A set of quintuplets was born Saturday at Staten Island University Hospital according to hospital spokesman Christian Preston. The newborns which include four girls, one boy are all doing well as is the mother.

Preston declined to give the family's name, however in a report to the Staten Island Advance Tony Scherillo revealed the parents are his daughter and son-in-law, Jamie and Kevin Ferrante.

"Everybody was ecstatic" on learning that the new parents were expecting five babies, said Scherillo, 67. "Nobody could believe it." The infants were all delivered within 6 minutes by Cesarean section - ranged in weight from 1 pound, 8 ounces, to about 2 pounds, 4 ounces, the newspaper said. The report goes on the say their names are Allesia Louise, Amanda Frances, Ella Lilliana, Emily Ann and Matthew Sabatino.

Because of the advancement and successful implementation of fertility treatments multiple births have been more common in recent decades, however quintuplets remain rare. According to the federal government's National Center for Health Statistics, 68 quintuplet and higher-order births were registered in 2005, compared to more than 400 quadruplets, 133,000 twins and 4.1 million births overall.

Hospitals in Houston, Phoenix and Annapolis, Md., also reported quintuplet births in 2008.

Hospital administrators revealed Saturday's quintuplet birth was a first for the Staten Island hospital.