Height for girls at 2 years

At 2 years, the median height for girls on the CDC 2000 growth charts is 85.0 cm (33.5 in): half of girls this age measure less and half more. The middle half of girls, from the 25th to the 75th percentile, falls between 82.6 and 87.3 cm, a spread of 4.7 cm. The outer lines of the chart, the 3rd and 97th percentiles, sit at 78.4 and 91.5 cm.

Since 23 months, the median has fallen by 0.5 cm in one month. By 3 years it reaches 93.9 cm.

For boys at 2 years the median is 86.5 cm, 1.5 cm more than for girls, which is why the charts are drawn separately by sex.

From 2 years CDC recommends its own 2000 growth charts, which draw the 3rd to the 97th percentile; under 2, the WHO charts draw the 2nd to the 98th.

Reading the table: a girl at 2 years who measures 86.5 cm is at about the 67th percentile, meaning that out of 100 girls this age, about 67 measure less. From 2 years this is height measured standing. If a child of 2 or older was measured lying down, CDC subtracts 0.8 cm before comparing.