Height Chart for 22-Month-Old Boys

The WHO median length for 22-month-old boys is 86.0 cm (2 ft 9.9 in), measured lying down. The 3rd percentile is 80.5 cm and the 97th is 91.6 cm.

WHO recumbent length percentiles for 22-month-old boys. Source: WHO Child Growth Standards (2006): boys length-for-age, birth to 2 years, file who_boys_months.xlsx, row Month=22 (dataset page).
PercentileMetricFeet-inches
3rd80.5 cm2 ft 7.7 in
5th81.2 cm2 ft 8.0 in
10th82.3 cm2 ft 8.4 in
25th84.1 cm2 ft 9.1 in
50th86.0 cm2 ft 9.9 in
75th88.0 cm2 ft 10.6 in
90th89.8 cm2 ft 11.4 in
95th90.9 cm2 ft 11.8 in
97th91.6 cm3 ft 0.1 in

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Accepts 74.3 to 97.8 cm.

3rd5th10th25th50th75th90th95th97th 80.581.282.384.186.088.089.890.991.6

Length gains before the second birthday

The median adds 0.9 cm in the next month and 1.8 cm by 24 months, where it reaches 87.8 cm. Over the previous six months it rose 5.8 cm.

Monthly gains in the median shrink through the first two years: 4.8 cm in the first month after birth, 1.2 cm between 11 and 12 months, and 0.9 cm between 22 and 23 months.

At 24 months this site switches to the CDC table, which measures standing height; values from the two tables are not compared on these pages.

Nearby rows of the WHO monthly length-for-age table for boys, in centimeters. The last column is the change in the median since the row above.
Age3rd50th97thChange
birth46.349.953.4
16 months75.480.285.1+30.3
18 months77.282.387.3+2.1
20 months78.984.289.5+1.9
21 months79.785.190.5+0.9
22 months80.586.091.6+0.9
23 months81.386.992.6+0.9
24 months82.187.893.6+0.9

Spread at 22 months

The 3rd-to-97th range is 11.1 cm at this age. In the WHO table it widens month by month, from 7.1 cm at birth to 11.5 cm at 24 months.

A 22-month-old boy at the 3rd percentile (80.5 cm) has the median length of a boy at 16 months (80.2 cm); at the 97th percentile (91.6 cm) the length is above the median at 24 months (87.8 cm).

Boys and girls at 22 months

The WHO girls' median at 22 months is 84.6 cm, 1.4 cm shorter than the boys'.

When to ask a pediatrician

A pediatrician reads the line over repeated measurements rather than one value, and crossing downward through percentile lines is the pattern the site's guides flag. If a toddler's growth worries you, speak to a pediatrician or family doctor.

Reference values only, not medical advice. How these tables are built.