Births in US Increase as Fertility Rate Drops

More births were recorded in the United States in 2024 than in the year prior.

A woman touches her baby's foot, in this file photograph. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images

The number of births in America in 2024 increased from 2023, but the fertility rate declined, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on July 24.

Births rose 1 percent from 2023 to 2024, the CDC said in a brief. The number of births in 2024 was 3.62 million.