More Mothers

For the first time since 2014, the number of US births rose! In 2021, there were 3.66 million newborns, up 1% from 2020; the increase spanned all cohorts of women over 24. Births remain at very low levels after peaking in 2007 at 4.316 million, slightly ahead of the prior peak of 4.30 million set in 1957. The fertility rate rose to 1.66, up from 2020’s all-time low of 1.64.