS as the country’s first baby of 2026 at 00:00:01 in Tlalnepantla, with the birth live-streamed and immediate skin-to-skin contact documented under the AMIIMSS model.
  • Spain reported several newborns stamped at 00:00 in different regions, including Elena in Barbastro (Aragón), Coral in Ourense (Galicia), and Erik and María in Castilla-La Mancha.
  • The Andalusian health department named Cloe as the region’s first birth at 00:01 in Huelva, while Catalonia’s health authority reported Ander at 00:38 in Sabadell as its first baby of the year.
  • Valencian public hospitals recorded their first birth at 00:06 with Eleanor Sofía in Castellón, and Extremadura’s SES identified Jandrel Xavier as its first newborn at 00:40 in Cáceres.
  • Argentina logged simultaneous 00:00 births for Juana Delfina in Mendoza and Mia in San Luis, with Tucumán reporting Helena at 00:02 and Noah at 00:08, leaving the nation’s single earliest birth indeterminate.