Which child was Beyoncé’s firstborn?

Beyoncé’s firstborn child is Blue Ivy Carter.

Blue Ivy was born on January 7, 2012, in New York City, to Beyoncé and Jay-Z. She is the couple’s eldest child and was followed by twins Rumi and Sir, who were born in 2017.

Blue Ivy’s name became familiar to the public immediately because her parents referenced her birth in music and shared selected family moments. She also received an early songwriting credit for “Brown Skin Girl,” a song associated with Beyoncé’s 2019 album The Lion King: The Gift.

Readers sometimes confuse Blue Ivy’s birth order with the twins’ arrival. Blue Ivy is the older sibling by five years. Rumi and Sir are twins, but they are not Beyoncé’s first children.