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birth certificate

vital record that documents the birth of a child
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birth certificate
Form of this certificate was the R&S-61 (est. July 1, 1949) of the Department of Health of State of California. · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

birth certificate ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,571 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: identity certificate[2], personal data[3]
  • Commons category: Birth certificates[4]
  • Main subject: birth[5]
  • Partially coincident with: family register[6], birth registry[7]
  • Different from: announcement of birth[8], birth registry[9], baptismal record[10], birth register[11], birth announcement[12], birth announcement card[13], Geburtsbrief[14]

Why It Matters

birth certificate has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · David Osipov · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → birth
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Main subject: birth"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → birth-certificates
    The independent topic id → birth-certificate
    Different from → announcement of birth, birth registry, baptismal record +4
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: birth-certificates, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910388|birth certificates (#289910388)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
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