Girls' Height Chart by Age, Birth to 20 Years

This page lists the girls' height reference values for every age the site covers, from 1 week to 20 years, in three tables. Under 2 years the values are WHO recumbent length (measured lying down); from 2 years they are CDC standing height. All values are in centimeters, with the median also in feet and inches.

What the table shows

The WHO median length for girls rises from 49.1 cm at birth to 74.0 cm at 12 months, a gain of 24.9 cm in the first year, and to 86.4 cm at 24 months, another 12.4 cm in the second year.

In the CDC table the 12-month gain in the median is 8.8 cm from age 2, falls to 5.0 cm from 8 years 6 months, climbs back to 7.3 cm from 11 years 1 month, and stays under 1 cm from 14 years 7 months on. The median at 20 is 163.3 cm (5 ft 4.3 in).

The 3rd-to-97th range is narrowest at 2 years (13.1 cm) and widest at 11 years 6 months (28.0 cm). The girls' median is above the boys' from 10 years 9 months to 13 years 2 months; at every other age in the CDC table the boys' median is higher.

Ages that used to have a separate page are rows in these tables now; an old address opens the matching row. Weight-for-age tables are no longer published on this site.

1 to 13 weeks (WHO, length)

Age	3rd	5th	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th	95th	97th	50th, ft-in
1 week	46.8	47.2	47.9	49.1	50.3	51.6	52.7	53.4	53.9	1 ft 7.8 in
2 weeks	47.9	48.4	49.1	50.2	51.5	52.8	54.0	54.6	55.1	1 ft 8.3 in
3 weeks	48.8	49.3	50.0	51.2	52.5	53.8	54.9	55.6	56.1	1 ft 8.7 in
4 weeks	49.7	50.2	50.9	52.1	53.4	54.7	55.9	56.6	57.0	1 ft 9.0 in
5 weeks	50.5	51.0	51.7	52.9	54.2	55.6	56.8	57.5	57.9	1 ft 9.3 in
6 weeks	51.3	51.8	52.5	53.7	55.1	56.4	57.6	58.3	58.8	1 ft 9.7 in
7 weeks	52.1	52.5	53.3	54.5	55.8	57.2	58.4	59.1	59.6	1 ft 10.0 in
8 weeks	52.8	53.2	54.0	55.2	56.6	57.9	59.2	59.9	60.4	1 ft 10.3 in
9 weeks	53.4	53.9	54.7	55.9	57.3	58.7	59.9	60.6	61.1	1 ft 10.6 in
10 weeks	54.1	54.6	55.3	56.6	57.9	59.3	60.6	61.3	61.8	1 ft 10.8 in
11 weeks	54.7	55.2	55.9	57.2	58.6	60.0	61.2	62.0	62.5	1 ft 11.1 in
12 weeks	55.3	55.8	56.5	57.8	59.2	60.6	61.9	62.6	63.1	1 ft 11.3 in
13 weeks	55.8	56.3	57.1	58.4	59.8	61.2	62.5	63.2	63.7	1 ft 11.5 in

Source: WHO Child Growth Standards (2006): girls length-for-age, birth to 13 weeks, file who_girls_weeks.xlsx, rows Week=1 to Week=13. Centimeters.

1 to 23 months (WHO, length)

