diff --git a/zcash_client_backend/CHANGELOG.md b/zcash_client_backend/CHANGELOG.md
index 3890166d4a..add82033ad 100644
--- a/zcash_client_backend/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/zcash_client_backend/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ workspace.
       input selection avoids pools incompatible with the requested transaction
       version.
     - `input_selection::InputSelector::propose_transaction` trait method.
+  - Trait `Account` has added method `birthday_height`
 - `zcash_client_backend::fees`:
   - The associated type `ChangeStrategy::MetaSource` is now bounded on the newly
     added `MetaSource` type instead of `zcash_client_backend::data_api::InputSource`.
diff --git a/zcash_client_backend/src/data_api.rs b/zcash_client_backend/src/data_api.rs
index 3c959916af..2f11c07893 100644
--- a/zcash_client_backend/src/data_api.rs
+++ b/zcash_client_backend/src/data_api.rs
@@ -552,6 +552,9 @@ pub trait Account {
     /// Returns the human-readable name for the account, if any has been configured.
     fn name(&self) -> Option<&str>;
 
+    /// Returns the birthday height for the account.
+    fn birthday_height(&self) -> BlockHeight;
+
     /// Returns whether this account is derived or imported, and the derivation parameters
     /// if applicable.
     fn source(&self) -> &AccountSource;
@@ -581,13 +584,21 @@ pub trait Account {
 }
 
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-dependencies"))]
-impl<A: Copy> Account for (A, UnifiedFullViewingKey) {
+impl<A: Copy> Account for (A, UnifiedFullViewingKey, BlockHeight) {
     type AccountId = A;
 
     fn id(&self) -> A {
         self.0
     }
 
+    fn name(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn birthday_height(&self) -> BlockHeight {
+        self.2
+    }
+
     fn source(&self) -> &AccountSource {
         &AccountSource::Imported {
             purpose: AccountPurpose::ViewOnly,
@@ -602,14 +613,10 @@ impl<A: Copy> Account for (A, UnifiedFullViewingKey) {
     fn uivk(&self) -> UnifiedIncomingViewingKey {
         self.1.to_unified_incoming_viewing_key()
     }
-
-    fn name(&self) -> Option<&str> {
-        None
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-dependencies"))]
-impl<A: Copy> Account for (A, UnifiedIncomingViewingKey) {
+impl<A: Copy> Account for (A, UnifiedIncomingViewingKey, BlockHeight) {
     type AccountId = A;
 
     fn id(&self) -> A {
@@ -620,6 +627,10 @@ impl<A: Copy> Account for (A, UnifiedIncomingViewingKey) {
         None
     }
 
+    fn birthday_height(&self) -> BlockHeight {
+        self.2
+    }
+
     fn source(&self) -> &AccountSource {
         &AccountSource::Imported {
             purpose: AccountPurpose::ViewOnly,
diff --git a/zcash_client_backend/src/data_api/testing.rs b/zcash_client_backend/src/data_api/testing.rs
index 5c643c1ee6..b5b2a48901 100644
--- a/zcash_client_backend/src/data_api/testing.rs
+++ b/zcash_client_backend/src/data_api/testing.rs
@@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ impl<A: Account> Account for TestAccount<A> {
         self.account.name()
     }
 
+    fn birthday_height(&self) -> BlockHeight {
+        self.account.birthday_height()
+    }
+
     fn source(&self) -> &AccountSource {
         self.account.source()
     }
@@ -2635,7 +2639,7 @@ impl InputSource for MockWalletDb {
 impl WalletRead for MockWalletDb {
     type Error = ();
     type AccountId = u32;
-    type Account = (Self::AccountId, UnifiedFullViewingKey);
+    type Account = (Self::AccountId, UnifiedFullViewingKey, BlockHeight);
 
     fn get_account_ids(&self) -> Result<Vec<Self::AccountId>, Self::Error> {
         Ok(Vec::new())
diff --git a/zcash_client_memory/src/types/account.rs b/zcash_client_memory/src/types/account.rs
index e19712304d..e60a904b62 100644
--- a/zcash_client_memory/src/types/account.rs
+++ b/zcash_client_memory/src/types/account.rs
@@ -523,6 +523,14 @@ impl zcash_client_backend::data_api::Account for Account {
         self.account_id
     }
 
+    fn name(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn birthday_height(&self) -> zcash_protocol::consensus::BlockHeight {
+        self.birthday().height()
+    }
+
     fn source(&self) -> &AccountSource {
         &self.kind
     }
@@ -534,10 +542,6 @@ impl zcash_client_backend::data_api::Account for Account {
     fn uivk(&self) -> UnifiedIncomingViewingKey {
         self.viewing_key.to_unified_incoming_viewing_key()
     }
-
-    fn name(&self) -> Option<&str> {
-        todo!()
-    }
 }
 
 mod serialization {
diff --git a/zcash_client_sqlite/src/wallet.rs b/zcash_client_sqlite/src/wallet.rs
index e3f0a27cbd..42490ef47f 100644
--- a/zcash_client_sqlite/src/wallet.rs
+++ b/zcash_client_sqlite/src/wallet.rs
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@ impl zcash_client_backend::data_api::Account for Account {
         self.name.as_deref()
     }
 
+    fn birthday_height(&self) -> BlockHeight {
+        self.birthday()
+    }
+
     fn source(&self) -> &AccountSource {
         &self.kind
     }
@@ -539,7 +543,7 @@ pub(crate) fn add_account<P: consensus::Parameters>(
         birthday: birthday.height(),
     };
 
-    // If a birthday frontiers are available and the birthday height is less than or equal to the
+    // If birthday frontiers are available and the birthday height is less than or equal to the
     // max-scanned height, insert them into the note commitment trees. Otherwise, we don't need to
     // do anything.
     if block_max_scanned(conn, params)?.is_some_and(|m| m.block_height() > birthday.height()) {