Selama bertahun-tahun, Kalimantan Selatan termasuk penyumbang angka pernikahan dini yang tinggi di Indonesia. Terjadinya pernikahan dini tersebut dilatari oleh alasan ekonomi, pendidikan, lingkungan dan budaya, keyakinan, dan akibat pergaulan bebas. Melihat kenyataan ini, maka pernikahan dini di Kalimantan Selatan dilatari oleh adat dan juga tren yang berkembang di masyarakat. Menikah dini menjadi hal yang wajar daripada anak melakukan perzinaan dan juga ada stigma negatif bagi perempuan yang sudah pubertas namun tidak menikah. Penelitian dilakukan dengan menyandingkan data-data dari penelitian terdahulu dengan survei Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS). Hasil analisis kemudian dituliskan secara deskriptif kualitatif yang diperkaya dengan teori-teori yang berkenaan dengan pernikahan dini. For many years, South Kalimantan has been a contributor to the high rate of early marriage in Indonesia. The occurrence of early marriage is motivated by economic reasons, education, environment and culture, beliefs, and the consequences of promiscuity. Seeing this reality, early marriage in South Kalimantan is based on customs and trends that develop in society. Early marriage becomes a natural thing than children committing adultery and there is also a negative stigma for women who have reached puberty but are not married. The study was conducted by juxtaposing data from previous studies with a survey from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). The results of the analysis are then written in a qualitative descriptive manner which is enriched with theories relating to early marriage.