👶

Baby Emoji 👶

A round-cheeked infant crawling on all fours — the baby emoji covers actual babies, but it's also become slang for being new or inexperienced at something. 'I'm a baby at this' means someone's just starting out and still figuring out the basics.

What 👶 means

The face of a baby, with a tiny hair strand curling out from the top of the head. Referred to both sexes, this emoji signifies a sense of being childish, child-like, naïve, innocent, and cute (to some extent).

Much like the journey of life, the introduction to the 'people emoji series' begins with the 👶 Baby emoji. Although not portrayed with a pacifier in the mouth here, some platforms would have it in this emoji.

This emoji is available in the designated skin tones almost across all platforms.

How and when to use it

If you're virtually wishing someone lots of love and good health on the occasion of their baby shower, use 👶 along with other sweet emojis, like hearts and kisses.
If you're trying to belittle someone or something in a sarcastic manner, like calling out the irony of someone's innocence, naivety, and maybe even their annoying voice, use 👶 (come on, a lot of people have annoying voices).
If you're the one trying to act innocent and cute (may come off as cringe too), send 👶 in that conversation (contextually, please. Its face-palm worthy otherwise).
👶 can also be used in conversation about pets. Like if your dog or cat, or any pet had babies, and you're sharing that joy with the world, you can use this emoji.
If you're sending or posting pictures of a sweet child of yours, use 👶 in such contexts.
You can also tag along the 👶 emoji while sharing some extremely cute baby pictures either on your social media stories or in DMs.

Other Names

👶 Little One
👶 Child
👶 Toddler
👶 Innocent
👶 Naïve
👶 Cute
👶 Dependent
👶 Lovable
👶 Affectionate
👶 Pure
👶 Messy

👶 in real conversations

What does 👶 mean from a girl?

Often literally a baby — a pregnancy announcement, a photo, baby-related plans in the works. It also covers being new at something: 'total 👶 at this' admits inexperience with zero shame attached.

What does 👶 mean in texting?

A literal infant, or being treated like one — coddled, babied, overly looked-after by someone else. 'Stop babying me 👶' flips it into a light complaint about being fussed over too much.

Does 👶 always mean a real baby?

No — plenty of use is about being new or inexperienced at something, not an actual child at all. 'First day, total 👶 energy' has nothing to do with parenting whatsoever.

The lowdown

Category: People & Body › person
Codepoints: U+1F476
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :baby:
Keywords: babies, baby, children, goo, infant, newborn, pregnant, young

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.