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Yes, that's on the small side but not worryingly small. It's not a bad idea to get a fecal exam done, consider widening the beardie's menu to rotate more nutrients in, and check your cage temperatures to make sure the basking spot is high enough and there's a cool area that can fit the entire lizard. Parasites and temperatures too low to support a good fast metabolic rate are leading causes of slow growth. But there are plenty of beardies that are just small because of their genes and if so that's not a big deal.
Many young beardies do best at basking temperatures of 105 to 120 and sometimes just upping the temp a few degrees can really stimulate growth. As they get older and have more body fat they tend to prefer lower basking temps. Ideally you want a temperature where a beardie spends about 1/3 to 1/2 of its waking hours basking and the rest of the time wandering through the cooler parts of the cage. If s/he's basking all day long that's a good indication the temperature is too low.
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