Youngest mothers
Mother Age of mother Father Location Notes
Lina Medina 5 years, 229 days Unknown Lima, Peru Precocious puberty allowed Medina to become pregnant at the age of 5; she gave birth to a 2.0 kg (4.4 lb) son, named Gerardo, by caesarean section on May 14, 1939 in Lima. Her parents, who assumed their daughter had a tumor, took her to a hospital, where she was determined to be seven months pregnant. Although Medina's father was arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse, he was later released due to lack of evidence, and the identity of who impregnated Medina was never uncovered.[1][2]
Liza 6 years Liza's grandfather Ukraine 6-year old girl Liza gave birth naturally in 1934 in Ukraine after being impregnated by her grandfather. Baby was stillborn.[3]
Mum-Zi 8 years, 4 months Unknown Calabar, Nigeria Mum-Zi was member of Chief Akkiri's harem on the island of Calabar, Nigeria. Her daughter also gave birth extremely early, making Mum-Zi a grandmother at age 17.[4]
Unidentified 8 years, 11 months Unknown Huanuco, Peru A girl from Huanuco, Peru, gave birth to a baby weighing 2 kg (4.4 lb) by caesarean section at a hospital in Lima in December 2006. Her ninth birthday occurred a couple of days later. She became pregnant after being raped by her cousins. Approximately 2 of them.[5][6]
Unidentified 9 years Unknown Changchun, China Girl gave birth to a healthy boy weighing 6 lb (2.7 kg) in Changchun, China, February 2010.[7]
Hilda Trujillo 9 years Trujillo's 22-year-old cousin, who was staying in her family's one-room house at the time, was arrested for ****. Lima, Peru Hilda Trujillo gave birth to a girl weighing over 6 lb (2.7 kg) at a hospital in Lima, Peru in December 1957.[8]
Wanwisa Janmuk 9 years Janmuk's 27-year-old husband; Thai law allows for the arranged marriages of minors by their parents. Phetchabun, Thailand Wanwisa Janmuk gave birth in February 2001 to a girl at a hospital in Phetchabun, a northern province of Thailand.[9]
Unidentified 9 years Unknown Singapore A Singaporean girl gave birth to a boy in 2004 after being impregnated by a fellow student at her school. Her mother initially thought she had a urinary tract infection, but, upon taking her to the doctor, learned she was already six months pregnant. The baby was placed for adoption.[10]
Unidentified 9 years The girl was raped by the family's domestic servant. Butare, Rwanda A girl gave birth to a baby boy by caesarean section at a hospital in Butare, Rwanda, in December 2005. The child underwent breast development at age six and menarche at age eight.[11]
Unidentified 9 years Unknown Brazil A girl of the Apurinã, an indigenous people from the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, gave birth to a baby girl weighing 2.2 kg (4.8 lb) by caesarean section at a hospital in Manaus in July 2006. Police are investigating the case.[12][13]
Unidentified 9 years A 14-year-old neighbor Penang, Malaysia A 9-year-old girl from Penang in Malaysia gave birth to a healthy baby boy in May, 2010. No police report was made by the parents.[14]
Sally Deweese 10 years, 13 days Unknown Butler County, Kentucky, United States 1834: Sally Deweese of Butler County, Kentucky, was reported by Dr. D. Rowlett to have delivered a baby girl weighing 7.75 pounds (3.52 kg) on April 20, 1834. Deweese allegedly developed breasts within weeks of birth and began menstruating at 12 months.[15]
Unidentified 10 years Unknown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 1979: A girl aged 10 gave birth to twins six weeks premature, both weighing 3 lb 6 oz, at a hospital in Indianapolis. She is thought to have been the youngest mother of twins at the time.[16]
Unidentified 10 years A 28-year-old was arrested on a charge of ****. Mother from Bolivia, birth in Argentina 2000: A girl from Bolivia gave birth to a baby girl weighing 2.5 kilograms (5.5 lb) by caesarean section at a hospital in Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 25, 2007.[17][18]
Unidentified 10 years The girl's father Bolivian girl, birth in Chile 2005: A bolivian girl living in Calama, Chile, gave birth to a baby boy by caesarean section at a hospital in Antofagasta, Chile on April 13, 2005. The child became pregnant after having been raped by her father at age nine. Her parents, who both came from Bolivia, were jailed.[19][20][21]
Unidentified 10 years Unknown Switzerland 2005: A girl gave birth to a baby girl at a hospital in Sion, Switzerland in August 2005. She had immigrated to Switzerland from Cameroon with her siblings when her mother married a Swiss citizen. A 68-year-old man who was in a relationship with the mother admitted to having molested the girl but a DNA test found that he was not the father of the girl's child.[22][23][24]
