average height for a 17 year old girl
by exact age, from the cdc growth charts, and where your height falls.
5'4"
that's the typical 17-year-old american girl: 163.0 cm (64 inches). the middle half of girls this age run from 5'2" to 5'6", and nine in ten fall between 5'0" and 5'9".
that is about 100% of the typical adult woman's height (5'4"). from 16 to 17 the typical girl gains about 0.4 cm.
height percentile at 17
| height | in cm | for a 17-year-old girl |
|---|---|---|
| 5'0" | 152 cm | taller than 5% |
| 5'1" | 155 cm | taller than 11% |
| 5'2" | 157 cm | taller than 20% |
| 5'3" | 160 cm | taller than 33% |
| 5'4" | 163 cm | taller than 47% |
| 5'5" | 165 cm | taller than 62% |
| 5'6" | 168 cm | taller than 76% |
| 5'7" | 170 cm | taller than 86% |
| 5'8" | 173 cm | taller than 93% |
| 5'9" | 175 cm | taller than 97% |
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other ages
see also the 17-year-old boy page, and every teen age side by side. a full-grown woman of 5'4" is on its own page.
how this is worked out
United States, age 17: normal, mean 163.0 cm, sd 6.6, the CDC growth chart at 17.5 years.
- CDC Growth Charts: stature-for-age percentiles, 2 to 20 years · CDC National Center for Health Statistics, 2000
questions people ask
- What is the average height of a 17 year old girl?
- About 5'4" (163.0 cm) in the US. Most girls that age are between 5'0" and 5'9".
- Is 5'6" tall for a 17 year old girl?
- 5'6" is taller than 76% of American girls aged 17, so it is on the tall side.
- How close is a 17-year-old girl to adult height?
- The typical 17-year-old girl has reached about 100% of the typical adult woman's 5'4".
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