Who Was the First Gen Beta Baby? The Reported First Births of 1 January 2025
The babies reported as the first of Generation Beta on 1 January 2025, in India, Australia and the US, with each report cited, and why nobody can say who was first.
Nobody officially records the first baby of a generation. The most widely reported "first Gen Beta baby" in India is Frankie Remruatdika Zadeng, reported born at 12:03 am on 1 January 2025 in Aizawl, Mizoram. In Australia a baby named Remi was reported born at 12.05 am in Port Macquarie, which, because of the time difference, was hours earlier. The first Gen Beta babies turn two on 1 January 2027.
Short answer: there is no official "first" baby of a generation. Nobody keeps a register of it, and every place on Earth reaches midnight at a different moment. What exists are local news reports from 1 January 2025, each naming the first birth in its own town, state or country. We list them below with where each was reported, and say plainly where they disagree.
The babies born that night start Generation Beta, which the research firm McCrindle defines as "those born between 2025 and 2039". McCrindle also named the generation before it: "We named them Alpha and Beta." On 1 January 2027 the first of them turn two.
The reported firsts
| Where | Baby, as reported | Local time on 1 January 2025 | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia | Remi | 12.05 am | News of the Area, 9 January 2025: "the first reported birth in Australia this year"; Port News, 7 January 2025: the Mid North Coast's first |
| Aizawl, Mizoram, India | Frankie Remruatdika Zadeng | 12:03 am | Boldsky, 9 January 2025, citing Akashvani (All India Radio) News Aizawl: born at Synod Hospital, Durtlang |
| Aizawl, Mizoram, India | Not named | 12:03 am and 12:35 am | The Sentinel, 3 January 2025: a 12:03 am birth at the Government Civil Hospital and a 12:35 am birth at the Presbyterian Synod Hospital |
| San Diego, California, US | Dawson | 20 seconds after midnight | NBC San Diego, 1 January 2025: one of San Diego's first babies of 2025 |
The two Indian reports do not agree on the hospital of the 12:03 am birth, so we cannot say which is right. The US report is a local first only.
Why "first" depends on the time zone
Each of these births happened just after midnight local time. New South Wales was on Australian Eastern Daylight Time in January, UTC+11, while India is on Indian Standard Time, UTC+5:30. So Remi's reported 12.05 am birth in Port Macquarie came about five and a half hours before the 12:03 am births in Aizawl.
We found no confirmed report of a named first Gen Beta baby from any place that reaches midnight before eastern Australia, so the true first birth of 2025 is unknown.
What changes when they turn two
On 1 January 2027 the oldest members of Generation Beta turn two. There is no milestone attached to the date beyond the birthday itself: the generation keeps growing until the last babies of 2039 are born. For how big it may get, see how big will Gen Beta be?, and for where its babies are being born, where Gen Beta is being born.
Two dates around that birthday:
- Chinese zodiac. The Hong Kong Observatory's calendar puts the start of the Year of the Goat on 6 February 2027. Babies born from 1 January to 5 February 2027 are still in the Year of the Horse, which began on 17 February 2026.
- Trump Accounts (US). US citizen children born from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2028 with a Social Security number can get a one-off $1,000 federal pilot contribution, but a parent must elect it with IRS Form 4547 (IRS). The first Gen Beta babies are inside that window. Check eligibility with our Trump account eligibility checker.
To see any birth year's generation, age and cohort, use the year pages.
Sources
- McCrindle. Generation Beta defined.
- News of the Area (9 January 2025), baby Remi at Port Macquarie Base Hospital; Port News (7 January 2025), Meet baby Remi, the first of Generation Beta.
- Boldsky (9 January 2025). Generation Beta is here: India's first baby of 2025.
- The Sentinel (3 January 2025). India marks New Year with birth of first Gen Beta baby in Mizoram's Aizawl.
- NBC San Diego (1 January 2025). First San Diego babies born in 2025.
- Hong Kong Observatory. Gregorian-lunar calendar tables for 2027 and 2026.
- Internal Revenue Service. Trump Accounts.
- Wikipedia. Time in Australia; Indian Standard Time.