birth certificate

American  

noun

1. an official form recording the birth of a baby and containing pertinent data, as name, sex, date, place, and parents.

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birth certificate British  

noun

1. an official form giving details of the time and place of a person's birth, and his or her name, sex, mother's name and (usually) father's name

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Etymology

Origin of birth certificate

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

But when he tried to register for secondary school, he realised he didn't have a birth certificate.

From BBC

Your birth certificate may show 65, but your brain might be functioning as if it were ten years younger -- or older -- depending on the experiences and habits that shape your daily life.

From Science Daily

I have scanned copies of important documents including birth certificates and my military discharge papers and saved them in Google Drive.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not even your passport or your birth certificate will save you if he carries through on that squalid Thanksgiving message.

From Los Angeles Times

“That’s my baby going across the bar on the tray. When someone takes a picture, it’s like a birth certificate,” she says.

From Salon