Emmerdale births: Every single baby born in the Dales from Sam Skilbeck to Evan Fletcher

There have been 37 births in Emmerdale since the show started in 1972. The most recent was Evan Fletcher and that was one year ago.

In fact there have been no births in Emmerdale at all in 2024. But will 2025 bring the pitter patter of tiny feet for anyone in the Dales?

Let’s take a look at all the births in Emmerdale on screen and also what happened to the babies.

Emmerdale births: The first babies born

1 & 2. Sam and Sally Skilbeck

Samuel William ‘Sam’ Skilbeck was the first baby to be born on Emmerdale. He arrived on April 10 1973, alongside his twin sister, Sally. Their parents were Peggy and Matt Skilbeck and his maternal grandmother was the legendary Annie Sugden. Their young life was blighted by tragedy. Peggy died of a brain hemorrhage when her twins were just three months old, and the twins own lives were cut short when they were killed on a level crossing, aged three.

3. Matthew Oswell

Four years after the first births in Emmerdale, came the arrival of baby Matthew Oswell. He made his entrance into the world on August 15 1977. During that time, Matthew’s parents Sarah and Ray Owell were lodging at Emmerdale Farm after their cottage had been destroyed in a storm. Sarah went into labour while at the farm, but made it to hospital in time to deliver Matthew.

4. Samuel Skilbeck

Samuel Benjamin ‘Sam’ Skilbeck was born on December 23 1982 to Matt Skilbeck and his second wife Dolly. He was named after Sam Pearson, the grandfather of Matt’s first wife, Peggy, and in honour of his late half-brother, Samuel who had died five years earlier. Samuel’s parents split when he was seven, and he moved away from the village with his mum in 1991.

Emmerdale births: Sugdens and Tates

5. Robert Sugden

Robert Jacob Sugden was the first Sugden to be born on the soap. His arrival on April 22 1986 temporarily reunited his estranged parents Jack and Pat Sugden. Sadly Pat died in a car crash when Robert was only four-months old. Robert was subsequently raised by Jack and his second wife, Sarah.

6. Alice Bates

Alice Rose Bates made an unexpected arrival on the day of her parents’, Nick Bates and Elsa Feldmann, wedding – February 14 1991. The Valentine’s Day nuptials had to be postponed when Elsa went into premature labour, and village vet Zoe Tate helped deliver the baby girl at Mill Cottage. Overjoyed Elsa and Nick named their newborn Alice after her great-grandmother.

7. Victoria Sugden

Victoria Anne Sugden has lived her whole life in Emmerdale village, having been born there on March 31 1994. She was the only daughter of Jack Sugden and his then-fiancée Sarah Connolly (later Sarah Sugden). Victoria made a huge impact from the start – her piercing cries actually woke her grandmother Annie Kempinski from a three month coma. The tot also gave Jack and Sarah a huge scare when she stopped breathing due a hole in her heart, but underwent surgery at two-months-old and went on to make a full recovery.

8. Joseph Tate

Joseph Mark ‘Joe’ Tate was the first of Frank Tate’s grandchildren to be born. His appearance on June 8 1995 came much earlier than planned when his mum Rachel Hughes went into labour at Home Farm while his dad Chris Tate was at a meeting. Joe was named after his mum’s stepfather Joe Sugden and her brother Mark Hughes, and his godmother was Rachel’s best friend Kathy Glover.

9. James Tate

The year after Joseph’s birth saw the very dramatic arrival of another Tate – his uncle, James Francis ‘Jamie’ Tate. James’s mum, Kim Tate had experienced a difficult pregnancy, mainly down to not knowing whether her husband Frank Tate or lover Dave Glover was her baby’s father. James was delivered via an emergency cesarean section at 9.35pm on September 24 1996, weighing at 8lb 4oz. Having been deprived of oxygen at birth, James was placed on a ventilator and his father Frank Tate, arranged for him to be christened. However, he went to make a full recovery and a DNA test later confirmed Frank was his father.

Emmerdale births numbers 10 to 20

10. Geri Cairns

Geri Cairns was only hours old when she was found on the doorstep of Emmerdale Veterinary Surgery on March 31 1997. The discovery of the abandoned baby sent shockwaves through the village and soon afterwards Geri’s mum was revealed to be 13-year-old local Emma Cairns, who’d fallen pregnant after a one-night stand with her sister Charlie’s boyfriend, Greg Cox.

11. Belle Dingle

Belle Dingle was Emmerdale’s first Christmas Day baby, making her arrival on December 25 1998. Local vet Paddy Kirk delivered Belle in the pigsty of Wishing Well Cottage after Lisa Dingle – who had no idea she was pregnant – unexpectedly went into labour. Keeping in the Dingle tradition for choosing quirky names, Lisa and dad Zak then called their little Christmas miracle Tinkerbelle Lisa Dingle, Belle for short.