Unidentified 10 years The girl was raped by then-26-year-old William Edward Ronca. Ronca admitted to having molested the girl over a two year period and was sentenced to 25 years in prison as a result. Abbeville, South Carolina, United States 2006: A girl in Abbeville, South Carolina gave birth by caesarean section in 2006. The baby was placed for adoption.[25]
Unidentified 10 years The father was a then-13-year-old boy who attended the same school as the girl. Belgium 2006: A girl from Charleroi, Belgium gave birth in 2006. After the child began gaining weight, her mother put her on a diet, but when the girl visited a doctor, it was discovered that she was nine months pregnant. News of the birth did not become publicly known until 2007.[26]
Unidentified 10 years The girl became pregnant after being raped by a 47-year-old neighbour, who was sentenced to 11 years, 6 months in prison for the crime. Jaral del Progreso, Guanajuato, Mexico 2006: A girl from Jaral del Progreso, Guanajuato, Mexico gave birth naturally to a baby girl weighing 2.3 kilograms (5.1 lb) on April 3, 2006.[27][28]
Unidentified 10 years Her pregnancy was the result of a **** committed by the 65-year-old landlord of the house which her parents rented. The man was jailed. San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico 2007: A girl from San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico gave birth to a baby boy on July 2, 2007.[29][30][31][32]
Unidentified 10 years 37-year-old Guadalupe Gutierrez-Juarez was jailed on one felony count of ****. St. Anthony, Idaho, United States 2008: In St. Anthony, Idaho, U.S., a girl gave birth to a 6 pounds (2.7 kg) baby at Madison Memorial Hospital.[33]
Unidentified 10 years Also a minor. Jerez de la Frontera, Spain 2010: In Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, a girl of Romanian origin gave birth to a baby. The mother of the girl claimed that giving birth at such a young age was common in Romania.[34]
Maria Tizziano 11 years Vincenzo Castro, Maria's 18-year-old boyfriend Adrano, Sicily 1992: 11-year old Italian girl Maria Tizziano gave birth to her first son. The next year the second came along and she was still only 14 when the third boy was born. Maria, her boyfriend and a father of her sons Vincenzo Castro and their three sons all lived with her mother (who became a grandmother at 29) in a two-room flat.[35]
Unidentified 11 years The girl was raped by a 75-year-old man, who was arrested on April 17, 2002. Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States 2002: A girl from Bridgeport, Connecticut gave birth.[36]
Bogdana Korenkova 11 years The girl, who is currently the youngest mother in Ukraine, is suspected to have been impregnated by a 26-year-old neighbour, who fled in the fear of facing prosecution. Kharkov, Ukraine 2004: A girl gave birth to a baby boy weighing 8.4 lb (3.8 kg) at a hospital in Kharkov, Ukraine in January 2004.[37]
Valentina 11 years Valentina's 14-year-old boyfriend. Moscow, Russia 2005: Valentina gave birth to a boy in Moscow, Russia.[38]
Unidentified 11 years A 37-year-old man was arrested. Mother from Africa, Birth in London, England, United Kingdom 2006: A girl of African origin gave birth to a baby boy at a hospital in west London, United Kingdom on May 5, 2006.[39]
Unidentified 11 years An elderly security guard was arrested in connection with ****. Cape Town, South Africa 2007: A girl from Valhalla Park, Cape Town, South Africa gave birth to a baby boy on July 12, 2007.She agreed to give the baby up for adoption on the condition she could visit him once a month.[40]
Unidentified 11 years The girl's mother's boyfriend, Michael Chaffer, was sentenced to 28 years in prison on charges of felonious assault and two counts of ****. Lockland, Ohio, United States 2007: A girl from Lockland, Ohio, gave birth to a child on November 4, 2007. The baby is under the care of relatives.[41]
Kordeza Zhelyazkova 11 years Nineteen-year-old husband Jeliazko Dimitrov, with whom the child was allegedly conceived a week after meeting, now faces up to six years in jail for having *** with a minor. Sliven, Bulgaria 2009: Kordeza Zhelyazkova, a Roma school girl, gave birth to a healthy daughter in Bulgaria on her wedding day.[42][43]
Unidentified 11 years Unknown Texas, United States 2010: A girl in Texas,USA gave birth without complications to a healthy baby boy. "My daughter and (her) baby are fine, and the baby is absolutely beautiful," said the mother of the 11-year-old girl.[44]
Unidentified 11 years, 10 months The father was the young girl's stepbrother. Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom 1972: A girl gave birth at the age of 11 years, 10 months at Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital in Aylesbury, England.[45]
