Celebrity Babies Born in 2023

Country star Drake White can officially call himself a dad. He and his wife, Alex, welcomed their son William Hawk White on Jan 20. The couple told PEOPLE that they plan to call the little one by his middle name.

"William is Drake and his Dad's first name, and we saw hawks almost daily throughout the entire pregnancy and IVF process. A hawk sighting symbolizes you're going in the right direction," the new parents explained to PEOPLE. "We took it as a sign from God and knew we'd use the name Hawk if we had a boy."

Hawk's arrival is a long-awaited one for the couple, who have endured a six-year-long journey to parenthood filled with fertility struggles among other health issues on both sides.

"We've been through so much, from my having a stroke on stage to Alex being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and having an autoimmune disorder," Drake told PEOPLE of their experience in September 2022. "And then this was just something else that tested our faith and tested our strength."

Now that their little bundle of joy has finally arrived, they are soaking up every minute with him. "We are over the moon excited to have our baby earth side with us. It is truly life's biggest blessing and such a holy moment in our lives."