baby hair

noun

plural baby hairs

: short fine hair that grows along a person's hairline

Many women of color with natural hair and coarser coils use a styling gel pomade to slick down their unruly baby hairs since that hair is usually a softer texture and shorter than the rest.

—Maya Allen

Her long brunette locks had been pulled back in a sleek high ponytail, with a few baby hairs coming loose near her temples.

—Ava Bennet

… using toothbrushes or oversize boar bristle brushes for styling baby hair.

—Tembe Denton-Hurst

Examples of baby hair in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Long hours turning my body around, sweating, wispy baby hairs soaked to my forehead, damp of my shirt stuck flat onto my slick back. —C. Mallon, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025

As someone with a middle hair part and tons of unruly baby hairs, the fine-tooth rat tail comb has become my best friend. —Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 12 June 2025

For anyone who styles their edges or prefers to have their baby hair perfectly laid, the large spandex band around this bonnet keeps everything in place. —Jamie Wilson, Glamour, 30 May 2025

Glossy lips, slick baby hairs, and a killer outfit? —Larry Stansbury, Essence, 21 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby hair

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