Age	3rd	5th	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th	95th	97th	50th, ft-in
1 month	50.0	50.5	51.2	52.4	53.7	55.0	56.2	56.9	57.4	1 ft 9.1 in
2 months	53.2	53.7	54.5	55.7	57.1	58.4	59.7	60.4	60.9	1 ft 10.5 in
3 months	55.8	56.3	57.1	58.4	59.8	61.2	62.5	63.3	63.8	1 ft 11.5 in
4 months	58.0	58.5	59.3	60.6	62.1	63.5	64.9	65.7	66.2	2 ft 0.4 in
5 months	59.9	60.4	61.2	62.5	64.0	65.5	66.9	67.7	68.2	2 ft 1.2 in
6 months	61.5	62.0	62.8	64.2	65.7	67.3	68.6	69.5	70.0	2 ft 1.9 in
7 months	62.9	63.5	64.3	65.7	67.3	68.8	70.3	71.1	71.6	2 ft 2.5 in
8 months	64.3	64.9	65.7	67.2	68.7	70.3	71.8	72.6	73.2	2 ft 3.0 in
9 months	65.6	66.2	67.0	68.5	70.1	71.8	73.2	74.1	74.7	2 ft 3.6 in
10 months	66.8	67.4	68.3	69.8	71.5	73.1	74.6	75.5	76.1	2 ft 4.1 in
11 months	68.0	68.6	69.5	71.1	72.8	74.5	76.0	76.9	77.5	2 ft 4.7 in
1 year	69.2	69.8	70.7	72.3	74.0	75.8	77.3	78.3	78.9	2 ft 5.1 in
13 months	70.3	70.9	71.8	73.4	75.2	77.0	78.6	79.5	80.2	2 ft 5.6 in
14 months	71.3	72.0	72.9	74.6	76.4	78.2	79.8	80.8	81.4	2 ft 6.1 in
15 months	72.4	73.0	74.0	75.7	77.5	79.4	81.0	82.0	82.7	2 ft 6.5 in
16 months	73.3	74.0	75.0	76.7	78.6	80.5	82.2	83.2	83.9	2 ft 6.9 in
17 months	74.3	75.0	76.0	77.7	79.7	81.6	83.3	84.4	85.0	2 ft 7.4 in
18 months	75.2	75.9	77.0	78.7	80.7	82.7	84.4	85.5	86.2	2 ft 7.8 in
19 months	76.2	76.9	77.9	79.7	81.7	83.7	85.5	86.6	87.3	2 ft 8.2 in
20 months	77.0	77.7	78.8	80.7	82.7	84.7	86.6	87.7	88.4	2 ft 8.6 in
21 months	77.9	78.6	79.7	81.6	83.7	85.7	87.6	88.7	89.4	2 ft 9.0 in
22 months	78.7	79.5	80.6	82.5	84.6	86.7	88.6	89.7	90.5	2 ft 9.3 in
23 months	79.6	80.3	81.5	83.4	85.5	87.7	89.6	90.7	91.5	2 ft 9.7 in

Source: WHO Child Growth Standards (2006): girls length-for-age, birth to 2 years, file who_girls_months.xlsx, rows Month=1 to Month=23. Centimeters.

2 to 20 years (CDC, standing height)

