The increase in US births in 2021, explained
24 Jan 2025
A total of 3,659,289 babies were born in the US in 2021, according to new data by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.
That’s 1 percent more than the 3,613,647 babies born in the US in 2020, which means that the natal class of 2021 is now what passes for a baby boom in the United States of America.
Indeed, 2021 represents the first time since 2014 that the number of babies born in the US actually increased, bouncing back from a pandemic year in 2020 that saw the largest one-year drop in births in nearly 50 years.
The 2020 dip in births wasn’t much of a surprise to demographers. De...
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