How Many Kids Does Shay Mitchell Have? Family in 2026

The Short Answer: Two Daughters

Shay Mitchell has two children: both daughters, with her longtime partner Matte Babel. Her eldest, Atlas Noa, was born on October 20, 2019 and turns 7 ten days after this article’s publication. Her youngest, Rome, was born in May 2022 and is 4 years old as of October 2026.

The road to two was not simple. Mitchell revealed on January 1, 2019 that she had suffered a miscarriage in 2018, the year before Atlas was born. She then kept her second pregnancy largely private until a February 2022 Instagram announcement — and gave birth to Rome around the same time she was grieving the loss of her grandmother, for whom Rome is named.

Below is the full verified picture: Atlas’s birth and name story, Rome’s arrival and the emotional naming tribute, the dad behind both girls, Mitchell’s own words on motherhood, and what the family looks like in October 2026 — including the kids’ skincare brand Mitchell launched this year with her daughters as the inspiration.

Atlas Noa: Her 6-Year-Old Daughter

Mitchell became a mother for the first time in October 2019, when she welcomed Atlas Noa with Babel. She announced the birth on Instagram on October 20, 2019, sharing a photo of the newborn clutching her hand with the caption “Never letting go.” The full name, Atlas Noa, was revealed weeks later in a sit-down interview with Vogue, where Mitchell explained that the name came from a friend who had been listing off names for her own daughter a year and a half earlier. “She said Atlas and I looked at Matte, and he looked at me,” Mitchell recalled, adding that “from that day, we knew it was going to be Atlas.”

Atlas arrived after a hard year. On January 1, 2019, Mitchell had shared that she suffered a miscarriage in 2018, and the Atlas pregnancy — announced in June 2019 — was her comeback to hope. The early weeks were not without friction: Mitchell said she was mom-shamed for attending a birthday party just weeks after giving birth, an episode she pushed back on in the same Vogue interview, saying she would “do exactly what I feel is right for my family.”

Seven years on, Atlas is the big sister of the family. In a June 2024 appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, Mitchell described then-4-year-old Atlas as “obsessed” with her baby sister Rome — the two were, in her words, still in the “just all sweetness” phase, not yet at the fighting stage. Mitchell also joked she was in no hurry to rewatch Pretty Little Liars with her daughters, noting her famously thin eyebrows from filming the early seasons.

Atlas turns 7 on October 20, 2026 — ten days after this article’s publication — making her the elder stateswoman of a household that Mitchell has described as equal parts chaos and joy.

Rome: The 4-Year-Old Named for Grandma

Mitchell’s second daughter, Rome, was born in May 2022. The pregnancy announcement came on February 7, 2022 via Instagram, just one week after Mitchell shared that her grandmother had passed away. In her announcement post, she called it “the most challenging season” of her life — “Saying goodbye to a loved one while simultaneously experiencing the joy of welcoming another into this world is the great cycle of life.”

The name carries the whole story. Rome was named after Mitchell’s beloved grandmother, Romaine, “her best friend, her soulmate, her ‘person’,” in Mitchell’s words. When she confirmed the birth in June 2022 — telling E! News, “I recently just had my second child” — she revealed the name on Instagram with a photo of the newborn resting on her chest and a gold necklace reading “Rome.” Her caption read: “Losing the most important person in my life in the same year I welcomed my second daughter has shifted everything for me, but one thing remains steady in my soul — I’m certain they spent time together and that brings me peace and joy.”

Rome is 4 years old in October 2026. Friends of the family — including former Pretty Little Liars co-stars — have described the sisters’ bond as unusually tight. Mitchell told Extra TV in late 2022 that watching Atlas dote on her baby sister was “amazing,” a dynamic that, by all accounts, has only deepened as the girls have grown.

The Dad: Matte Babel

Matte Babel, a Canadian television host and producer, has been Mitchell’s partner since 2017 — and the father of both her daughters. Now in their ninth year together, the couple has never confirmed a marriage, and as of October 2026 there is no reliable public record of a wedding. What there is, instead, is a long-running partnership that has produced two kids, a travel empire, and a kids’ skincare brand.

Babel keeps a lower profile than Mitchell, but he has been present at every family milestone the couple has shared publicly. In the June 2022 E! News interview confirming Rome’s birth, Mitchell called the 41-year-old a “great” dad and said their shared morals were a major component of their parenting. The couple’s Instagram-era co-parenting has been notably united: from Atlas’s tea parties to Rome’s name tribute, Babel appears in the family’s key photos and videos.

In 2026, Babel stepped into a business role alongside his partner. He co-founded Rini, the kids’ skincare line Mitchell launched with co-founder Esther Song, after the two mothers realized the gentle products they wanted for their kids “simply did not exist.” The line — hydrating masks and sheet masks designed with pediatric chemists — was directly inspired by daughters Atlas, then 6, and Rome, then 3, including one memorable afternoon when face paint from a dance camp refused to come off. It is the clearest sign yet that the Mitchell-Babel family unit now operates as a team on and off camera.

Mitchell on Motherhood

Mitchell has been unusually candid about what two kids changed. Speaking to People (via Yardbarker), she said of motherhood: “I’m having the best time ever,” adding that her daughters are “teaching me a lot of things that I didn’t know about myself.” She confessed she was surprised by how much the second child transformed her life: “People used to tell me going from zero to one was nothing compared to going from one to two, and that could not be truer. Now I look back and I’m like, how did having one kid seem difficult for me?”

She has also been honest about the business of it. In a February 2026 New York Post interview, Mitchell detailed how motherhood rewired the way she runs BÉIS, the travel accessories brand she founded in 2018. The company — which has since expanded into diaper bags Mitchell has personally gifted to expectant friends, including former co-star Ashley Benson — is now run with what she described as a mother’s lens: anticipating what parents actually need rather than what looks good on a shelf.

On family size, she has been equally direct. Asked whether a third child is on the cards, she told People: “I think two is good for right now.” For a household that includes two young daughters, two businesses, and a skincare line inspired by face paint disasters, “right now” sounds like plenty.

The Family in October 2026

As of October 10, 2026, the Mitchell-Babel household is a family of four: a 6-year-old about to turn 7, a 4-year-old, and two parents running a small empire. Atlas’s 7th birthday falls on October 20, 2026 — a milestone the family will presumably mark the way they mark everything, with Mitchell’s warm, funny social media posts.

The year’s defining family project was Rini, the kids’ skincare line Mitchell co-founded with Esther Song and Matte Babel. Launched after Mitchell told Elle the idea “came from real parenting moments,” the brand turned the family’s everyday life — dance camps, face paint, bath time — into a business, with Atlas and Rome as the unofficial product testers. It joins BÉIS as the second Mitchell-founded brand shaped directly by motherhood.

The couple’s support network has also stayed close. Former Pretty Little Liars co-star Troian Bellisario, herself a mother of two, has been a sounding board for Mitchell’s parenting questions, while Ashley Benson — who welcomed daughter Aspen in 2024 — received a BÉIS diaper bag from Mitchell. Nine years in, the Mitchell-Babel partnership remains what it has been since 2017: private where it counts, public where it’s joyful, and centered on two daughters who, in their mother’s words, are the best time ever.

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