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Turning 16 is a milestone that is definitely worth a birthday post. And you will need to find the best 16th birthday captions that your friends and followers will love for your Sweet Sixteen. Well, you will find what you are looking for here as our list includes funny 16th birthday captions, 16th birthday Instagram captions, clever birthday captions for your 16th, cute birthday captions for turning 16 years old, 16th birthday captions for yourself, birthday captions for friend on 16th birthday, selfie captions for 16th birthday, Happy 16th birthday quotes, 16th birthday puns and messages for a 16th birthday.
Whether it’s you who are turning 16 or a friend is, these captions will help you celebrate the day. And we have even added some great happy 16th birthday images.
You might also like our lists ofFunny Birthday Captions,Funny Birthday Wishes,Funny Belated Birthday WishesandFunny Birthday Quotes.
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16th Birthday Captions
Check out a few of our favorite 16th birthday captions.
- Keys, please!
- Sweet and sassy 16!
- You put the sweet in sweet 16.
- 16 years old. 16 candles. 16 wishes.
- So, today is my 16th birthday, but I’ll be taking gifts whenever.
- 16 Queen.
- Blowing out 16 candles this year.
- Couldn’t turn 16 without sharing my birthday aesthetic.
- POV: Me taking my car out. #16
- Lean, mean, and 16.
- Agent of chaos for 16 years.
- My day, my way. #16.
- Serving cake, serving looks. #16.
- 16 years down, and many more to go.
- Turning 16 and feeling fine.
- Year 16, I’m ready! Toss the confetti.
- Wow, the cake’s really lit this year…
- Hello, 16.
- Today I’m just a whole year more incredibler.
- Keep calm and celebrate 16 years.
- Birthday behavior! #16
- Officially 16, but still mentally about five.
- And so begins Chapter 16.
- Staying 16 until further notice.
- Well look who just turned 16…
- POV: You can’t believe I’m 16 now.
Sweet 16 Captions
Check out these Sweet Sixteen captions.
- Channeling my inner Sam Baker today.
- Sweet Sixteen.
- You only turn 16 once, but I plan to be sweet forever.
- Feeling sweet (16), might delete later.
- I hope the birthday cake is as sweet as me.
- Woke up like this…. sweet and sixteen, I mean.
- Would it be my 16th birthday without a sweet selfie?
- Putting the ‘sweet’ in sweet sixteen.
- Queen of Sweet Sixteen.
- Keep calm and sweet sixteen on.
- Sweet 16 birthday photo dump.
- Time to see what sweet 16 is all about.
- This is an appreciation post for myself, on my sweet 16.
- My only wish on my 16th birthday is for more good times and tan lines.
- They never tell you that turning 16 comes with a whole lot of nostalgia.
- 16 years, 16 reasons to celebrate.
16th Birthday Instagram Captions
Choose the best 16th birthday captions for Instagram below.
- I just turned 16, and even the cake is in tiers about it.
- POV: You just turned 16, and realized you’re so happy with life.
- Turning 16 is a big deal so I deserve a big celebration!
- I didn’t choose this 16th birthday, this birthday chose me.
- Honestly, my birthday should be a holiday.
- 16 is looking pretty good to me.
- It took me 16 years to get this cute.
- 16 never felt better.
- Another year, another candle on the cake. #16
- I don’t get older; I level up.
- Act my age? Maybe next year.
- Schoolin’ Life
- Got so distracted by cake, I forgot it was my own birthday. #SoThisIs16
- Turning the big 1-6 with my fam by my side.
- I don’t care how old I’m turning, so long as there’s cake.
- Growing and glowing. #16
- You really gonna scroll without wishing me a happy 16th birthday?
- That birthday glow. #Feeling16
Funny 16th Birthday Captions
These funny 16th birthday captions will make you smile. Check out our list of Funny Birthday Captions for more.
- Old enough to know better, still young enough to get away with it.
- Now entering: birthday mode.
- Sweet 16, with a license to drive.
- BRB, catch me taking a spin around town.
- Chapter 16, Page 1.
- Still growing and glowing at 16.
- The best substitute for experience is being sixteen.
- Here’s to the next chapter.
- Be good to me, 16.
- Another year older, but I’ll need some extra time for that ‘wiser’ bit. #16
- Today is the day! You can finally “hit me with your best shot.”
- I don’t care how old I’m turning, so long as there’s cake.
- Telling everyone in sight that it’s my birthday!
- Aged to perfection.
- Experience level: 16.
- Made it to 16! I know. I’m as surprised as you are.
- 16 is so fun I think I’ll repeat it again next year.
- Made it to Level 16.
