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Most Premature Births
This list features the most premature births ever in recorded human history.
RANK | INDIVIDUAL | DURATION | YEAR | LOCATION |
1 | Nash Keen | 21 weeks | July 5, 2024 | USA |
2 | Curtis Zy-Keith Means | 21 weeks, 1 day | July 5, 2020 | USA |
3 | Richard Hutchinson | 21 weeks, 2 days | June 5, 2020 | USA |
4 | James Elgin Gill | 21 weeks, 5 days | May 20, 1987 | Canada |
5 | Amillia Taylor | 21 weeks, 6 days | October 24, 2006 | USA |
6 | Imogen | 22 weeks, 5 days | September 6, 2022 | UK |
7 | Baby Saybie | 23 weeks, 3 days | December, 2018 | USA |
8 | Kenna Moore | 24 weeks | January 9, 2012 | USA |
9 | Melinda Star Guido | 24 weeks | August 30, 2011 | USA |
10 | Kwek Yu Xuan | 24 weeks | June, 2020 | Singapore |
11 | Tom Thumb | 25 weeks | June, 2009 | Germany |
12 | Rumaisa Rahman | 25 weeks, 6 days | September 19, 2004 | USA |
13 | Madeline Mann | 26 weeks | June, 1989 | USA |
References
Independent. (2018). One of the smallest surviving babies sent home from hospital. Available at: www.independent.co.uk/life-style/world-smallest-surviving-babies-sent-home-premature-manushi-a8156786.html (Accessed 1 December 2025).
BBC News. (2023). World's smallest baby born in Wales. Available at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64875309 (Accessed 1 December 2025).
Parents. (2022). World's smallest baby ever born. Available at: www.parents.com/worlds-smallest-baby-ever-born-8648055 (Accessed 1 December 2025).
MVOI Africa. (2023). The incredible story of a baby born at 22 weeks. Available at: https://mvoi.africa/brian/health/patient-care/patient-stories/the-incredible-story-of-a-baby-born-at-22-weeks/ (Accessed 1 December 2025).
CBS News. (2023). World's tiniest babies: How are they now? Available at: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/worlds-tiniest-babies-how-are-they-now/ (Accessed 1 December 2025).
University of Iowa Health Care. (2025). Iowa boy born at 21 weeks is now the world's most premature baby. Available at: https://uihc.org/childrens/patient-story/iowa-boy-born-21-weeks-now-worlds-most-premature-baby (Accessed 1 Dec. 2025).
ABC News. (2025). Boy sets Guinness record for world's most premature baby, celebrates 1st birthday. Available at: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/boy-sets-guinness-record-worlds-premature-baby-celebrates/story?id=124064209 (Accessed 1 Dec. 2025).
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