“How Old Are South Park's Main Characters? The Ages of Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny Expla” — what this page in the network covers. South Park has been on the air since 1997, yet its central characters—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick—remain perpetually in elementary school. The show's satirical edge often overshadows a simple question: how old are these foul-mouthed fourth graders supposed to be? Based on details from the series, the boys are canonically around 10 years old, though their exact ages have shifted slightly over the decades. Stan and Kyle are typically depicted as 10, while Cartman's birthday episode places him at 10 as well.
Kenny, often the butt of death jokes, is also in the same grade and age range. Butters Stotch, the naive friend, is likewise 10. This frozen-in-time approach lets creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone comment on current events without aging the characters out of their iconic roles. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.