US Births Declined Slightly in 2025, CDC Reports
The report reflects the ongoing gradual decline in U.S. births that has persisted for most of the past two decades, only interrupted by a modest uptick in 2024.
The report reflects the ongoing gradual decline in U.S. births that has persisted for most of the past two decades, only interrupted by a modest uptick in 2024.
This was the fewest number of babies born in the United States in a year since 1979 and the lowest fertility rate recorded in American history — just under the previous record lows set in 2020.
Fertility in the U.S. and in other developed Western countries has been trending downward for decades.
An interview with Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute.
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