The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic led to quarantines, and many people speculated that there would be a baby boom nine months later. “Children of the Quarn”—a pun on the American supernatural folk horror film Children of the Corn (1984)—was a popular term.
 
“Children Of The Quarn” was posted on Twitter by Liam Larkin on June 22, 2011. “Children Of The Quarn” was posted on Twitter by David Biehn (and others) on March 13, 2020.
 
“I just saw on FB that the children born 9 months from now will be know as the ‘children of the quarn’ and I can’t stop giggling” was posted on Twitter by ¡Yuh! on March 26, 2020. “Children born 9 months from now should be referred to as ‘children of the quarn’” was posted on Twitter by Kourtney KPisces on March 31, 2020.
 
   
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
 
Wikipedia: Children of the Corn (1984 film)
Children of the Corn (advertised as Stephen King’s Children of the Corn) is a 1984 American supernatural folk horror film based upon Stephen King’s 1977 short story of the same name.
     
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Liam Larkin
@RaginBullLarkin
#TameHorroFilms Children Of The Quarn
7:58 AM · Jun 22, 2011·Twitter Web Client
   
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David Biehn
@scrumtrallecent
Replying to @lauren_ash
Children of the Quarn
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12:44 AM · Mar 13, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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QuaranTara
@Homegrowngirl2
Replying to @Dana_Leaman
Quick! Someone Children of the Quarn him, stat!
1:16 PM · Mar 13, 2020·Twitter for Android
   
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Lou Santini
@LouSantini
Top nicknames for people born in December due to the quarantines and needless panic:
Korona Kids
Beer Babies (my choice)
Quaran-teens
Quentin Quarantinos
Kids that Went Viral
Pan-dummies
Children of the Quarn
Covid Kids
Panic Babies
Coronials
Generation TP
6:48 PM · Mar 13, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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SheqLab
@ShechnerLab
So, have we arrived at a consensus name for the generation of babies born nine months from now?
I suggest, “Children of the Quarn.”
3:04 PM · Mar 19, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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¡Yuh!
@Yuhyuhyuh_
I just saw on FB that the children born 9 months from now will be know as the ‘children of the quarn’ and I can’t stop giggling.
10:21 PM · Mar 26, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Danny D
@Danny75560506
I will be referring to all of the children born nine months from today.
“The children of the Quarn”
2:58 PM · Mar 30, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Kourtney KPisces
@kourtney152253
Children born 9 months from now should be referred to as “children of the quarn”
11:48 AM · Mar 31, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Heat Miser
@Heat_Miser2
BREAKING: Babies born 9 months from now to be called “Children of the Quarn”.  #coronavirus #Covid_19
3:30 PM · Apr 5, 2020·Twitter for iPhone