AllClear ID research: Children may be victimized at a rate approximately 35 times higher than adults. Synthetic ID thieves need Social Security numbers with clean histories that are not currently being used, allowing them to attach a different name and date of birth to the number. Child SSNs are not typically compromised as part of large data breaches because they often come from smaller-scale incidents. Parents often use their childs SSN to create new identities to obtain telecommunication services such as cable TV subscriptions or cell phone plans.”]
Source: https://securityintelligence.com/the-looming-crisis-of-child-identity-theft/