Top 16 – Youngest Presidential Children
There are currently (as of February 2020) 31 Presidential children alive. Nearly a quarter, or eleven of the 45 Presidents, still have children alive today. We are going to list the top 16 youngest of those children. We will also learn some interesting facts about each one.
1. Barron Trump
Age: 13 years old
Birthday: March 20, 2006
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York
Presidential Father: Donald Trump
Mother: Melanija “Melania” Knavs “Knauss” Trump
Birth rank: Youngest of three sons and two daughters (all are his half-siblings), only child of Donald and Melania Trump
Interesting fact: Barron has a whole floor dedicated for him at the Trump Towers in New York City. That floor is known as “Barron’s Living Room.”
2. Sasha Obama
Age: 18 years old
Birthday: June 10, 2001
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Presidential Father: Barack Obama
Mother: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
Birth rank: Youngest of two daughters
Interesting fact: The Obama’s have worked very hard to keep their daughters’ lives very private. Sasha has been the hardest Presidential child to find information on. This is the best I could do on this one: Although it is still considered a “rumor,” The Detroit News reported that Sasha will attend the University of Michigan. This will take her off the beaten path of her family’s Ivy League footsteps.
3. Malia Obama
Age: 21 years old
Birthday: July 4, 1998
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Presidential Father: Barack Obama
Mother: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
Birth rank: Oldest of two daughters
Interesting fact: Shortly after her Dad’s, Barack Obama, term ended, Malia landed an internship at the New York City office of the film studio co-founded by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
4. Tiffany Trump
Age: 26 years old
Birthday: October 13, 1993
Birthplace: West Palm Beach, Florida
Presidential Father: Donald Trump
Mother: Marla Ann Maples
Birth rank: Birth rank: Second youngest of three sons and two daughters (all are her half-siblings), only child of Marla Maples and Donald Trump
Interesting facts: In 2011, Tiffany released a music single called “Like a Bird”. She later told The Oprah Winfrey Show that she was evaluating whether to take her music career “to the next level as a professional”. It mainly received negative reviews.
5. Eric Trump
Age: 36 years old
Birthday: January 6, 1984
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Presidential Father: Donald Trump
Mother: Ivana Marie Zelnícková Trump
Birth rank: Third youngest of three sons and two daughters (two of these are his half-siblings), youngest of three children of Ivana and Donald Trump
Interesting fact: Eric served as a boardroom judge on his father’s TV show The Apprentice.
6. Jenna Bush Hager
Age: 38 years old
Birthday: November 25, 1981
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
Presidential Father: George W. Bush
Mother: Laura Lane Welch Bush
Birth rank: Youngest twin of two children
Interesting fact: Jenna and Barbara, who are twins, are the first and only twin children of a U.S. president. In 2001, when she was 19, Jenna was charged with a misdemeanor — attempting to use a fake ID (with the name “Barbara Pierce,” her paternal grandmother’s maiden name) to purchase alcohol.
7. Barbara Pierce Bush
Age: 38 years old
Birthday: November 25, 1981
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
Presidential Father: George W. Bush
Mother: Laura Lane Welch Bush
Birth rank: Oldest twin of two children
Interesting fact: She is the co-founder and president of a public health-focused nonprofit, Global Health Corps. Global Health Corps provides opportunities for young professionals from diverse backgrounds to work on the front lines of the fight for global health equity.
8. Ivanka Trump
Age: 38 years old
Birthday: October 30, 1981
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Presidential Father: Donald Trump
Mother: Ivana Marie Zelnícková Trump
Birth rank: Second oldest of three sons and two daughters (two of these are her half-siblings), middle child of three children of Ivana and Donald Trump
Interesting fact: She has her own line of Ivanka Trump fashion items, including clothes, handbags, shoes, and accessories, as well as the boutique for Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry. In 2016, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled Ivanka Trump-branded scarves because they did not meet federal flammability standards.
9. Chelsea Clinton
Age: 39 years old
Birthday: February 27, 1980
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas
Presidential Father: Bill Clinton
Mother: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Birth rank: Only child
Interesting fact: She skipped the third grade. She was given the Secret Service codename “Energy”. Chelsea is portrayed in the 1996 film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, where Butt-Head flirts with her at the White House; she responds by tossing him out a window.
