Derek Hough is a dad!

The “Dancing With the Stars” judge and his wife, Hayley Erbert, have welcomed their first child, a baby girl.

“December 29, 2025,” the couple captioned a black-and-white Instagram photo of the infant’s feet on Monday. “Everley Capri Hough .”

Hayley Erbert and Derek Hough, pictured above in September 2025, have welcomed their first child. hayley.ebert/Instagram

Daughter Everly was born on Dec. 29, the couple wrote via Instagram Monday. derekhough/Instagram
The dancers continued, “Every step of our lives has led us to you. Our hearts have been cracked wide open and our world is forever changed.”

The duo’s colleagues gushed over the newborn in congratulatory comments.

“CONGRATS  so so happy for you two!!!” Lindsay Arnold wrote, with Witney Carson adding, “AHHHHH!!!!!”

“Every step of our lives has led us to you,” the duo, pictured above in December 2025, captioned the infant’s Instagram debut. derekhough/Instagram

“Our hearts have been cracked wide open and our world is forever changed,” the pair, pictured above in December 2025, continued. hayley.ebert/Instagram

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Erbert, 31, debuted her baby bump over the summer.

“We can’t believe the biggest thing to happen to us could be so small ♥️,” the pair wrote alongside July 2025 maternity shoot footage.

Their pregnancy news came nearly two years after Erbert and Hough, 40, walked down the aisle.

Erbert, pictured above in October 2025, revealed her pregnancy news over the summer. FilmMagic

She and Hough, pictured above in May 2023, started dating in 2015 and got engaged seven years later. Getty Images for National Alliance on Mental Illness Westside Los Angeles
The couple wed in Carmel, Calif., in August 2023.

Four months later, Erbert was hospitalized over a cranial hematoma and underwent emergency brain surgery.

The “DWTS” troupe dancer celebrated the second anniversary of her health scare via Instagram in December 2025, reflecting on the “miracle” of “creating life” two years after “fighting for [her] life.”

The couple, pictured above in June 2025, walked down the aisle in August 2023. Variety via Getty Images

Erbert, pictured above in June 2022, underwent emergency brain surgery later that same year. GC Images
“I’m truly grateful for it all, and so incredibly proud of myself and my body for everything it has endured,” Erbert wrote.

She and Hough met in 2014 when Erbert was hired for her now-husband’s “Move Live Tour” with sister Julianne Hough.

They started dating the following year, and Derek popped the question in 2022.