3.63M
2024 (latest)
LIVE BIRTHS
births · 1909–2024 · neither direction is "better" · CDC/NCHS, Births and General Fertility Rates: United States, extended by NVSR 75-2 Table 1
2.72M
1909
4.32M
high · 2007
2.31M
low · 1933
+34%
since 1909
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. 1909–2018 from the primary CDC open-data annual live-birth counts; 2010–2018 overlap confirmed identical against NVSR 75-2 Table 1 (archived copy in data/nchs/), which then extends the series 2019–2024. Historical early-year values are published rounded estimates, not fabricated precision. No provisional monthly estimates are spliced into this final annual series. Breaks: The birth-registration area reached all states in 1933; earlier counts cover a growing registration area and are rounded estimates.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://data.cdc.gov/resource/e6fc-ccez.json?$limit=1000
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr75/nvsr75-02.pdf
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Family-And-Society
Data
| Year | Live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.63M | +1% |
| 2023 | 3.60M | −2% |
| 2022 | 3.67M | +0% |
| 2021 | 3.66M | +1% |
| 2020 | 3.61M | −4% |
| 2019 | 3.75M | −1% |
| 2018 | 3.79M | −2% |
| 2017 | 3.86M | −2% |
| 2016 | 3.95M | −1% |
| 2015 | 3.98M | −0% |
| 2014 | 3.99M | +1% |
| 2013 | 3.93M | −1% |
| 2012 | 3.95M | −0% |
| 2011 | 3.95M | −1% |
| 2010 | 4.00M | −3% |
| 2009 | 4.13M | −3% |
| 2008 | 4.25M | −2% |
| 2007 | 4.32M | +1% |
| 2006 | 4.27M | +3% |
| 2005 | 4.14M | +1% |
| 2004 | 4.11M | +1% |
| 2003 | 4.09M | +2% |
| 2002 | 4.02M | −0% |
| 2001 | 4.03M | −1% |
| 2000 | 4.06M | +3% |
| 1999 | 3.96M | +0% |
| 1998 | 3.94M | +2% |
| 1997 | 3.88M | −0% |
| 1996 | 3.89M | −0% |
| 1995 | 3.90M | −1% |
| 1994 | 3.95M | −1% |
| 1993 | 4.00M | −2% |
| 1992 | 4.07M | −1% |
| 1991 | 4.11M | −1% |
| 1990 | 4.16M | +3% |
| 1989 | 4.04M | +3% |
| 1988 | 3.91M | +3% |
| 1987 | 3.81M | +1% |
| 1986 | 3.76M | −0% |
| 1985 | 3.76M | +2% |
| 1984 | 3.67M | +1% |
| 1983 | 3.64M | −1% |
| 1982 | 3.68M | +1% |
| 1981 | 3.63M | +0% |
| 1980 | 3.61M | +3% |
| 1979 | 3.49M | +5% |
| 1978 | 3.33M | +0% |
| 1977 | 3.33M | +5% |
| 1976 | 3.17M | +1% |
| 1975 | 3.14M | −0% |
| 1974 | 3.16M | +1% |
| 1973 | 3.14M | −4% |
| 1972 | 3.26M | −8% |
| 1971 | 3.56M | −5% |
| 1970 | 3.73M | +4% |
| 1969 | 3.60M | +3% |
| 1968 | 3.50M | −1% |
| 1967 | 3.52M | −2% |
| 1966 | 3.61M | −4% |
| 1965 | 3.76M | −7% |
| 1964 | 4.03M | −2% |
| 1963 | 4.10M | −2% |
| 1962 | 4.17M | −2% |
| 1961 | 4.27M | +0% |
| 1960 | 4.26M | +0% |
| 1959 | 4.24M | −0% |
| 1958 | 4.25M | −1% |
| 1957 | 4.30M | +2% |
| 1956 | 4.21M | +3% |
| 1955 | 4.10M | +1% |
| 1954 | 4.07M | +3% |
| 1953 | 3.96M | +1% |
| 1952 | 3.91M | +2% |
| 1951 | 3.82M | +5% |
| 1950 | 3.63M | −0% |
| 1949 | 3.65M | +0% |
| 1948 | 3.64M | −5% |
| 1947 | 3.82M | +12% |
| 1946 | 3.41M | +19% |
| 1945 | 2.86M | −3% |
| 1944 | 2.94M | −5% |
| 1943 | 3.10M | +4% |
| 1942 | 2.99M | +11% |
| 1941 | 2.70M | +6% |
| 1940 | 2.56M | +4% |
| 1939 | 2.47M | −1% |
| 1938 | 2.50M | +3% |
| 1937 | 2.41M | +2% |
| 1936 | 2.35M | −1% |
| 1935 | 2.38M | −1% |
| 1934 | 2.40M | +4% |
| 1933 | 2.31M | −5% |
| 1932 | 2.44M | −3% |
| 1931 | 2.51M | −4% |
| 1930 | 2.62M | +1% |
| 1929 | 2.58M | −3% |
| 1928 | 2.67M | −5% |
| 1927 | 2.80M | −1% |
| 1926 | 2.84M | −2% |
| 1925 | 2.91M | −2% |
| 1924 | 2.98M | +2% |
| 1923 | 2.91M | +1% |
| 1922 | 2.88M | −6% |
| 1921 | 3.06M | +4% |
| 1920 | 2.95M | +8% |
| 1919 | 2.74M | −7% |
| 1918 | 2.95M | +0% |
| 1917 | 2.94M | −1% |
| 1916 | 2.96M | −0% |
| 1915 | 2.96M | −1% |
| 1914 | 2.99M | +4% |
| 1913 | 2.87M | +1% |
| 1912 | 2.84M | +1% |
| 1911 | 2.81M | +1% |
| 1910 | 2.78M | +2% |
| 1909 | 2.72M | — |
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