10. Donald Trump, Jr.
Age: 42 years old
Birthday: December 31, 1977
Birthplace:New York City, New York
Presidential Father: Donald Trump
Mother: Ivana Marie Zelnícková Trump
Birth rank: Oldest of three sons and two daughters (two of these are his half-siblings), oldest of three children of Ivana and Donald Trump
Interesting fact: As a boy, Trump Jr. found a role model in his maternal grandfather, Miloš Zelníček, who had a home near Prague, where he spent summers camping, fishing, hunting and learning the Czech language.
11. Amy Carter
Age: 52 years old
Birthday: October 19, 1967
Birthplace: Plains, Georgia
Presidential Father: Jimmy Carter
Mother: Rosalynn Carter
Birth rank: Youngest of four children
Interesting fact: Mary Prince (an African American woman wrongly convicted of murder, and later pardoned) was her nanny for most of the period from 1971 until Jimmy Carter’s presidency ended.
12. Dorothy Bush Koch
Age: 60 years old
Birthday: August 18, 1959
Birthplace: Newport Beach, California
Presidential Father: George Herbert Walker Bush
Mother: Barbara Bush
Birth rank: Youngest of six children
Interesting fact: In 1975, during a visit to Beijing, she became the first person to be publicly baptized in the People’s Republic of China since its government began discouraging foreign religious practices in 1949.
13. Ron Reagan
Age: 61 years old
Birthday: May 20, 1958
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Presidential Father: Ronald Reagan
Mother: {Anne Frances Robbins} Nancy Davis Reagan
Birth rank: Youngest of Reagan’s five children (one died prematurely), youngest of Nancy and Ronald’s two children
Interesting fact: At 12, he told his parents that he would not be going to church anymore because he was an atheist. In a June 23, 2004, interview on CNN show Larry King Live, while discussing reasons why he would not run for political office, Ron Reagan stated “I’m an atheist. … I can’t be elected to anything because polls all say that people won’t elect an atheist.”
14. Caroline Kennedy
Age: 62 years old
Birthday: November 27, 1957
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Presidential Father: John F. Kennedy
Mother: Jacqueline “Jackie” Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Birth rank: Second oldest of four children (one child was stillborn who would have been an older sister) and one died two days after birth (would have been a younger brother)
Interesting fact: She was five days shy of her sixth birthday when her father was assassinated on November 22, 1963. One of her photos, in a news article, inspired singer-songwriter Neil Diamond to write his Top Ten hit song, “Sweet Caroline.” Diamond later revealed that when he performed it for Caroline’s 50th birthday.
15. Susan Ford
Age: 62 years old
Birthday: July 6, 1957
Birthplace: Washington DC
Presidential Father: Gerald Ford (formerly Leslie Lynch King, Jr.)
Mother: Betty Ford
Birth rank: Youngest of four children
Interesting fact: She married Charles Vance, one of her father’s former U.S. Secret Service agents, on February 10, 1979. They were divorced in 1988.
16. Marvin P. Bush
Age: 63 years old
Birthday: October 22, 1956
Birthplace: Midland, Texas
Presidential Father: George Herbert Walker Bush
Mother: Barbara Bush
Birth rank: Second youngest of six children
Interesting fact: He was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 1985. During his father’s vice presidency in 1986, Marvin became extremely ill. He lost about 60 pounds.
Other Interesting Youngest Living Presidential Children Facts
1. Unlike the oldest 15 living Presidential kids (where 10 of the top 15 were men), eleven of the youngest 16 living Presidential kids are women.
2. Five of the 16 youngest living Presidential kids were born in New York City (including Manhattan): Barron Trump, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Caroline Kennedy. Only Susan Ford was born in Washington DC (five of the oldest 15 living Presidential children were born in Washington DC).
3. Of the 31 living Presidential kids, six were born in July, five were born in March, and five were born in October. September is the only month missing a living Presidential child’s birth.
4. George HW Bush and Donald Trump have the most kids alive. Each has five. Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford each have four living kids.
