The CDC growth charts are percentile curves that show the distribution of selected body measurements in U.S. children. They are designed for children and adolescents, not adult men, so they do not directly provide an adult male height percentile reference for ages 20 and over.

NHANES is the CDC’s nationally representative survey used to collect measured height, weight, and other health data for the U.S. population. It is the primary CDC data source for estimating height distributions in adults, including adult men.

Table 9 shows the distribution of height (stature) for men aged 20 and over in the United States based on NHANES 2015–2018. The mean height for men 20 and over is 175.3 cm (about 69.0 inches) and the 95th percentile is 187.5 cm (about 73.8 inches). A height of 6 feet 2 inches (188.0 cm) is therefore just above the 95th percentile cut‑off for adult men in this dataset.

Series 3 reports from the National Center for Health Statistics present analytical and epidemiological studies based on data collected by NCHS, including anthropometric reference data from NHANES. The Series 3, Number 46 publication "Anthropometric reference data for children and adults: United States, 2015–2018" uses measured data from NHANES to provide percentile distributions (including the 95th percentile) of standing height for adult men and women 20 years and older in the United States.

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2010 data show that the mean height (stature) for men aged 20 years and over is 176.3 cm (69.4 in). For men 20 and over, the 95th percentile for height is 187.3 cm (73.7 in). Since 6 ft 2 in corresponds to 188.0 cm, this value lies very close to and just above the 95th percentile for U.S. adult males in this period.

The continuous NHANES cycle documents the examination components used to measure anthropometrics in U.S. adults. These files are the official data records that can be used to compute adult height percentiles by sex and age group.

This CDC analysis compares self-reported and measured anthropometrics across national surveys. Table 1 lists selected percentiles for measured height among adults in NHANES. For men, NHANES measured heights show percentiles (10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th, 97th) around 163.3, 170.8, 176.0, 181.0, 185.5, 188.2 cm, etc., across cycles. These values indicate that the 95th percentile for adult male height is around 188 cm (about 74 inches, 6'2"), so a height of 6'2" is approximately at the 95th percentile of the distribution of measured heights.

This CDC data brief reports measured adult height in the United States using NHANES. It is evidence that CDC has published adult height statistics from NHANES, although this specific brief reports means rather than percentiles.

CDC FastStats provides summary statistics on body measurements in the U.S. population, including height. These are population measurement references that can be used alongside NHANES documentation when evaluating adult male stature percentiles.

This paper presents detailed **anthropometric reference data for U.S. adults** aged 20 years and older from NHANES 2007–2010. For **men 20 years and older**, it provides mean height and **selected percentiles**. The tables show that the **95th percentile standing height for adult men** in these years is approximately **74 inches** (about 6 ft 2 in), indicating that only about 5% of U.S. men are taller than this height.

Analyzing NHANES 2003–2006, the authors present distributions of body mass index and height for U.S. adults. For men, the mean height is about 176.4 cm with a standard deviation of around 7.1 cm, and they note that the 95th percentile of height is approximately 187–188 cm. This indicates that a height of 6'2" (about 188 cm) falls at or just above the 95th percentile for adult men.

Our World in Data summarizes global and national trends in human height, citing large-scale studies of adult stature. For U.S. men born between 1980 and 1994, one study reports a mean height of 178.4 cm. Given a roughly normal distribution of height, a value about 9–10 cm above the mean (around 187–188 cm, or about 6'1.5"–6'2") would typically correspond to a percentile in the mid‑90s range.

The NCHS report summarized here provides updated **anthropometric reference data**, including standing height percentiles, for the U.S. population based on NHANES 2007–2010. For **men aged 20 and over**, the report includes the **95th percentile for height**, which is around **74 inches (6 ft 2 in)**. The authors note that these reference values describe the current distribution of body measurements in the U.S. and are widely used in clinical and research contexts.

Below is a height percentile calculator for men and women, 18 years old and older in the United States. The table of selected height percentile breakpoints for American men shows that the 90th percentile male height is 6'0.64" and the 99th percentile is 6'3.57". From this distribution, a male height of 6'2" (74 inches) falls between the 90th and 99th percentiles, closer to roughly the mid‑90s percentile range.

Using NHANES data, the author reports that men in the U.S. have an average body height of 5'9" (69.0 in.) and a median (50th percentile) height of 69.1 in. He notes that "A male body height of 6'0'' is at the 85th percentile, meaning that 85% of men in the U.S. are shorter than 6'0'' and 15% of men in the U.S. are 6'0'' or taller." This implies that heights significantly above 6'0", such as 6'2", fall within a higher percentile band approaching the mid‑90s.

This tool lets users enter sex, age, height, and country (including the United States) to calculate height percentiles based on available growth and anthropometric data. For adult men in the U.S., entering a height of 6'2" typically returns a percentile slightly above the 95th percentile, indicating that only around 5% or fewer adult men are this tall or taller.

The Tall.Life calculator provides height percentiles by age and country, including adults in the United States, using underlying survey and growth‑chart data. When configured for U.S. adult males, a height input of 6'2" returns a percentile in the mid‑90s, consistent with the idea that this height is around the 95th percentile for American men.

In U.S. adult men, a height of 6 feet 2 inches (74 inches, about 188 cm) is commonly near the mid-90s percentile, depending on the age range and reference year. The exact percentile varies by the NHANES cycle and whether the reference is all adult men or a narrower age band.