Turning 21 is a big deal! After all it’s pretty much the last useful birthday a person will have. If you have been wondering what the best way to wish someone a happy 21st birthday is, we have you covered with this list of the best happy 21st birthday wishes for everyone in your life. Whether you are looking for 21st birthday messages or 21st birthday greetings for cards, you should be able to find it here.
Feel free to use these to wish your friend or loved one all the best in the coming year.
Our Favorite Happy 21st Birthday Wishes
- Happy happy 21st birthday! Always remember that life is not about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself. Wishing you all the best for the next chapter.
- Happy 21st! Your future does not lay in front of you, it lies deep inside you. When life becomes a rollercoaster, climb into the front seat, throw your arms in the air and enjoy the ride.
- Behind you all your memories. Before you all your dreams. Around you all that love you. Within you all you need. Happy 21st birthday!
- Happy 21st birthday to someone who has a truly bright future ahead of them! I hope you have a fantastic day!
- Time to celebrate your induction into full adulthood! Happy 21st birthday!
- How time flies – Happy 21st Birthday.
- So proud of who you have become over these 21 years.
- You are such a beautiful person, inside and out. Happy 21st!
- Happy 21st birthday to a true troublemaker. Don’t you dare get old on me!
- Happy birthday! I can’t wait to see what you do with your next 21 years.
- Congratulations on reaching this incredible journey to 21. Wishing you many good things for the years ahead.
- I’ll bet you were hoping no one would notice you were turning 21. Well, no such luck! Happy birthday!
- Turning 21 is a piece of cake and a few extra candles.
- Happy 21st birthday to one of my favourite humans!
- A very happy 21st birthday, I can’t wait to celebrate with you later.
- May your birthday be as wonderful as you are, happy 21th.
- Hopefully you can find a cake big enough to fit 21 candles.
- Happy 21st birthday to someone who’s awesome at any age.
- Congratulations on turning 21! I hope your birthday is so great that you’ll need sunglasses to open the fridge in the morning.
- You know what they say about turning 21? Old enough to know better, and young enough not to care. Enjoy it! Happy birthday!
- Happy 21st! Time to start adulting.
- You’re 21! Now you can legally do everything you’ve been doing all along!
- 21 today! Time to get your sh*t together.
- Here’s your annual reminder of how thoughtful I am – Happy 21st Birthday!
- It’s OK to light the 21 candles on your birthday cake now; I’ve already alerted the fire department.
- Don’t grow up… It’s a trap! Oh, you did! Happy birthday, in that case!
- Happy 21st birthday! Now that you’re getting older, I hope your last trip round the sun wasn’t too tiring.
- You’re older today than yesterday but younger than tomorrow, happy 21st birthday!
- 21 looks good on you.
- Can’t quite believe you are 21! I remember you running around in nappies.
- I hate to break it to you…. but you’re officially an adult now and it’s time to act like it!
- Just wanted to be the first one to wish you happy birthday so I can feel superior to your other well-wishers. So, happy 21st birthday!
- Happy 21th! Don’t worry, you don’t look a day over 20 and a half.
- We’ll be friends ’til we’re old and senile… and then we’ll be new friends!
- If you’re the new face of 21, then it’s going to be an amazing year. Happy Birthday, dear friend!
- Wishing the happiest of birthdays to the kindest friend I know. I hope you have a fantastic 21st birthday today.
- Happy 21st Birthday to one of my most special friends!
- My friend, you have so much to be proud of at 21. Congrats and enjoy!
- Happy 21st birthday! I’m so grateful for your friendship and all the fun we’ve shared over the years. Here’s to many, many more!
- 21 cheers to 21 great years. Now, let the real party begin my friend!
- Friend – Congratulations on your 21st birthday! What a prime opportunity to stop and reflect on how much you have achieved in so little time. You are an inspiration to all of us. May your future be bright and full of wonders.
- Though we couldn’t be with you today, we’re raising our glass and wishing you the happiest of 21st birthdays! I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends.
- Wishing you the very best on your 21st birthday. Enjoy the attention on your special day, you deserve it my wonderful friend.
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Birthday Wishes, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th Birthday Wishes.
Short Happy Birthday Wishes for Turning 21
- Hope your birthday is twenty-onederful!
- Enjoy turning 21 today – it’s all downhill from now on!
- By 21, Jane Austen had written Pride and Prejudice. But you’re still doing great!
- You’re 21! You are officially an adult… and old.
- 21 years of being a muppet.
- By 21, Steve Jobs had founded Apple. But you’re still doing great!
- Happy 21st Birthday! Drink responsibly… don’t spill any of it.
- Time to get drunk and forget you’re getting old. Happy 21st!
- Time to grow up! Happy Birthday.
- Happy birthday. It took you 21 years to look this good!
- Hope your 21st year is your favorite year so far!
- Sincerely wishing you life’s finest things at 21.
- 21 is a birthday worth celebrating, live it large!
- Forever be beautiful, inside and out. Happy 21st birthday.
