coronababy

English

Alternative forms

• corona baby

Etymology

Compound of corona +‎ baby.

Noun

coronababy (plural coronababies)

1. (neologism) A baby conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic.
   • 2020 March 23, Petula Dvorak, “Will coronavirus intimacy lead to a baby boom? Or a divorce tsunami?”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 March 2020:

     We love talking about blackout babies, snowstorm sex and hurricane birth booms. Furlough fertility was a big discussion among federal workers in D.C. during government shutdowns. But I'm not convinced coronababies are going to be headlines come December.

   • 2020 July 25, Sian Cain, “Why a generation is choosing to be child-free”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-08:

     Coronavirus isn't likely to give us coronababies – but a pandemic isn't the reason that having children has shifted from an inevitability to a choice, and now, a moral question. A long time ago, "Do we have children?" became "Should we?"

   • 2020 September 3, Stav Dimitropoulos}, “Will pandemic 'coronababies' live with long-term trauma?”, in National Geographic‎^[3], Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Partners, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-02-27:

     Understanding whether the pandemic will influence coronababies will take time, but for now, parents can do things to minimize the effects.

   • 2021 April 2, Colin Brazier, “Britain's Covid baby bust is bleak news”, in The Spectator‎^[4], London: Press Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 March 2024:

     Truly, births need a push. Predictions of a boom in coronababies were way, way off. Britain, in common with many other developed nations, is experiencing a sharp new slump in fertility, the full extent of which remains unclear. If our neighbours are anything to go by, we are in for an epidemic of empty cradles.

Usage notes

• The term is uncommon, and has seen relatively little use since 2021.