Online Baby Pool: The Baby Shower Game Everyone Can Join
An online baby pool is a guessing game where friends and family guess your baby's birth date, weight, sex and name on their own phone. You share one link, everyone guesses before the birth, and afterwards every guess is scored automatically so you see who knew your baby best.
How does an online baby pool work?
- Create the pool. On MyBabyPool it takes about a minute: add the due date, a deadline for guesses and pick what people can guess.
- Share one link. Send it to the family group chat, email it, or download a QR code to print for the baby shower.
- Everyone guesses. Guests open the link and fill in their predictions with just a name and an email address. No account and no app needed.
- Reveal after the birth. You enter the real details, every guess is scored and the leaderboard shows the winner.
What can people guess?
Eight categories, and you switch on the ones you like: birth date, birth time, sex, weight, length, hair color, eye color and the full name. Close guesses still score points on a sliding scale, so being one day off beats being a week off. The name is worth the most, because it is the hardest to get right. See the baby pool rules for the full points table.
Online or on paper?
A paper chart at the shower is a classic, and our free baby pool template works fine for a small group. An online baby pool wins when:
- family and friends live far away and can't be at the shower
- you don't want to work out forty scores with a calculator after the birth
- people should keep guessing until the deadline, not only during the party
- your guests speak different languages: MyBabyPool runs in eight
Frequently asked questions about the online baby pool
Is an online baby pool free?
Yes, on MyBabyPool you can create a pool and anyone can join and guess for free. The first five guesses are visible to everyone. An optional one-time Plus upgrade per pool shows every guess, emails everyone the results and adds a keepsake booklet.
Do guests need an account or an app?
No. Guests open your link in any browser and guess with a name and an email address. Only the parents who create the pool have an account.
How do I use an online baby pool at a baby shower?
Put the QR code on a card next to the cake, or share the link in the group chat at the start of the party. Guests guess on their phones in a minute, and relatives who could not come join from home on the same link.
Who wins the online baby pool?
The guest with the most points. After the birth you enter the real details, and every guess is scored per category: the closer, the more points. Equal scores share a place.
Can people guess until the baby is born?
You decide. You set a deadline for guesses when you create the pool, so nobody can wait for the first contractions and then guess the date.
An online baby pool turns the wait into something everyone shares, wherever they live. Set yours up in about a minute and let the guessing begin.
Want to dive deeper?
- Baby Pool Game — The online baby pool where friends and family guess your baby's details and a live leaderboard crowns the winner.
- What Is a Baby Pool? — The complete guide: what a baby pool is, how it works, and how to set one up step by step.