Guam Couple Welcomes Likely First American Baby of 2019

Revelers gather near the illuminated Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysées for New Year's celebrations in the French capital Paris on Dec. 31, 2018. Zakaria Abdelkafi/AFP/Getty Images

The first American baby born in 2019 was delivered in a hospital in Guam, a U.S. Pacific island territory.

The child, named Malakai, was born 19 minutes past midnight on New Year’s Day, reported the Guam Daily Post.