license: cc-by-nc-4.0
task_categories:
- image-classification
tags:
- age-estimation
- kids-face
- teens-face
- children-face
- face-age
- age-dataset
- young-faces
- age-prediction
- age-detection
- face-recognition
- biometric
- selfie
- minors
- age-verification
- age-assurance
- age-gating
- age-prediction
- COPPA
pretty_name: Kids & Teens Face Dataset for Age Estimation - Children Face Images
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
Kids and teens face dataset for age estimation tasks. This children face dataset contains images of kids and teens with accurate age labels, perfect for training age estimation models, young faces recognition, and age-based face dataset applications. Includes face dataset with age metadata for each subject
10,000+ selfies | Verified age labels | 10-30 years | Multi-ethnic
The Problem
New age-gating laws (COPPA 2.0, EU DSA, Australia Social Media Act) require apps to detect whether a user is under 18. Existing public face datasets don't solve this — UTKFace covers 0-116 with sparse teen coverage, IMDB-WIKI has noisy labels, MORPH is 80% one ethnicity
The Solution
This dataset targets the exact age range where models fail most: 10 to 30 years old. Every image has a verified ground-truth age label, captured on real phones, with full legal consent including guardian signatures for minors
Key Numbers
| Total images | 10,000+ |
| Age range | 10-30 (per-year folders) |
| Ethnicities | Black, Caucasian, Hispanic |
| Capture device | Smartphone front camera |
| Consent | Full legal consent, guardian consent for minors |
Labels
age · gender · ethnicity
Who Is This For
- ML engineers building under-18 age gates for apps and platforms
- Teams fine-tuning age estimation models on the critical 13-25 segment
- Companies needing consented, commercially licensable face data
- Researchers evaluating demographic bias in age prediction