- Got so distracted by cake, I forgot it was my own birthday. #SoThisIs16
- I should start getting serious, but I’ll eat confetti cake and wear a crown instead.
- 16? Who cares. I just want cake.
Happy 16th Birthday to Me Captions
These 16th birthday captions for yourself will make your day. Find your favorite happy 16th birthday to me caption here!
- It’s my 16th birthday and that’s the tea.
- Act my age? Maybe next year.
- This is the year my dreams come true.
- Gonna party like it’s my birthday…’cause it is.
- I’m shawty and it’s my 16th birthday.
- Life’s too short to not celebrate every chance you get! Happy 16th Birthday to me!
- I wish myself a happy 16th birthday since I am the definition of awesomeness.
- I’ll enjoy the best of today and laugh like never before because it’s my 16th Birthday.
- I want to thank everyone for my special 16th birthday, come and join me as I celebrate it.
- I can’t keep calm, it’s my 16th birthday.
- Cheers to the one day of our lives, when we actually celebrate getting old. Happy 16th Birthday to me.
- Birthdays are good for me. The more I have, the longer I live. lol.
- The thing is I love birthday celebrations, but only when they’re mine.
- Heaven has been really good to me by adding another year to my age.
- Here’s to another year where I can grace everyone with my presence.
- Of course, I don’t know how to act my age. I’ve never been this age before!
- Don’t wanna be sappy so… let’s just say 16 is already one for the books.
- Happy Birthday to the smartest person in this world, Happy Birthday to Me!
- Say hello to my new favorite 16 year old.
- Chapter 16. Time to make some memories.
- 16 has never looked this good. Happy birthday!
- I’m 16 now but age gives no guarantee on maturity.
Selfie Captions for 16th Birthday
You’ll love these selfie captions for 16th birthday. Check out our lists ofCute Selfie CaptionsandFunny Selfie Captionsfor more.
- I think 16 looks good on me.
- A year older, a little bolder.
- Here’s to another 365 days of being fabulous.
- It’s all about that birthday magic.
- It’s my birthday, so I’m celebrating everything.
- 16th birthday selfies hit a little different.
- Favorite day of the year. #16
- Birthday mode: the youngest I’ll ever be, and the oldest I’ve ever been. #16
- Staying 16 until further notice.
- Who knew that 16 would look this good?
- Manifesting the best 16th birthday.
- Keep calm — it’s my 16th birthday.
- POV: this is what 16 looks like.
- Hey Siri, count the candles.
- Couldn’t turn 16 without posting my birthday ‘fit.
- I’m probably going to regret this in 3…2…1…
- Wow, never been 16 before.
- 16? Who cares. I just want cake.
- Another year, another candle on the cake. #16
- Made it to 16! I know. I’m as surprised as you are.
Clever Birthday Captions for Your 16th
Take a look at these clever birthday captions for your 16th. If you like these, head to our Clever Captions for more.
- It took 16 years to get this awesome.
- Cheers to good friends, good vibes, and another 16 years.
- Hey, sixteen.
- Don’t want to be so sappy, but 16 is already one for the books.
- 16: wild and free.
- Partying when you’re 16 looks like this.
- Now I start planning for 17!
- OK, I turned 16. What now?
- I think 16 chances aren’t enough!
- It’s my birthday, so I’m celebrating everything.
- Today is a great day cause it’s my birthday!
- The only things getting LIT today are the candles on my cake!
- Is this what growing up feels like?
- I’m grateful for life and for growth. I wish myself a happy birthday.
- Soul full-charged with happiness.
- It took 16 years to get this awesome.
- I don’t know how to act my age. I’ve never been this age!
- Say hello to the world’s latest 16 year old.
- Woke up a little older… but not wiser.
- 16 16 16 16 I feel like 16.
- On a scale of 1-10, feeling a solid 16.
Short 16th Happy Birthday Captions
Here are some of our favorite 16th birthday captions. You might also want to check out our full list of Short Captions.
- Dressed to the 16s.
- Cue the confetti!
- Feeling fine at 16.
- So this is 16.
- Queen of 16.
- Level up. #16
- My day, my way. #16
- Cheers to 16!
- 16 is the new 16.
- Season 16, Episode 1.
- Lap 16 around the sun…
- It’s no time to be 16.
- Yes, I become 16.
- My birthday, my rules.
- Hey Siri, count the candles.
- 16? Bring it on.
- My day, my way. #16
- Make a wish. #16
- Aging and raging. #16
Friend Birthday Captions on 16th Birthday
Choose the best birthday captions for friend on 16th birthday from the list below. You might also like our lists ofFunny Friendship Quotes,Best Friend QuotesandTrue Friendship Quotes.
