average height for a 15 year old boy
by exact age, from the cdc growth charts, and where your height falls.
5'7"
that's the typical 15-year-old american boy: 171.1 cm (67 inches). the middle half of boys this age run from 5'5" to 5'9", and nine in ten fall between 5'2" and 6'0".
that is about 97% of the typical adult man's height (5'9"). between 13 and 17 the typical boy adds about 16 cm in total; from 14 to 15 the typical gain is 4.8 cm and from 15 to 16 it is 3.1 cm.
height percentile at 15
| height | in cm | for a 15-year-old boy |
|---|---|---|
| 5'2" | 157 cm | taller than 4% |
| 5'3" | 160 cm | taller than 8% |
| 5'4" | 163 cm | taller than 13% |
| 5'5" | 165 cm | taller than 22% |
| 5'6" | 168 cm | taller than 33% |
| 5'7" | 170 cm | taller than 45% |
| 5'8" | 173 cm | taller than 58% |
| 5'9" | 175 cm | taller than 71% |
| 5'10" | 178 cm | taller than 81% |
| 5'11" | 180 cm | taller than 88% |
| 6'0" | 183 cm | taller than 94% |
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other ages
see also the 15-year-old girl page, and every teen age side by side. a full-grown man of 5'9" is on its own page.
how this is worked out
United States, age 15: normal, mean 171.1 cm, sd 7.7, the CDC growth chart at 15.5 years.
- CDC Growth Charts: stature-for-age percentiles, 2 to 20 years · CDC National Center for Health Statistics, 2000
questions people ask
- What is a normal height for a 15 year old boy?
- About 5'7" (171.1 cm) in the US. Most boys that age are between 5'2" and 6'0".
- How tall is tall for a 15-year-old boy?
- 5'9" is taller than 71% of American boys aged 15, so it is on the tall side.
- Will a 15 year old boy keep growing?
- The typical 15-year-old boy has reached about 97% of the typical adult man's 5'9".
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