Children of record consist of unbaptized children who are listed on official church membership records because they have one parent who is a Latter-day Saint. Generally infants have a membership record created following the naming and blessing ordinance. Children of record remain on church records until age 18 regardless of getting baptized at age eight and the membership status of either parent. The Church reports children of record in regards to annual increases in this statistic; otherwise there are no publicly-released figures on total, worldwide "children of record" figures. Increase of children of record provide virtually the only statistic available to the public for tracking natural growth and birthrates in the LDS Church. At times church leaders and statistical reports have referred to children of record as the "number of children blessed."