Baby Boy Panda

Vote for a giant panda cub name, and you could win a trip to the Smithsonian's National Zoo with an exclusive opportunity to meet the pandas.

The National Zoo in DC proudly welcomed a male giant panda cub on July 9. Born to parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, the cub is spending the first months of its life with its mother in a den inside the Fujifilm Giant Panda Habitat.

The giant panda is a critically endangered species and only 1,600 pandas remain in the wild.
To celebrate the birth, we invite you to vote for the name you would like for the cub. The name given to the cub will be the one that receives the highest number of votes.

The official name will be announced when the cub is 100 days old. Details on the cub's debut will be posted on this website.

The naming vote takes place through September 30, 2005.