New Year babies: Meet the first Philadelphia-area babies born in 2025
PHILADELPHIA - Happy New Year and happiest birthday to the bundles of joy who made their grand entrance into the world on January 1!
Several families welcomed the first babies of 2025 in hospitals across the Philadelphia area:
New Year babies
Temple Health
Temple University Hospital: Adin Jimenez (boy) born at 8:14 a.m. to his mother, Chrystal Rivera.
Penn Medicine
Penn Hospital: Callum Patrick Mahoney (boy) born at 12:27 a.m. at 7 pounds, 6 ounces to parents, Jenna and Ryan Mahoney.
Jefferson Health
Jefferson Washington Township Hospital: Evelyn Diane Eisenhard (girl) born at 5:13 a.m. at 7 pounds, 15 ounces to parents, Crystal and Matthew Eisenhard.
"Mom Crystal says she’ll always remember seeing fireworks from her hospital room before her labor began! Evelyn is Gloucester County’s first baby of the New Year."
Main Line Health
- Paoli Hospital: Beckham Ford Latarola (boy) born at 12:21 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 10 ounces, to parents Logan and David.
- Riddle Hospital: Grace Ann Castagna (girl) born at 12:42 a.m. at 6 pounds, 6 ounces, and 19.5 inches
- Lankenau Medical Center: Dylan Avery Bucknor-Stark (girl) born at 12:49 a.m.
- Bryn Mawr Hospital: Quinn Krout (girl) born at 12:57 a.m., weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces, to parents Kaitlin Bass and Kurt Krout.
"Main Line Health got off to a fast start in 2025, with babies born in the first hour of the year at all four of our hospitals — a rare occurrence!"
St. Luke’s University Health Network
Anderson Campus: Owen Eugene Brewer (boy) born at midnight at 6 pounds, 3 ounces, and 18 inches to parents, Nadia and Ethan Brewer.
Virtua
- Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes: Angie Bautista Ramirez (girl) born at 4:26 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces, to mom Yesica Bautista Ramirez.
- Virtua Mount Holly: Ma’Kai Torres (boy) born at 1:45 p.m., weighing 5 pounds, 12 ounces, to mom Breyana Williams.
- Virtua Voorhees: Analy Ester Rivera (girl) born at 12:01 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, to parents Sol and Gabriel Rivera. Analy has two big sisters, Victoria and Nayomi.
Redeemer Health
Holy Redeemer Hospital: Harmony Eberlynn Alexander (girl) born at 1:17 p.m., weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces to parents Cricita and James.
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg: Nola Monica (girl) born at 12:05 a.m., weighing 6 pounds, 11.4 ounces to parents Christopher and Kloe Smith. Her name was chosen because her parents liked the uniqueness and Nola’s middle name, Monica, is a celebration of her paternal grandmother.