12. Kirk Daggert

Kirk Daggert was Emmerdale’s first baby to be born in the 21st century and arrived on July 9 2001. Kirk’s mum Latisha Daggert was on the run from her violent boyfriend when she went into labour by the side of the road. She was found by local roofer Jason Kirk, who helped her deliver her baby son. Latisha then called her tot, Kirk in his honour. However, Latisha took Kirk to live in Portugal in December 2002.

13. Gabrielle Thomas

Gabrielle Bernice ‘Gabby’ Thomas has something in common with fellow villager Belle Dingle – they’re both Christmas Day babies. Gabby’s arrival on December 25 2001 was surrounded by controversy as her mum Bernice Blackstock had no idea if her husband Ashley Thomas or ex-lover Carlos Diaz was her baby daddy. A DNA test later proved Ashley was in fact Gabby’s father and he went on to raise his daughter when Bernice did a runner.

14. Jean Tate

Jean Tate came into the world on January 24 2003. She was the product of an affair between Zoe Tate and Scott Windsor, but the circumstances of her conception were complicated as Zoe had been in the grips of schizophrenia and had no recollection of the fling. Jean lived at Home Farm until 2005 when she emigrated with Zoe and her cousin Joe to New Zealand.

15. TJ Woods

Terry ‘TJ’ Woods Jr was born on October 19 1993 to teenage mum Dawn Hope and her partner, Terry Woods. Dawn had feared TJ would be born deaf after she’d contracted German Measles whilst pregnant, but thankfully the tot had full hearing. Terry vetoed Dawn’s choice to name their son Harrison, and they settled on Terry Junior – TJ for short. Sadly little TJ lost both his parents when he was very young, and the orphaned lad went to live in Morocco with his grandmother Jean Hope.

16. Noah Tate

Noah Christopher Tate arrived via an emergency c-section on March 1 2004. At the time of his birth, Noah’s mother Charity Dingle was serving time in prison for the murder of his father, Chris Tate. Born three months prematurely and weighing in at two pounds two ounces, Noah was given a 50 per cent chance of survival, but thankfully pulled through.

17. Sarah Sugden

Sarah Sugden was born in the less than comfortable setting of Seth Armstrong’s hide on June 6 2005. Just minutes after being delivered by her mum, Debbie Dingle, Sarah turned blue and became unresponsive. She was saved by Emily Kirk, who got her breathing again and also helped Debbie break the news of Sarah’s arrival to the rest of the Dingles. Sarah was named after father Andy Sugden’s late mother, Sarah.

18. Samson Dingle

Samson John Dingle’s birth on January 12 2006 was overshadowed by great sadness. His mother, Alice Dingle, had been diagnosed with cancer during her pregnancy, but had refused to undergo chemotherapy fearing it would harm her unborn child. After Samson’s arrival, Alice started treatment but passed away six months later, leaving her son in the care of his father, Sam Dingle.

19 & 20. Cathy and Heath Hope

Catherine ‘Cathy’ Hope was the first of Viv and Bob Hope’s twins to arrive on February 9 2007. Her brother, Heathcliffe ‘Heath’ Hope arrived soon afterwards. They were born in a shed the middle of the wild Yorkshire moors and delivered by dad, Bob, and also local vet Paddy Kirk. Taking inspiration from Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel Wuthering Heights, Viv and Bob named their children after the main characters. Cathy continues to live in Emmerdale with her dad, but Heath tragically died last New Year’s Eve in a car accident.

Emmerdale births numbers 21-30

21. Arthur Thomas

Arthur Thomas (nee Doland) was born on August 26 2007, and is the biological son of vicar Ashley Thomas and his wife Laurel Thomas. However, an accidental baby swap at the hospital led to Arthur being given to another couple – Melanie and Greg Doland. A DNA test in May 2008 confirmed there had been a mix up and Arthur was returned to Laurel and Ashley.

22. Daniel Thomas

Daniel Thomas was the son of Melanie and Greg Doland and the baby swapped with Arthur Thomas. He too was born on August 26 2007 and returned to the village to live with Laurel and Ashley, while Arthur went home with Melanie and Greg. Tragedy struck on February 21 2008 when Daniel was found dead in his bed. Doctors discovered his blood type was not compatible with Laurel’s, which started the ball rolling on discovering the truth about Daniel’s true identity.

23. Harry Hyde

Harry Hyde was Emmerdale’s first surrogate baby and is the biological son of former couple Grayson Sinclair and Perdita Hyde-Sinclair. He was born to surrogate mum Katie Sugden on July 22 2008. She gave birth to Harry in the back of Matthew King’s car at the roadside, and he and Perdita acted as midwives helping bring the tot into the world. Perdita, who’d split from Grayson by this point, named the child Harry after her late brother and fled the village with him.

