Most premature baby celebrates his 1st birthday with a Guinness World Record
- Nash Keen was born extremely prematurely at exactly 21 weeks on July 5, 2024, at a medical center in Iowa and defied the odds to survive.
- Doctors said the chance of survival at 21 weeks was zero based on current technology, but Nash's family and care team resolved to beat those odds.
- Nash was born weighing just 10 ounces and spent close to seven months hospitalized in the NICU, during which he underwent four surgeries and required continuous oxygen and daily medications.
- Guinness World Records named Nash the most premature baby survivor after he turned one year old on July 5, 2025, with his father calling him "such a miracle."
- Nash’s story offers hope to other families facing extreme prematurity, while doctors emphasize the NICU as a national treasure supporting such rare survivals.
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Miraculous Milestone Reached By World's Most Premature Baby * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle
The world’s most premature baby, who set a Guinness World Record being born at 21 weeks, has defied the odds and reached his 1st birthday. “Doctors initially gave Nash Keen zero chance of survival when he was born 133 days early,” Fox News stated. Keen was born on July 5th, 2024, at the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa, to mom Mollie Keen and dad Randall Keen. Guinness World Records recognized Ke…
Nash Keen was born in 21 weeks, with 285 grams. After completing the first anniversary, he won the world's premier baby title. "He's not just a memoryist, he's a crazy heart," says the mother.


Premature baby marks 1st birthday with world record
A baby born at only 21 weeks of gestation last July in Iowa City, Iowa, just celebrated his first birthday, and among his gifts was a Guinness world record for most premature baby.
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