Who holds the record of the heaviest newborn baby in the world? The record belongs to an American infant born in 1879. The baby boy weighed 23 pounds, 12 ounces. But he died a few hours after being born.

There are still other babies born heavy. The recent one is a 19.2-lb baby boy born from an Indonesian woman. The baby is now the heaviest/biggest newborn baby recorded in the country.


Ademilton dos Santos is the largest baby born at the Albert Sabin Maternity Hospital in north eastern Brazil, weighing 17 pounds. He was born in January 2005.

Baby Nadia Barabanova weighed in at a whopping 17.1 pounds (7.75 kg). Nadia was delivered by caesarean section in the local maternity hospital in the Altai region of Siberia on September 17, 2007.

Kacper Skulska, who is more than two feet tall, was born to Bozena Skulska, 44, in Szczecin, Poland. The baby boy weighed 15.7 lb at birth.

Lillian Elizabeth Ross was born in December 2005 at McAlester Regional Health Center in Oklahoma. She weighed 14 pounds, 3 ounces.

Stephon Hendrix Louis-Jean was born in William W. Backus Hospital, Norwich, Conn. on September 12, 2006. She was 14 pound, 13 ounces.

Just few days ago, a TV news channel reported the birth of a baby at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center in La Crosse. Chuck Berendes and his wife were surprised to know that their baby was born at exactly 9:09 on 9/9/09 and weighs 9 lbs, 9 ounces.

Are there other babies born in same-number combination?

Meet Xander Riniker, born at 8:08 a.m. on August 8, 2008 and weighs 8 pounds, 8 ounces. Xander was born at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.


Robert Purvis III came into the world at 7:01 a.m. on Saturday, July 7. He weighs 7 pounds, 7 ounces. Mom Kristi Purvis is in room 7 at St. Joseph Hospital.

Damien Cooper was born on 6/6/06. The mother Suzanne was induced for six days before Damien arrived at 6.59am, tipping the scales at a spine-chilling 6lb 6oz.

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