24. Angelica King

Angelica Mary ‘Angel’ King is the daughter of Nicola and Jimmy King. She was born prematurely on August 6 2009 and spent the first 24 hours of her life in the special baby unit. Angel also had a near-death experience at just days old when she was kidnapped by her aunt Lexi King and taken up to the roof of the hospital.

25. Emmerdale births: Leo Goskirk

Leo Goskirk is the son of Rhona Goskirk and Marlon Dingle and was born on May 30 2011. Rhona went into labour after being caught up in the middle of a fight between Adam Barton and Aaron Dingle and accidentally pushed to the ground. She later gave birth to Leo in hospital with Marlon by her side.

26. Kyle Winchester

Kyle Winchester (ne Wyatt) was the result of a one-night stand between teenager Amy Wyatt and local bad boy Cain Dingle. Amy concealed the pregnancy from her friends and family and gave birth to Kyle on December 1 2011 in the village cemetery. Amy believed her baby had died during birth and left him inside a phone box, where he was discovered by neighbour Hazel Rhodes and taken to hospital. He was given the name Kyle by Amy’s foster parents Eric and Val Pollard.

27. Jack Sugden Jr

Jack Sugden Jr was conceived as a saviour sibling for his sister Sarah, who was diagnosed with rare blood disease Fanconi Anaemia and needed a bone marrow transplant. He’s the son of Debbie Dingle and Andy Sugden. Jack was born on October 17 2012 and was a match for Sarah. At only days old he therefore underwent surgery which successfully harvested cells from his bone marrow and transplanted them to Sarah.

28. Molly Sharma

Molly Sharma was born on October 17 2012 to parents Gennie Walker and Nikhil Sharma. Gennie hadn’t discovered she was expecting until she was 18 weeks pregnant, but had initially put off telling Nikhil as she feared he didn’t want children. Nikhil helped deliver his daughter when Gennie went into labour and was forced to give birth at The Grange B&B.

29. Archie Breckle

Archie Breckle’s mum Rachel fell pregnant with him after a one-night stand with her married boss Jai Sharma. Not wanting his wife Charity Dingle to discover the truth, Jai coerced Rachel into keeping schtum. Baby Archie arrived three months early on December 13 2012 but spent the first few weeks of his life in NICU. He came home in January 2013 and Jai’s dirty secret was soon exposed.

30. Amba Metcalfe

Amba Metcalfe is the daughter of exes Priya Kotecha and David Metcalfe. She was the 30th babe to be born in Emmerdale and the second in the backseat of a car. Priya went into labour in David’s shop on May 16 2014. She was driven to hospital by Alicia Metcalfe and Leyla Harding, but the car broke down enroute. With no phone signal to ring for help, Priya was forced to give birth in the vehicle with Alicia and Leyla acting as her midwives.

Emmerdale births numbers 31-40

31. Carl Holliday

Carl Holliday is the surprise son of Jimmy King and Juliette Holliday. He was conceived after a mix-up at the fertility clinic meant Juliette was impregnated by Jimmy’s sperm and not that of her chosen donor. On October 7 2014, Juliette visited Jimmy in the village and ended up going into labour at Mill Cottage. Her baby, who she later named Carl (unaware that it was the name of Jimmy’s late brother Carl) was delivered by Jimmy’s wife, Nicola.

32. Moses Dingle

Moses Dingle’s parents are Charity Dingle and her former fling Ross Barton. He was born on 11 June 2015 whilst Charity was serving a prison sentence for perverting the course of justice. Charity hadn’t told anyone she was pregnant before giving birth, so Moses’ arrival came as a huge shock to everyone. He came back to live in the village and was cared for by sister Debbie Dingle until Charity was released.

33. Johnny Woodfield

Johnny Woodfield arrived on September 11 2015 at Hotten General Hospital. He is the son of Vanessa Woodfield and her then-boyfriend Kirin Kotecha. However, for the first few months of Johnny’s life Vanessa believed Adam Barton was her son’s father after Kirin’s own dad Rakesh Kotecha had doctored the results of a DNA test.

34. Eliza Macey

Eliza Macey is the daughter of Megan Macey and her estranged husband Jai Sharma. She was born in the local hospital on March 3 2016 after Megan went into labour in the woods. Eliza was deprived of oxygen at birth and as a result was diagnosed with bilateral spastic diplegia, a mild form of cerebral palsy.

35. Dotty Thomas

Dotty Thomas is the daughter of the late Reverend Ashley Thomas and his wife Laurel. On September 2 2016 Laurel’s waters broke. She went into hospital to be observed, but was told she wasn’t in labour and sent home. Back at Mulberry Cottage things progressed rapidly and Dotty was delivered on the cream sofa by her proud dad.

