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.