Overview
- New York City’s first baby of 2026 arrived at Harlem Hospital at exactly 12:00 a.m., a girl weighing 7 lb 2.8 oz born to Oumy and Amadou Niang, with the family planning to announce her name after a week per their tradition.
- Eastern Cape officials in South Africa reported 90 births between midnight and noon, led by OR Tambo with 21, with figures limited to public facilities and a spokesperson noting concern over teenage pregnancies.
- UAE hospitals recorded multiple early arrivals, including a 12:00 a.m. birth at Burjeel Medical City, a 12:01 a.m. birth at Burjeel Hospital, and a closely monitored Dubai case safely delivered at 12:14 a.m. after prior miscarriages and pregnancy complications.
- Ireland reported some of the earliest arrivals, highlighted by Millie Elizabeth Kelleher at 00:00:40 at Dublin’s National Maternity Hospital, with additional first-hour births across the capital’s major maternity units.
- Hospitals across the United States shared first-baby updates throughout the day, from a midnight delivery in Houston’s Children’s Memorial Hermann to early births in Chicago, Tampa Bay, central Pennsylvania, Atlanta, and Cincinnati, with some facilities presenting keepsakes to families.