First 2022 Babies Born At Morristown Medical Center, Atlantic Health Hospitals

NORTH JERSEY — It's a boy. It's a girl. It's one of the first babies of 2022!

Morristown Medical Center and several other Atlantic Health System hospitals welcomed their first births of 2022.

In Morristown, baby girl Mia Barsalona was born at 12:21 a.m. New Year's Day to parents Jessikah and Nick Barsalona. She weighed in at 4 pounds, 10 ounces.

At Overlook Medical Center in Summit, parents Ambika N Nagar and Rohit Rakhe expanded their family shortly after the ball dropped. Baby boy Rudra Rakhe joined the world at 12:02 a.m. Saturday, weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces.

The wait lasted a bit longer at Newton Medical Center, which reported no New Year's Day births. But at 9:21 p.m. Sunday, baby girl River Rose Wasberg was born to parents Linda Woelki and Matt Wasberg. She weighed 9 pounds, 14 ounces and was 21 inches long.

The title for Chilton Medical Center's first 2022 baby remains up for grabs. The Pompton Plains hasn't reported a 2022 birth as of 1 p.m. Monday, according to an Atlantic Health System spokesperson.

An estimated 371,504 babies were born on New Year's Day, including 10,312 in the United States, according to UNICEF. Fiji welcomes the first New Year's babies, while the United States welcomes the last each year.

With an average life expectancy of 82 years, many will ring in the year 2100 during their golden years.

One last fun fact: 2022's New Year's babies are the first to share George Jetson's birth year. The Jetsons' patriarch was born Aug. 22, 2022 — the show is set in 2062.

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