Births in United States Dropped Slightly in 2025, CDC Says

The new data are provisional, but the final numbers are not expected to change much.

A photo of a premature baby's foot, in this undated file photo. Fred Dufour/AFP via Getty Images

Births in the United States dropped in 2025, according to newly published data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Approximately 3.6 million births were recorded in 2025, according to the CDC. In 2024, officials logged 3.62 million births.