Trace the Baby New Year tradition's roots from ancient times to today. Learn its full story and meaning right here.

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From cash to photo ops to free sausages, the first baby of the new year is often celebrated with a fun (and quirky) array of ...

As the New Year approaches, parents are seeking names symbolizing fresh starts, hope, and positivity. This trend favors short ...

Many hospitals scrap New Year baby tradition Patient safety and privacy concerns have led many hospitals and health systems — including Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems — to do away with ...

The first baby of the new year in Oakland County arrived 39 minutes after midnight Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Trinity Health Oakland Hospital in Pontiac. The baby girl, Ella Wilson, weighed 5 pounds, 9 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — While many were ringing in 2025, a special family was welcoming their first son, who was Corewell Health's New Year baby. Meet Daevon Jr.! He was born at 12:11 a.m. on New Year's ...

If you’re hoping 2026 will be a spicy year for you, make sure to slip on some red panties before heading out for any ...

As many Chicagoans saw in the new year reveling with friends, glued to their TV sets or just sleeping it off, Sophia and Joshua Sartori brought new life into the world, delivering what may be the area ...

While the rest of the world was ringing in the new year, some couples in metro Atlanta were welcoming a new addition to their family. Take a look at some of the New Year's babies born in Georgia ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (WSIL) -- A hospital in southeast Missouri welcomed to the world a New Year baby on Wednesday. Mercy Hospital Southeast stated a baby boy named Seth William Cooper was born at ...