Baby emoji meaning

The baby emoji shows a very young child, often designed with features like a small tuft of hair on their head. In some versions, the baby may also appear with a tiny tooth or a pacifier. It is used to represent newborns and infants and is commonly associated with topics like babies, parenting, and early childhood. People often use this emoji when sharing news about a birth, discussing the joys and challenges of raising a child, or symbolizing innocence and fresh starts in life. It is a simple and relatable way to talk about life’s early stages.

The baby emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026