Bars over time
U.S. Births per Year
Babies born in the United States each calendar year, final counts from birth certificates
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
CDC WONDER Natality, from the National Vital Statistics System (NCHS). Births to residents and non-residents, by year of birth. Final data only: a year appears about nine months after it ends. Public domain; use does not imply CDC endorsement.
How many babies are born in the United States each year. Births peaked in 2007 and have drifted lower since, with the counts from birth certificates compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics.
What this chart reads
- U.S. Births (Annual, Final)as “Births”latest 2024-12-31
Sources
U.S. Births (Annual, Final). Source: CDC WONDER Natality databases (wonder.cdc.gov): 1995-2002, 2003-2006 and 2007 to the latest final year, from the National Vital Statistics System birth certificates compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Read through the WONDER API, national figures only. Public domain; use does not imply CDC endorsement. WONDER's data-use restrictions apply: health statistical reporting and analysis only, and no count of 9 or fewer is published. Palanor checks monthly; NCHS adds a final year once a year.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.