Natality
US Birth Statistics
Annual US births back to 1960 with the birth and fertility rates, Pew generation bands, and CDC's most current provisional monthly counts.
The United States recorded about 3,606,407 births in 2025, down from a peak of roughly 4,316,233 in 2007. The general fertility rate, births per 1,000 women aged 15–44, has fallen from 118.0 in 1960 to 54.5 in 2023, most of the drop coming after 2007. Charts below cover annual births, the fertility and birth rates, and current monthly counts; each has a data table and CSV.
Annual Births & Fertility Rate
2001–2025
Data table
| Year | Births | Fertility rate | Birth rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,257,850 | 118 | 23.7 |
| 1961 | 4,268,326 | 117.1 | 23.3 |
| 1962 | 4,167,362 | 112 | 22.4 |
| 1963 | 4,098,020 | 108.3 | 21.7 |
| 1964 | 4,027,490 | 104.7 | 21.1 |
| 1965 | 3,760,358 | 96.3 | 19.4 |
| 1966 | 3,606,274 | 90.8 | 18.4 |
| 1967 | 3,520,959 | 87.2 | 17.8 |
| 1968 | 3,501,564 | 85.2 | 17.6 |
| 1969 | 3,600,206 | 86.1 | 17.9 |
| 1970 | 3,731,386 | 87.9 | 18.4 |
| 1971 | 3,555,970 | 81.6 | 17.2 |
| 1972 | 3,258,411 | 73.1 | 15.6 |
| 1973 | 3,136,965 | 68.8 | 14.8 |
| 1974 | 3,159,958 | 67.8 | 14.8 |
| 1975 | 3,144,198 | 66 | 14.6 |
| 1976 | 3,167,788 | 65 | 14.6 |
| 1977 | 3,326,632 | 66.8 | 15.1 |
| 1978 | 3,333,279 | 65.5 | 15 |
| 1979 | 3,494,398 | 67.2 | 15.6 |
| 1980 | 3,612,258 | 68.4 | 15.9 |
| 1981 | 3,629,238 | 67.3 | 15.8 |
| 1982 | 3,680,537 | 67.3 | 15.9 |
| 1983 | 3,638,933 | 65.7 | 15.6 |
| 1984 | 3,669,141 | 65.5 | 15.6 |
| 1985 | 3,760,561 | 66.3 | 15.8 |
| 1986 | 3,756,547 | 65.4 | 15.6 |
| 1987 | 3,809,394 | 65.8 | 15.7 |
| 1988 | 3,909,510 | 67.3 | 16 |
| 1989 | 4,040,958 | 69.2 | 16.4 |
| 1990 | 4,158,212 | 70.9 | 16.7 |
| 1991 | 4,110,907 | 69.3 | 16.2 |
| 1992 | 4,065,014 | 68.4 | 15.8 |
| 1993 | 4,000,240 | 67 | 15.4 |
| 1994 | 3,952,767 | 65.9 | 15 |
| 1995 | 3,899,589 | 64.6 | 14.6 |
| 1996 | 3,891,494 | 64.1 | 14.4 |
| 1997 | 3,880,894 | 63.6 | 14.2 |
| 1998 | 3,941,553 | 64.3 | 14.3 |
| 1999 | 3,959,417 | 64.4 | 14.2 |
| 2000 | 4,058,814 | 65.9 | 14.4 |
| 2001 | 4,025,933 | 65.1 | 14.1 |
| 2002 | 4,021,726 | 65 | 14 |
| 2003 | 4,089,950 | 66.09 | 14.1 |
| 2004 | 4,112,052 | 66.36 | 14 |
| 2005 | 4,138,349 | 66.67 | 14 |
| 2006 | 4,265,555 | 68.59 | 14.3 |
| 2007 | 4,316,233 | 69.29 | 14.3 |
| 2008 | 4,247,694 | 68.12 | 14 |
| 2009 | 4,130,665 | 66.23 | 13.5 |
| 2010 | 3,999,386 | 64.12 | 13 |
| 2011 | 3,953,590 | 63.24 | 12.7 |
| 2012 | 3,952,841 | 63 | 12.6 |
| 2013 | 3,932,181 | 62.48 | 12.4 |
| 2014 | 3,988,076 | 62.95 | 12.5 |
| 2015 | 3,978,497 | 62.55 | 12.4 |
| 2016 | 3,945,875 | 62.03 | 12.2 |
| 2017 | 3,855,500 | 60.28 | 11.8 |
| 2018 | 3,791,712 | 59.09 | 11.6 |
