Famous teenage parents

Pre-20th century
Medieval Queen of England Eleanor of Provence was 14, 16 and 17 years old when she gave birth to her first three children by her husband King Henry III of England: Edward I of England, Margaret of England and Beatrice of England respectively. She and Henry also had two additional children born several years later: Edmund of Lancaster and Katherine.

Mary de Bohun, the first wife of Henry IV of England gave birth to her first child Edward at the age of 13. Although Edward did not survive infancy, she had six additional children with her husband before dying in childbirth from her last child, Philippa of England.

At the age of 13, Lady Margaret Beaufort gave birth to her only child, who later became Henry VII of England.

Napoleon's mother, Lætitia Bonaparte, gave birth to five children before she was 20. Only two of them survived: Napoleon and his elder brother Joseph Bonaparte.

Sacagawea, translator and guide to Lewis and Clark, gave birth to her son Jean Baptiste Charbonneau in 1805, while on expedition, and traveled with him to the Pacific Ocean and back. Although Sacagawea's exact birth date is unknown , she was around 17 years old at the time of the birth.


20th century

Ann Dunham was 18 when in 1961 she gave birth to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.

Naomi Judd had a girl, Christina Claire Ciminella, on May 30, 1964, the same day her high school diploma was mailed to her. Michael Ciminella was not the biological father but married Naomi to give Christina his surname. Christina is now most notably known as
Wynonna Judd, an American singer.

Dimple Kapadia.

Tamara Beckwith dropped out of Cheltenham Ladies' College in order to have her daughter, Anouska Poppy Pearl in 1987. The father was an American Marine. Anouska is now studying acting in Los Angeles.

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. aka Lil’ Wayne had his baby, Reginae, with his now ex-wife Antonia "Toya" Johnson when he was 15 and she 14.

Child actress turned diplomat Shirley Temple was 19 when she gave birth to her first child, Linda Susan, in 1948.


21st century

Pop singer Fantasia Barrino, winner of American Idol 2004, was 17 when she gave birth to a daughter named Zion Quari' in 2001; in 2005 she released a controversial song about single motherhood titled Baby Mama.

Taylor Hanson, a member of the pop band Hanson, was 19 when his 18-year-old wife Natalie gave birth to their first child, a son named Jordan Ezra, in 2002.

Yulia Volkova, of the controversial Russian pop band t.A.T.u., was 19 when she gave birth to her daughter Viktoria Pavlovna Volkova in September 2004; she had spoken publicly about having an abortion the year before.

Singer and actress Solange Knowles was 18 when she gave birth to her first child, Daniel Julez Smith Junior, in October, 2004.

Asia Nitollano, who joined the pop group The Pussycat Dolls after winning a reality tv show, was 17 when she gave birth to her daughter in 2005.

Oscar-nominated actress Keisha Castle-Hughes was 17 when she gave birth to her first child, a girl named Felicity-Amore, in 2007.

Jamie Lynn Spears, who is the younger sister of pop singer Britney Spears, gave birth to daughter Maddie Briann Aldridge at 17 on June 19, 2008. The father is Casey Aldridge.

Bristol Palin, 18, the teenage daughter of John McCain's 2008 vice presidential candidate former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, gave birth on December 27, 2008 to a son named Tripp.

Lou Doillon, French actress and daughter of Jane Birkin, gave birth to son Marlowe Jack Tiger Mitchell in 2002 at age 19.