At 9 months old does a baby recognize its name?

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Who voted no? People who don't have children yet I guess?

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I’m a psychology major and have taken a lifespan development course and am currently taking child development. We actually covered the section on language development today. Around 3 months, babies will start making cooing noises, around 6 months they will babble (repeating noises and sounds like “dadadada” or “bababababa”). An infants vocabulary starts to form around their first birthday, which is when they start to say their first words. At 9 months, it is unlikely a baby will recognize their name. Rather, they respond to the pattern of your voice (tone, pitch, speed), which might be what they recognize. Another reason they might not be able to recognize their name that young is because they aren’t capable of symbolic thinking, and don’t really have a sense of self, and so they won’t understand that that word refers to them. Hope this was insightful! ☺️

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My son definitely knew his name at 9 months. But his cousins (twins) didn’t seem to recognize theirs. I think it depends on the child.

At 9 months old does a baby recognize its name?

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