Age	3rd	5th	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th	95th	97th	50th, ft-in
2 years	78.8	79.6	80.9	83.0	85.4	87.7	89.9	91.1	91.9	2 ft 9.6 in
2 years 6 months	83.3	84.2	85.5	87.8	90.3	92.9	95.2	96.6	97.5	2 ft 11.6 in
3 years	86.9	87.8	89.2	91.6	94.2	96.9	99.3	100.8	101.8	3 ft 1.1 in
3 years 6 months	90.0	91.0	92.4	94.9	97.6	100.5	103.1	104.6	105.7	3 ft 2.4 in
4 years	93.1	94.0	95.6	98.1	101.0	104.0	106.8	108.4	109.5	3 ft 3.8 in
4 years 6 months	96.2	97.2	98.7	101.4	104.5	107.6	110.5	112.2	113.4	3 ft 5.1 in
5 years	99.4	100.4	102.0	104.8	108.0	111.2	114.3	116.1	117.4	3 ft 6.5 in
5 years 6 months	102.6	103.6	105.3	108.2	111.5	114.9	118.1	120.0	121.3	3 ft 7.9 in
6 years	105.8	106.9	108.6	111.6	115.0	118.6	121.9	123.9	125.3	3 ft 9.3 in
6 years 6 months	108.9	110.0	111.8	114.9	118.4	122.1	125.6	127.7	129.1	3 ft 10.6 in
7 years	111.9	113.1	114.9	118.1	121.8	125.6	129.1	131.3	132.7	3 ft 11.9 in
7 years 6 months	114.7	115.9	117.8	121.1	124.9	128.8	132.5	134.7	136.2	4 ft 1.2 in
8 years	117.3	118.5	120.5	123.9	127.8	131.9	135.6	137.9	139.4	4 ft 2.3 in
8 years 6 months	119.7	121.0	123.0	126.5	130.6	134.7	138.5	140.9	142.4	4 ft 3.4 in
9 years	121.9	123.2	125.3	129.0	133.1	137.4	141.4	143.8	145.4	4 ft 4.4 in
9 years 6 months	123.9	125.3	127.6	131.3	135.6	140.1	144.1	146.6	148.3	4 ft 5.4 in
10 years	126.0	127.5	129.8	133.7	138.2	142.8	147.0	149.6	151.3	4 ft 6.4 in
10 years 6 months	128.2	129.7	132.2	136.3	141.0	145.8	150.2	152.8	154.6	4 ft 7.5 in
11 years	130.7	132.4	135.0	139.4	144.3	149.2	153.7	156.4	158.1	4 ft 8.8 in
11 years 6 months	133.8	135.6	138.3	142.8	147.8	152.8	157.3	160.0	161.8	4 ft 10.2 in
12 years	137.4	139.2	142.0	146.5	151.5	156.4	160.8	163.5	165.2	4 ft 11.6 in
12 years 6 months	141.1	142.8	145.5	149.9	154.8	159.6	163.8	166.4	168.0	5 ft 0.9 in
13 years	144.2	145.9	148.4	152.7	157.3	162.0	166.1	168.6	170.2	5 ft 1.9 in
13 years 6 months	146.6	148.1	150.6	154.7	159.2	163.7	167.8	170.2	171.8	5 ft 2.7 in
14 years	148.1	149.7	152.1	156.0	160.5	164.9	168.9	171.3	172.9	5 ft 3.2 in
14 years 6 months	149.1	150.6	153.0	156.9	161.3	165.7	169.7	172.1	173.6	5 ft 3.5 in
15 years	149.7	151.3	153.6	157.5	161.9	166.3	170.2	172.6	174.2	5 ft 3.7 in
15 years 6 months	150.1	151.7	154.0	157.9	162.3	166.7	170.6	173.0	174.5	5 ft 3.9 in
16 years	150.4	151.9	154.3	158.2	162.6	166.9	170.9	173.2	174.8	5 ft 4.0 in
16 years 6 months	150.6	152.1	154.5	158.4	162.8	167.1	171.1	173.4	175.0	5 ft 4.1 in
17 years	150.7	152.3	154.6	158.6	162.9	167.3	171.2	173.6	175.1	5 ft 4.1 in
17 years 6 months	150.9	152.4	154.7	158.7	163.0	167.4	171.3	173.7	175.2	5 ft 4.2 in
18 years	150.9	152.5	154.8	158.8	163.1	167.5	171.4	173.8	175.3	5 ft 4.2 in
18 years 6 months	151.0	152.5	154.9	158.8	163.2	167.6	171.5	173.8	175.3	5 ft 4.3 in
19 years	151.0	152.6	154.9	158.9	163.3	167.6	171.5	173.9	175.4	5 ft 4.3 in
19 years 6 months	151.1	152.6	155.0	158.9	163.3	167.7	171.6	173.9	175.4	5 ft 4.3 in
20 years	151.1	152.7	155.0	159.0	163.3	167.7	171.6	174.0	175.5	5 ft 4.3 in

Source: CDC 2000 Growth Charts: stature-for-age, 2-20 years, file statage.csv, the row for each completed month band (Agemos = months + 0.5; 240 for age 20). Centimeters.

Ages with their own page

How the tables are read, what changes at 2 years, and how the derived figures are calculated: data and method. To place one measurement, see how to read growth-chart percentiles.

Reference values only, not medical advice.