36. Isaac Dingle

Isaac Dingle was born unexpectedly on October 2 2017 after Moira Dingle went into labour without even realising she was pregnant. He was delivered by Moira’s unhinged sister-in-law Emma Barton at Butlers Farm before she snatched him. Isaac was eventually found in the village church and returned to his mum in hospital. A subsequent DNA test proved his father was Moira’s estranged husband, Cain.

37. Sebastian White

Sebastian was conceived after a one-night stand between Rebecca White and her former brother-in-law Robert Sugden. Robert tried to pressure Rebecca into having a termination, but she refused and continued with the pregnancy. Little Sebastian was born on November 9 2019 after Rebecca went into labour on the side of a road.

38. Emmerdale births: Ryan Stocks – a flashback

In a first for Emmerdale, the soap aired the birth of a character in a flashback episode. Viewers were taken back to New Year’s Eve 1990 when 14-year-old Charity Dingle gave birth to her son, Ryan, whose father was police officer and Charity’s abuser Mark Bails. It was revealed that Charity believed Ryan had died during birth and fled the hospital, unaware that he was saved by the doctors. Ryan was later adopted by Irene Stocks, the midwife who had delivered him.

39. Grace Dingle

Grace ‘Gracie’ Dingle was the late daughter of Chas Dingle and Paddy Kirk. She was born on October 1 2018, but lived for only 29 minutes. Chas and Paddy had sadly been informed that Grace was incompatible with life after a scan revealed she had Bilateral Renal Agenesis, a condition where the kidneys and bladder fail to develop.

40. Eve Dingle

Chas and Paddy’s rainbow baby, Eve Theodora Dingle, arrived on October 23 2019 in the rather unsavory setting of The Woolpack men’s toilets. Chas and her cousin Marlon Dingle found themselves trapped in the toilets and then the door handle broke off. With no way in or out, Marlon was forced to roll up his sleeves and help deliver Eve into the world. Thankfully Paddy made it just in time to see his daughter being born.

Emmerdale births numbers 41-46

41. Harry Sugden

Victoria Sugden welcomed 2020 with the arrival of her baby boy, Harry John Sugden on January 1. The circumstances surrounding Harry’s conception were unhappy after Victoria was raped by Lee Posner, a man she’d met on a night out. Despite fearing she wouldn’t bond with her baby, it was love at first sight for Victoria.

42. Frankie Robinson

Frankie Robinson is the daughter of Tracy and Nate Robinson. She was born in Hotten General Hospital on February 25 2021 and named in honour of Tracy’s late father, Frank Clayton, who had died 18 months before she was born.

43. Thomas Tate

Thomas Tate was the result of a night of passion between Gabby Thomas and heir to Home Farm, Jamie Tate. But when Jamie didn’t want to know, pregnant Gabby was taken in by his mum, Kim Tate, who then plotted to gain custody of her grandchild. Gabby ended up giving birth to Thomas in the living room of Home Farm on October 28 2021. Gabby and Kim eventually came to an agreement about Thomas’s future after Gabby followed Kim’s request to give him the surname Tate.

44. Esther Spencer

Esther Alison Spencer was conceived after 15-year-old friends Amelia Spencer and Samson Dingle hooked up at a house party. Her arrival was certainly nothing short of dramatic. Amelia went into labour while sheltering in a barn from a ferocious storm. The teen gave birth to her daughter on October 7 2022, with Charity Dingle, Noah Dingle and Kerry Wyatt by her side. She called the tot Esther, which means Star.

45. Reuben Harris

Reuben Boyd Harris is the son of Chloe Harris and her former lover, Mackenzie Boyd. The pair shared a night of passion together while Mack was on a break from his then-fiancée, Charity Dingle. Chloe gave birth on April 20 2023 with sister Amy Wyatt by her side. At the time Reuben entered the world, Mack was exchanging wedding vows with Charity, who was oblivious to his betrayal. Mack no longer sees his son, but has been talking about him a lot recently.

46. Ivy Malcolms

Ivy Malcolms is the biological daughter of Rhona Goskirk and her first husband, Gus Malcolms. Her journey to earth started at some point in the mid-2000s when Rhona and Gus underwent IVF treatment and therefore had their embryos frozen. Years later, Gus and his second wife Lucy then used one of the embryos to conceive a child, forging Rhona’s signature to do so. Lucy delivered a baby girl, called Ivy, on November 16 2023, but died during childbirth.

The latest of the Emmerdale births

47. Evan Fletcher

Evan Fletcher is Emmerdale’s newest addition and the son of Dawn and Billy Fletcher. He arrived on December 21 2023, four days past his due date, via a water birth at Home Farm. Proud father Billy was holding Dawn’s hand throughout the delivery. The couple then chose to call their new born son Evan in tribute to Billy’s late father. Evan has had a rough ride in his first year of life, however, when he was diagnosed with leukaemia

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