Gymboree kids size chart

1. Measure your child's height without shoes, standing against a wall.
2. Find that height in the Height column, or enter it in the size finder on this page. The size on that row is the one the brand's chart gives for that height.
3. If the height is at the edge of a range, or between two sizes, look at the other measurements the chart lists, such as chest, waist and hip, and compare them with your child's. In the Outgrow app you can enter your child's measurements and get a full size check.
4. Age labels are only a guide. The height range is what the chart is built on.

Gymboree boys size chart: tops

Gymboree girls size chart: tops

Gymboree boys size chart: bottoms

Gymboree girls size chart: bottoms

Gymboree's age labels against the typical brand's

In Gymboree's table of age labels, the typical range for a label is the median lowest height and the median highest height of that label across the charts compared, and the difference is the middle of Gymboree's range minus the median of the middles of those charts' ranges. Charts compared is the number of brands' charts in our data that publish the same label and count towards these figures. About the same means a difference of 1 cm or less, slightly lower or slightly higher means more than 1 cm and less than 2 cm, and lower or higher means 2 cm or more.

Gymboree's number sizes against the typical brand's

In Gymboree's table of number sizes, the typical range for a label is the median lowest height and the median highest height of that label across the charts compared, and the difference is the middle of Gymboree's range minus the median of the middles of those charts' ranges. Charts compared is the number of brands' charts in our data that publish the same label and count towards these figures, and rows for boys' or girls' sizes use boys' or girls' charts only. About the same means a difference of 1 cm or less, slightly lower or slightly higher means more than 1 cm and less than 2 cm, and lower or higher means 2 cm or more.

Gymboree's chest, waist and hip against the average at the same height

Gymboree's figures are the average difference, over simulated children, between Gymboree's chart and the average of the charts in our data that give the same measurement at the same height. About the same means less than 0.5 standard deviations of all brands' differences away from their average, slightly wider or slightly narrower means 0.5 to less than 1 standard deviation, which is within the usual spread, and a clear difference means 1 standard deviation or more, the level the study uses. Brands compared is the number of brands whose figures for that measurement enter the comparison. The figures compare chart measurements and say nothing about how clothes fit.

These comparisons set this brand's size labels beside the same labels at other brands in our comparison.

Across 4 sizes that Gymboree shares with other brands, its sizes cover children slightly shorter than the typical brand's at the same label (about 1.8 cm). For example, a typical size 2T covers 86-92 cm and Gymboree's size 2T covers 85-89 cm.

Across 6 sizes that Gymboree shares with other brands, its sizes cover children about 2.2 cm shorter than the typical brand's at the same label. For example, a typical size 6 covers 114.2-120.2 cm and Gymboree's size 6 covers 112-118 cm.

A size covers a range of heights, not one height. The wider the range, the further apart two children in the same size can be.

Half of Gymboree's sizes cover 7.5 cm or more, against 6 cm at the typical brand. Two children in the same size can be 7.5 cm apart in height.

On Gymboree's chart, girls' size 7 covers 10 cm (118-128). Two children in this size can be 10 cm apart, so check the measurements as well as the label.

Some brands publish separate charts for boys and girls. Where the height ranges differ, the same size label covers different heights.

Gymboree girls' 7 covers 118-128 cm; boys' 7 covers 118-126 cm. Between 126 and 128 cm, a child is in girls' 7 but taller than boys' 7.

Sizes are meant to follow each other. Where a chart leaves a gap, overlaps, or takes a larger step, a child's height can fall between two sizes.

On Gymboree's chart, from girls' size 7 (from 118 cm) to girls' size 8 (from 128 cm) is a step of 10 cm, against 6 cm at the typical brand.

A chart starts and ends at certain heights. A child outside that range is outside the chart.

Gymboree's chart ends at 156 cm (boys' size 14). Taller children will need another brand.

Height is the main measurement on most charts. Some brands also publish chest, waist, hip or inseam, which allow a child's own measurements to be compared with the chart.

Gymboree publishes chest, waist, inseam and weight, so you can compare more than height.

Shoe sizes as published by Gymboree. They are not part of our comparison of 72 brands' size charts, and the brand can change them, so check the brand's own chart before buying.