| 2019 | 3,747,540 | 58.26 | 11.4 |
| 2020 | 3,613,647 | 55.99 | 11 |
| 2021 | 3,664,292 | 56.27 | 11 |
| 2022 | 3,667,758 | 55.97 | 11 |
| 2023 | 3,596,017 | 54.51 | 10.7 |
| 2024 | 3,628,934 | — | 10.7 |
| 2025 | 3,606,407 | — | 10.6 |
| 2026 | 2,369,200 | — | — |
Shaded bands are generation cutoffs by birth year: Pew Research Center through Gen Z (Gen X 1965–1980, Millennials 1981–1996, Gen Z 1997–2012), and McCrindle Research for Gen Alpha and Gen Beta, since Pew hasn't published cutoffs for those yet. Click a band, or a cohort button above, to zoom to just those years; Generations: Off hides them.
2026 is a partial year and is left off the chart. CDC has only published part of it so far (2,369,200 births to date).
National totals only. Pre-2003 years are the committed Socrata baseline (NCHS Natality Measures by Race); 2003+ is from WONDER (D27 2003-2006, D66 2007-2022, D192 provisional 2023+). Fertility rate = births per 1,000 women aged 15-44; the newest D192 year is partial and provisional.
Source: CDC WONDER (wonder.cdc.gov): Natality, national (API is national-only).
Monthly Births (Current)
Jan 2023–Aug 2026
Data table
| Month | Births |
|---|---|
| Jan 2023 | 299,465 |
| Feb 2023 | 270,845 |
| Mar 2023 | 299,355 |
| Apr 2023 | 278,630 |
| May 2023 | 299,545 |
| Jun 2023 | 303,322 |
| Jul 2023 | 311,597 |
| Aug 2023 | 322,361 |
| Sep 2023 | 305,509 |
| Oct 2023 | 309,117 |
| Nov 2023 | 298,228 |
| Dec 2023 | 298,043 |
| Jan 2024 | 297,006 |
| Feb 2024 | 283,144 |
| Mar 2024 | 298,013 |
| Apr 2024 | 289,491 |
| May 2024 | 303,181 |
| Jun 2024 | 293,142 |
| Jul 2024 | 319,093 |
| Aug 2024 | 325,686 |
| Sep 2024 | 308,305 |
| Oct 2024 | 314,018 |
| Nov 2024 | 291,819 |
| Dec 2024 | 306,036 |
| Jan 2025 | 303,685 |
| Feb 2025 | 275,165 |
| Mar 2025 | 297,563 |
| Apr 2025 | 289,429 |
| May 2025 | 303,809 |
| Jun 2025 | 298,225 |
| Jul 2025 | 321,548 |
| Aug 2025 | 319,273 |
| Sep 2025 | 309,818 |
| Oct 2025 | 305,667 |
| Nov 2025 | 280,102 |
| Dec 2025 | 302,123 |
| Jan 2026 | 295,092 |
| Feb 2026 | 271,770 |
| Mar 2026 | 296,632 |
| Apr 2026 | 288,124 |
| May 2026 | 296,183 |
| Jun 2026 | 297,465 |
| Jul 2026 | 314,756 |
| Aug 2026 | 309,178 |
Provisional counts from CDC WONDER, updated monthly. The dashed, greyed tail is still filling in, recent months keep rising as late birth records are filed, so Aug 2026 is the newest month that looks complete.
Source: CDC WONDER (wonder.cdc.gov): Provisional Natality (D192), national, by month.
Births vs. deaths
The US still records more births than deaths, but the surplus has fallen from well over a million a year in the 2000s to around half a million now, and in 2021 deaths briefly won. The Population Decline / Gain page tracks that gap.