Cookeville Regional Medical Center rang in the New Year with its first birth of 2018 at 6:53 p.m. Monday.
Dayon Larkins was born weighing 5 pounds 13 ounces and 18 inches long.
Hospital officials said during 2017, CRMC’s birthing center saw a total of 1, 554 births, 762 boys and 792 girls.
The largest baby girl born at CRMC during 2017 was 11 pounds 14 ounces. The largest baby boy was born 10 pounds 19 ounces.
16 sets of twins were born at CRMC during 2017.