- Say hello to my new favorite 16 year old.
- Thanks for letting me bother you for the past 16 years.
- 16 and you’ve never looked better. Here’s to you!
- Helping this one ring in 16. Cheers to another lap around the sun!
- Can’t believe you’re 16. Here’s to another year of amazing memories.
- 16 years of being your favorite pain in the butt. Here’s to 16 more.
- How good is 16? It’s only the best age of all time. Enjoy your birthday, friend!
- Age 16 but forever the baby of the group.
- Ringing in 16 with the best crew.
- Thankful to be ringing in 16 with the best people I know.
- Another lap around the sun with the best people I could have ever asked for. Here’s to 16!
- Cheers to good friends, good vibes, and another 16 years.
- Age is just a number, but friends like these are forever. Thank you all for helping me ring in 16.
Cute Birthday Captions for Turning 16
Enjoy these cute birthday captions for turning 16. You might also want to have a look through our list of Cute Captions.
- They say 16 is just a filler birthday, so let’s fill it with an awesome party!
- Wishing on candles and chasing my dreams.
- Here for cake, and cake only.
- Vibin’ and thrivin’.
- Enjoy life, eat confetti cake.
- POV: ready to blow out 16 candles.
- 16: I think I’m going to like it here.
- Staying 16 until further notice.
- Me and 16? Yeah, we’re going to be just fine.
- Achievement unlocked: 16.
- 16 – time to wine and dine.
- Wow, never been 16 before.
- 16: When life truly begins.
- Favorite day of the year. #16
- Too lit to quit
- May this 16th birthday mark a fresh beginning in my life.
- 16 and glowing.
- At 16 everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.
- Cheers to another lap around the sun. Hello, 16.
- I’m just here for the birthday cake.
- Here for cake, and cake only.
- I’m not getting older. I’m getting better.
Happy 16th Birthday Quotes
Here are some of the best birthday quotes for turning 16 from our larger list of Funny Birthday Quotes and Funny Quotes About Getting Older. Find your favorite quotes about turning 16 now.
“Remember sixteen – when all the world was new and a lifetime stretched before you like fresh snow just waiting for your footprints?” ― Peggy Toney Horton
“Can I wear your t-shirt and sleep on you while I dream of all the good times when we were sixteen?” — Ellie Goulding, “Sixteen”
“Today I’m gonna ride away and feel the sun throughout my hair, finally free to be who I wanna be, who that is I don’t really care.” — Hillary Duff, “Sweet Sixteen”
“I was sixteen when suddenly I wasn’t that little girl you used to see.” — Taylor Swift, “Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)”
“Turn my (16th) birthday into a lifestyle.” — Drake, “Pop Style”
“We are too busy dancing to get knocked off our feet. Baby, we’re the new romantics, the best people in life are free” — Taylor Swift, “New Romantics”
“This girl is on fire.” — Alicia Keys, “Girl On Fire”
“‘Happy birthday, Samantha. Make a wish.’ ‘It already came true.’” — Sixteen Candles
“There’s glitter on the floor after the party.” — Taylor Swift
“I can’t believe this. They freakin’ forgot my birthday.” – Samantha Baker ‘Sixteen Candles’
“Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.” – Plautus
“You’ve won.” — Stevie Budd, Schitt’s Creek
“Chronologically, you’re a year older today. Physically, you’re still fifteen… Hopeless.” – Samantha ‘Sixteen Candles’
“I know I’ll be A-O, A-O-K.” — Tai Verdes, “A-O-K”
“I am seventeen. The good things about seventeen is that you’re not sixteen. Sixteen goes with the word sweet, and I am so far from sweet.” ― Francine Pascal
“This is for them twenty somethings. Time really moves fast, you were just sixteen.” — Beyonce
“Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” – C.S. Lewis
“Count your age by friends, not years, your life by smiles, not tears.” – John Lennon
“Today is the oldest you have been, and the youngest you will ever be. Make the most of it!” – Nicky Gumbel
“Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.” — Ausonius
Sweet 16 Quotes
We hope you enjoy these quotes for sweet 16. Find your favorite sweet sixteen quotes below!
