40 Celebrities Who Had Kids by Age 25

July 2024 · 4 minute read
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Natalia Vodianova

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Model Natalia Vodianova welcomed her son, Lucas, when she was 19 years old.

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Lucky Blue Smith

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Model Lucky Blue Smith and then-girlfriend Stormi Bree welcomed his first child, Gravity Blue Smith, when he was only 19 years old. Gravity was born in 2017.

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Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey became pregnant at 14 after suffering sexual abuse from family members. Her baby, who she named Canaan, died prematurely.

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Bristol Palin

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Daughter of U.S. politician Sarah Palin, Bristol became pregnant with her first son when she was 17 years old.

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Lamar Odom

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Odom was expecting his first child, Destiny, when he was 19 years old.

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Emily Maynard Johnson

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Bachelorette star Emily Maynard gave birth to her daughter, Ricki, when she was 19 years old.

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Suzanne Somers

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Actress Suzanne Somers gave birth to her son, Bruce Jr., when she just 19 years old.

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Roseanne Barr

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Roseanne Barr had daughter Brandi Brown when she was 17, ultimately giving her up for adoption. The two later reconciled, and Brown ended up working as a production assistant for Barr's hit sitcom, Roseanne.

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LeBron James

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The NBA star had his first child with his high school sweetheart when they were both teenagers. As his now-wife Savannah Brinson told Harper's BAZAAR in 2010, "I was thinking, 'What am I going to tell my parents? What's going to happen to his career?' I was very scared. I was bawling. But he said, 'It's not going to slow me down, and it's not going to slow you down. We're going to keep doing what we have to do.'"

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Tom Jones

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Tom Jones first became a father at 17, when his son, Mark, was born.

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Asia Nitollano

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The former Pussycat Dolls member became a mother when she was 18 years old.

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Fantasia Barrino

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American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino became pregnant with her first child when she was 16 years old.

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Loretta Lynn

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Loretta Lynn had her first child when she was 16 years old.

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T.I.

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Rapper T.I. had his first son when he was 19 years old.

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Taylor Hanson

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Singer Taylor Hanson and his wife, Natalie Anne Bryant, expected their first child when he was just 19 years old.

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Evelyn Lozada

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TV personality Evelyn Lozada gave birth to her first daughter (now, model Shaniece Hairston) when she was 17 years old.

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Iyanla Vanzant

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TV personality Iyanla Vanzant became a mom when she gave birth to her first child at 17 years old.

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Sofia Vergara

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Sofia Vergara gave birth to her son, Manolo Gonzalez-Ripoll Vergara, when she was 19.

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Jamie Lynn Spears

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Jamie Lynn Spears was just 16 when she announced she was expecting her daughter, Maddie Briann Aldridge (now 11).

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Solange Knowles

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Solange Knowles was 18 when she and then-husband Daniel Smith welcomed their son, Daniel Julez J. Smith Jr.

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Kayleigh Roberts is the weekend editor at Marie Claire, covering celebrity and entertainment news, from actual royals like Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle to Hollywood royalty, like Katie Holmes and Chrissy Teigen. She’s a Ravenclaw who would do great things in Slytherin. To learn more about her, google “Leslie Knope eating salad GIF.

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As an associate editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com, Chelsey keeps a finger on the pulse on all things celeb news. She also writes on social movements, connecting with activists leading the fight on workers' rights, climate justice, and more. Offline, she’s probably spending too much time on TikTok, rewatching Emma (the 2020 version, of course), or buying yet another corset. 

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