The 2012 baby derby seems to be won by a couple who delivered a 7-pound, 3-ounce, 18.5-inch baby girl at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. The hospital says Rania Ali was born at the stroke of midnight. Also, she is VERY ADORABLE (see picture). But Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn says 5-pound, 8-ounce Emma Sieminska was also the first baby of the New Year (and Emma's pretty cute too)! more ›

New Year's Baby Derby update: According to the Daily News, "The 7 pound 3 ounce daughter of a Brooklyn couple made her debut just as the clock ticked 2011, making her a favorite for the title of New York's First Baby of the Year." The nursing supervisor said, "As the ball dropped, the baby came out." The baby girl's father said that the tot arrived two days early, therefore she's nameless, "She's a New Year's princess. Right now we're calling her the New Year baby. We'll have to think of something non-traditional because of the special time she was born." A slight riff on George Costanza—how about Eleven (like Messier)? more ›

Pass the (chocolate) cigars: Three hospitals are boasting that their patients had the first babies of 2010. Take your pick: There's baby boy Alexander Dunets, born at Brooklyn's Wyckoff Hospital; a baby boy born at Mount Sinai in Manhattan; and baby girl Thyme Eva Rogers, born at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. more ›

Time to wait for hospitals to announce their New Year's babies! One contender for the first baby of 2009—in the U.S.— is Edgar Rafael Moreno, born just one second after midnight at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ. We eagerly await more stories about New Year's babies—and hope to see photos of Mayor Bloomberg visiting the New Yorkers while wearing a fetching sweater. UPDATE: Aha! The Daily News reports there are two newborns vying for title of NYC's first 2009 baby: Zenia Hussain (7 pounds, 13 ounces) was born at 12:10 a.m. at Flushing Hospital Center, while Grace Pak (6 pounds, 3 ounces) was reportedly born at 12:09 a.m. at the New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens. And, yes, Mayor Bloomberg will be visiting them. more ›