“Sweet sixteen is when the claws come out.” ― Hannah Capin
“Birthdays are just personalized New Years.” ― Josh Henderson
“Sixteen candles in my heart will glow, forever and ever for I love you so” – The Crest 16 Candles
“I’ll do anything for my sweet sixteen” – Billy Idol Sweet Sixteen
“When I’m 16, I’ll have the best party ever.” – Sixteen Wishes
“Birthday is the day to take a pause and live the day for yourself. It’s a day to look back at the miles (years) walked so far and plan the next miles of dreams to change your life and others too.” ― Vikrmn
“Celebrate your day of birthday as special day.Make a specific birthday wishes and write it down. You will be amazed about the power of pen and inner strength to accomplish the wishes. This will be a special gift for yourself on each birthday.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
“That’s the funny thing about birthdays, they’re kind of an annual thing.” – Rapunzel
“There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.” — Lewis Carroll
“Today you are You; that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” – Dr. Seuss
“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.” — Steven Wright
“Your age isn’t you. Use today to feel your best, celebrate and be your very happiest.” – M. Rivers
“My life is better with every year of living it.” — Rachel Maddow
“A birth-date is a reminder to celebrate the life as well as to update the life.” – Amit Kalantri
“Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.” — Sammy Hagar
“You’re never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – Les Brown
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” – William Shakespeare
Happy 16th Birthday Wishes
You’ll love these meaningful 16th birthday wishes. Then head to our list of Funny Birthday Wishes and Short Birthday Wishes for more.
Sixteen candles make a lovely light but not as bright as your eyes tonight.
You’re sixteen! Say farewell to braces, pigtails and toys; hello to driving, parties and boys.
Sugary sweet and delightful: it must be your special day! Congratulations on turning sixteen!
You AUTO be just about old enough to drive now that you’re 16.
You’re 16, and I’m issuing you a license to have an awesome birthday! Enjoy!
I can’t believe you are sixteen. It’s just like you were nine yesterday! Happy Birthday!
Your 16th birthday will be the one that will serve as the bar for all other parties. Enough wishing, let’s make it a reality.
Happy 16th Birthday! I assure you that adulthood is much more interesting.
You’ve just passed the sweet 16, and on your way to the big 21. For now, enjoy your 16th B-day.
16 is a big number, and that makes it fit you, big head.
Sixteen is a normal number, so why do we celebrate it? Let’s postpone this party to your 20th birthday.
“Here’s to another year of questionable life decisions! Happy birthday queen.”
Your journey to adulthood is so rapid; it feels as if you’re pushing us hard to the old age. Congrats on turning 16.
“Pst, don’t grow up! It’s a trap. Happy 16th birthday!”
“May your birthday cake be moist, and may no one use that word to describe it.”
“I spent 3 hours searching the internet for the perfect birthday message for you and then I gave up. Happy 16th Birthday.”
“Friends celebrate friends on their birthdays. Real friends get you drunk on your birthday. Good thing for you I’m the second kind.”
“I believe you forgot my birthday present last year, so now I’m returning the favor. Happy 16th Birthday!”
Birthday Cake Quotes for 16th Birthdays
Find your favorite birthday cake quotes for 16th birthdays, then head to our list of Birthday Cake Quotes and Captions for more ideas.
“I like birthday cake. It’s so symbolic. It’s a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just ‘Happy birthday!’ because it’s this emblem of childhood and a happy day.” — Aimee Bender
“Birthdays are a great time to stop and appreciate gravity. Sure, it makes things sag as you get older, but it also keeps your cake from flying all over the room, so you don’t have to chase it.” – Greg Tamblyn
“For me, the end of childhood came when the number of candles on my birthday cake no longer reflected my age, around 16 or 20. From then on, each candle came to represent an entire decade.” — Yotam Ottolenghi
“Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.” — Edward Morykwas
“If life is a birthday cake let my face be smeared with its icing of cognac and kindness.” – Aberjhani
“Why is a birthday cake the only food you can blow on and spit on and everybody rushes to get a piece?” – Bobby Kelton
“Celebration is life’s frosting: isn’t frosting the very best part of the cake?” – Bethenny Frankel
“Cake, cake, cake, cake.” — Rihanna, “Birthday Cake”
“You know you’re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It’s like, ‘See if you can blow this out.’” — Jerry Seinfeld
“Cakes are special. Every birthday, every celebration ends with something sweet, a cake, and people remember. It’s all about the memories.” — Buddy Valastro
So that’s our list! We hope you were able to help you find the perfect 16th birthday Instagram caption and quote for sixteenth birthday you were looking for.
Please let us know in the comments section below if you have a favorite birthday caption for your 16th we missed.
About the Author
Laynni Locke
Laynni has been sharing her travel adventures and day-to-day life on Routinely Nomadic social media for over 15 years and appreciates the importance of finding the perfect quote or caption to showcase those experiences. Putting her extensive writing and education background to good use, Laynni has become passionate about researching and curating comprehensive lists of all the best quotes and captions for every occasion.
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