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Meet Boston’s first baby of 2022

January 2, 2022

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It’s a particularly joyful New Year for the parents of Aria Grace, who was the first baby born in Boston in 2022.

The baby girl was born Jan. 1, 2022, at 12:05 a.m. at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, weighing in at 7 pounds 5 ounces, the hospital announced.

“Mom and baby are resting comfortably,” hospital officials said in a statement.

Brigham and Women’s also released a photo of the baby, cradled by her beaming parents, Taiana and Alexander.

At exactly 12:05 a.m. Aria Grace came into the world. She was born at the #Brigham and is the very first baby born in Boston in 2022! Pictured here with her parents, Taiana and Alexander, both Aria Grace and mom are doing well after the birth. Congratulations to the family! pic.twitter.com/XWYRC5JIi5
— Brigham and Women's Hospital (@BrighamWomens) January 1, 2022

Each New Year, Boston area hospitals — including Brigham and Women, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Tufts Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center — keep each other posted on deliveries so the city can welcome the first baby of the year.

After Aria Grace was born, a boy and then a girl were born at MGH, arriving at 1:43 a.m. and 3:02 a.m., respectively. Later, at 4:33 a.m., a boy was born at Tufts.