(Photo Courtesy of AHN Wexford)

(Wexford, Pa.) AHN Wexford announced the birth of a leap year baby girl on Thursday. New parents Ashley and Sean Winser welcomed a healthy baby girl at 8:48 a.m. on February 29, 2024 at Allegheny Health Network’s Wexford Hospital. She came in at 8 lbs. 1oz & just a little over 21 inches long and is one of AHN’s first babies born this Leap Year!

The chances of being born on February 29 are one in 1,461 and it’s a birthday shared by roughly 360,000 people across the country – by comparison, about 1.6 million can say they were born on March 1. Those who are born on a Leap Year are lovingly referred to as “leaplings.”

The next leap year will be in 2028.