Height percentiles for a 54-month-old girl

Percentile table

Values from the WHO table, rounded to one decimal.

Source: WHO Child Growth Standards, height-for-age table. Every value on this page is checked automatically against the published WHO table before publishing, and the calculator uses WHO's LMS method. Updated October 2, 2026. Corrections and questions: ahozon@benbasha.com

How growth looks at this age

From 53 months to 54 months, the median rises by 0.6 cm. That is about the same as in the month before. Over the last 12 months the median rose by 7.1 cm. The gap between the 3rd and 97th percentile is 17.1 cm at this age, compared with 7.1 cm at birth, because the curves fan out as children grow. For comparison, the median for boys of the same age is 106.7 cm. Relative to their size, the gap between the girls' and boys' medians is smaller now than at birth.

By four years heights have spread out more, so the same difference in centimeters moves the percentile less than in infancy.

What does the percentile mean?

A percentile compares a child with healthy children of the same age and sex from the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study. At the 40th percentile, 40 out of 100 children are shorter and 60 are taller. Anything between the 3rd and 97th percentile is in the normal range. What matters most is that a child keeps following a similar curve over time.

How to measure

From two years, height is measured standing, without shoes, with heels, back and head against the wall or board.

When to ask your pediatrician

Talk to your pediatrician or child health nurse if a measurement is below the 3rd or above the 97th percentile, or if your child's percentile changes a lot between visits, for example crossing two of the main percentile lines. A single measurement says little; the trend over time matters most.