710,000 fewer babies were born last year in U.S. compared with two decades ago ^12.5%

NPR - By Brian Mann - 4/9/2026, 6:45 PM

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Women in the U.S. gave birth to roughly 710,000 fewer children last year compared with the nation's peak in 2007, according to preliminary data released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Lead researcher Brady Hamilton, a demographer with the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, said the latest one... more