No one knows how old Nara Smith is Is she lying? And why is it a problem?

Nara Smith is known for being TikTok’s most famous tradwife. Her videos - filmed in bright, immaculate kitchens where she prepares from scratch everything from Oreo cookies to Coca-Cola and even sunscreen (!) - have amassed more than 80 million views. Her aesthetic stands apart from that of her well-known rival, Ballerina Farm. While Hannah Neeleman, a Mormon mother of eight, wears overalls and cowboy boots, Nara Smith opts for voluminous evening gowns and brands like Chanel and Miu Miu. What makes Smith’s figure even more popular, and controversial, is one key detail: her age.

How old is Nara Smith?

The German–South African influencer and model claims she was born on September 27, 2001, which means she has just turned 24 years old. However, many users on platforms like TikTok and Reddit have questioned the truthfulness of her age, making comments about her appearance - as if being a few years older would make her “ancient” - and posting self-ironic comparisons (“Nara Smith is 24 on her 4th kid while you’re 28 and afraid of the dark,” my favorite). Some users went beyond mere curiosity, searching for tangible proof to confirm her real age, even digging up documents showing her participation in swimming competitions when she was barely a teenager.

Why lie about your age - and how does it fit into Nara Smith’s ideology?

Smith herself seems to play with small ambiguities, using phrases like “all the ages/years I’ve been pregnant,” suggesting a deliberately vague timeline that fits her persona. Her most devoted followers defend her fiercely - “Everyone’s a girls’ girl until the happy couple that can afford their family wants to grow,” wrote one woman under the video announcing her fourth pregnancy - as if all criticism could simply be reduced to bitter resentment.

Ultimately, what really matters in this debate isn’t Nara Smith’s actual age, but what her real or declared age helps construct. On Reddit, some users have called her the “Andrew Tate of Gen Z girls,” while others point out that there’s nothing wrong with being a full-time mom - “but when you push it on younger girls and wrap it in glamour,” one user wrote, “it’s like saying: why work when you can bake pies all day?” And we’d be naïve to believe that this is truly her everyday life. What millions of viewers see - those perfect pies and homemade Oreos - doesn’t mean there aren’t other essential figures behind the scenes: hairdressers, stylists, PR managers, social media coordinators, maybe even a few nannies.

Conservatism through content creators

Moreover, Smith’s popularity and her multiple pregnancies at a young age seem to symbolically reflect the political aspirations of a nation. The Trump administration is reportedly considering various proposals to boost the American birth rate and promote traditional family values - from baby bonuses to programs that teach women to better understand their menstrual cycles, so they can know exactly when to conceive. In this context, a figure like Nara Smith stops being just entertainment - another influencer who happens to love cooking - and becomes the face through which conservatism turns aesthetically desirable.