What age do girls voice change?

Your voice during puberty
Puberty is a process of sexual maturation. A voice change is one of the secondary sexual characteristics adolescents develop. In boys, this happens between ages 12 and 16; in girls, between ages 10 and 14.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on health.clevelandclinic.org


What age does a girls voice fully develop?

Girls' voices typically change (much less drastically) between the ages of 10 and 14. Between the ages of 18 and 21, your voice stabilizes because the vocal folds and larynx have reached their full growth.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on singlikeastar.com


How can you tell if your girl's voice is changing?

Female voice change can be characterised by
  • Lowering of average speaking pitch area (mean speaking fundamental frequency)
  • Voice “cracking” and abrupt register “breaks” (abrupt voice quality changes)
  • Increased breathiness, huskiness, or hoarseness in voice quality.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on vocalprocess.co.uk


Do girls voice get deeper with age?

After puberty and well into older adulthood, some people's voices may change, but not everyone's. Men's voices tend to go up in pitch. Women's voices tend to go down. Most of the time vocal changes such as deepening are completely normal.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on webmd.com


Can your voice change at 13?

Everyone's timetable is different, so some voices might start to change earlier and some might start a little later. Generally, a guy's voice will start to change somewhere between the ages of 11 and 15 — although it can be earlier or later for some.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on kidshealth.org


4 Signs You're Going Through Puberty



Why hasnt my voice dropped at 13?

So while you're noticing some signs of puberty already, it might take a while for other signs to show up. We can't estimate when your voice will change, because everyone experiences puberty differently. But rest assured, you're not alone — plenty of guys find their voices don't change until later on in puberty.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on plannedparenthood.org


When a girl lowers her voice?

"When a woman naturally lowers her voice, it may be perceived as her attempt to sound more seductive or attractive, and therefore serves as a signal of her romantic interest," she adds. Their research also measured people's awareness of the changes in others' voices.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on medicalxpress.com


What causes a girl to have a deep voice?

As you go through puberty, the larynx gets bigger and the vocal cords lengthen and thicken, so your voice gets deeper. As your body adjusts to this changing equipment, your voice may "crack" or "break." But this process lasts only a few months.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on kidshealth.org


Why would a girls voice get deeper?

As the body goes through puberty, the larynx (or voice box) grows larger and thicker. It happens in both boys and girls, but the change is more obvious in boys. Girls' voices only deepen by a couple of tones and the change is barely noticeable.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on kidshealth.org


Why does my voice sound like a boy when I'm a girl?

For women with a voice that sounds like a man, it could be because of the size and thickness of their vocal cords, in which case, they'll need to develop full resonance too, to make their voice sound warmer, an essential quality of a female voice.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on powerfulexecutivevoice.com


Why hasn't my voice changed at 14?

It's a function of the size of your larynx, your hyaline cartilage in your trachea, and your vocal chords. These develop at different rates. By the time you're 18, your voice will deepen.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thehealthyjournal.com


Does your throat hurt when your voice is changing during puberty?

Thicker vocal folds lead to a change in the tone and the timbre of the voice—timbre being the quality or “color” of the voice. So when your son's voice cracks, blame it on testosterone and the growing pains of the vocal cords.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on verywellfamily.com


At what age does your singing voice peak?

Usually between 30 and 50 years old. Singers' voices mature anywhere from their 20s to the early 40s, and, in general, voices that are deeper and heavier in tone take longer to develop fully. Coloraturas, or sopranos with light voices, typically reach their peaks earliest, in the mid-20s.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on slate.com


Why is my voice still high at 15?

Why is my voice high pitched at 15? Before your growth spurt, your larynx is relatively small and your vocal cords are relatively thin. So your voice is high and kid-like.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thehealthyjournal.com


Why hasn't my voice changed at 16?

Sounds like you just haven't hit puberty yet. Or in the very early stages of it. Both would be completely normal.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on quora.com


Is it common for a girl to have a deep voice?

Yes, as in it's nothing to be worried about - some women have lower voices than others, some women have higher voices than others. The same goes for men.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thehealthyjournal.com


Why is my voice so high pitched I'm a girl?

Males and females have different vocal fold sizes, and the shorter vocal folds of women makes their pitch higher. Furthermore, some women simply have more naturally higher-pitched voices than others.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on psychologytoday.com


What is a deep female voice called?

Contralto: this is the lowest female voice, ranging from F3 below the central C to F5. It is exceedingly rare, and often contralto roles are given to mezzos with dark tones.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on operavision.eu


Why is my voice so deep at 12?

As you go through puberty, the larynx gets bigger and the vocal cords lengthen and thicken, so your voice gets deeper.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on calendar-canada.ca


Do girls talk in a higher pitch if they like you?

Do girls talk in a higher pitch when talking to their crush? Researchers found that, "Both sexes used a lower-pitched voice and showed a higher level of physiological arousal when speaking to the more attractive, opposite-sex target.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thehealthyjournal.com


Is a lower voice more attractive?

Research confirms that deep voices give men an aura of power and sexual allure. Men with low, resonant voices are more likely to be perceived as attractive, masculine, respectable, and dominant.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on sapiens.org


Can your voice crack at 14?

Voice-breaking is part of what happens to boys during puberty. It can also happen to people of all gender identities, including some young trans women and young non-binary people too.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on young.scot
Previous question
What is GREY gap year?