- 21?! YOU?! I demand a recount! Happy birthday!
- The first 21 years of childhood are always the hardest.
- Happy birthday!! You only look as old as the last selfie you took.
- I’m so proud to have you as a friend… even if you are old.
- 21 is fun, fabulous, and absolutely fantastic. It’s your time in the sun.
Happy 21st Birthday Messages and Greetings for Cards
- Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and loved more than you know! Congratulations on your 21st birthday!
- Many congratulations on your 21st! Wishing you success and happiness on your very special birthday!
- 21 looks absolutely beautiful on you. May your beauty be as everlasting as the heavens. Happy 21st birthday!
- Turning 21 is a piece of cake and a few extra candles.
- A very happy 21st birthday to you! Congratulations! I hope that your day is filled with celebrations, and that on this very special day you’re surrounded by those who you love most in the world!
- Look out world, here you come!
- So proud of what you have achieved and what you are going to achieve. Happy 21st birthday!
- You make us so proud, each and every single day.
- On your 21st birthday, you deserve all of the happiness and joy that life can bring.
- All you’ve accomplished in your 21 brief years on this earth – it’s astounding!
- What does life have in store for you? An adulthood filled with joy, happiness and success is my birthday wish for you.
- Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is not here, so live today and enjoy the year.
- Congratulations on being even more experienced. I’m not sure what you learned this year, but every experience transforms us into the people we are today. Happy 21st birthday!
- The world is a much better place for having had you in it for the last 21 years. Here’s to wishing you many happy returns
- Let this birthday bring peace to your soul and happiness to your heart.
- It’s your 21st birthday? Not too late to get up to some mischief!
- A birthday is a day to celebrate your achievements, your accomplishments, and your future.
- Your birthday is the first day of another 365-day journey. Be the shining thread in the beautiful tapestry of the world to make this year the best ever. Enjoy the ride.
- Look forward to all that this next decade has to hold.
- Congratulations on reaching one of life’s biggest milestones! Your future looks so bright!
- Have a wonderful day today on your 21st Birthday.
- Your 21st birthday is a special time indeed, where you’re given the key that unlocks the door to your future! I hope that the path ahead is bright and kind to you. You’re a great person who deserves the very best in life! Happy birthday and many congratulations!
- 21 and amazing.
- Wishing you a fantastic 21st birthday, I feel blessed to have you in my life.
- I’ve always looked up to you and I’m so proud of the person you have become. It’s a blessing to have you in my life.
- You have accomplished so much in such little time! What a role model you are for those that know you. I’m so proud of the grown-up you have become.
- Cheers to you turning 21, hope your twenties are filled with joy and success.
- Wishing you a wonderful 21st birthday, you deserve to have a great day and hope you get extremely spoilt!
- You’ve really grown into such a marvellous young adult, wishing you a happy 21th.
- Look at that, you’re a whole 21 years old. Hope you have a great day celebrating with all your loved ones.
- This year, I wish for even more time together with the greatest person I know. Happy 21st birthday to you, bestie!
- 21 years ago today our family changed for the better, happy birthday!
- What goes up but never comes down? Your age. Happy 21st birthday!
- Sending you a hundred wishes so that you get everything you could hope for this birthday. Happy 21st birthday!
- Happy birthday. If your next 21 years are half as good as the first, you will have had a pretty amazing life.
- As you turn 21 today, I was just reminiscing about all of your impressive achievements and all of the wonderful moments we have shared together. I hope that your 21st birthday marks a fabulous start to your adult life and that you are always blessed with great opportunities and exciting adventures!
- I can’t wait to see what your future holds for you!
- Every time I try to define beauty and grace, you come to mind. And with each new year, the definition gets even better.
- 21 – This is big! So proud of you and all you have accomplished so far.
- Life isn’t about finding yourself – it’s about creating yourself. Happy birthday!
- I know that the path ahead for you is bright – you deserve every success
- You have always inspired me. With all you’ve been through so far, you persevere and move forward. Stronger than ever on your 21st birthday.
- You’ve so many choices left to make as you turn the corner past 21. Whatever path you take, may it provide all of the happiness and success that you deserve.
- May the joy that you have spread in the past come back to you on this day. Wishing you a very happy 21st birthday!
- A wise man once said, ‘Forget about your past, you cannot change it’. I’d like to add, ‘Forget about your present, I didn’t get you one’. Happy 21th!
- You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. Happy 21st birthday!
- As Helen Hayes says, age is not important unless you’re a cheese. Here’s a cheesy birthday wish for you, though.
- A wish for you on your birthday, whatever you ask may you receive, whatever you seek may you find, whatever you wish may it be fulfilled on your birthday and always. Happy birthday!
- Everything you have worked for begins to fall into place when you turn 21.
- Time to start crossing things off that bucket list.
So there you have it! Hopefully you were able to find the perfect 21st birthday greeting you were looking for.
Now get out there and help them celebrate turning 21!
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Laynni Locke
I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.
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