The Water Babies may refer to:
- The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby, a novel by Charles Kingsley published in 1863
- The Water Babies (film), a 1978 live action/animated film based on the novel
- Water Babies (1935 film), a 1935 animated short film in the Silly Symphonies series
- The Water Babies, a 2003 musical based on the novel by Jason Carr and Gary Yershon, directed by Jeremy Sams
- Water Babies (album), a 1976 album by Miles Davis
- The Water Babies, a UK band who released the 2005 single "Under the Tree"
See also
- Water birth
- "Water Baby Blues", an instrumental by Merl Lindsay