The table below displays the total number of births for each year indicated from 1930 through 2007 in the United States. Notice the increase in births during the Baby Boom from 1946 to 1964. The source for this data are numerous editions of the
Statistical Abstract of the United States.
U.S. Births 1930-2007
| Year | Births |
| 1930 | 2.2 million |
| 1933 | 2.31 million |
| 1935 | 2.15 million |
| 1940 | 2.36 million |
| 1941 | 2.5 million |
| 1942 | 2.8 million |
| 1943 | 2.9 million |
| 1944 | 2.8 million |
| 1945 | 2.8 million |
| 1946 | 3.47 million |
| 1947 | 3.9 million |
| 1948 | 3.5 million |
| 1949 | 3.56 million |
| 1950 | 3.6 million |
| 1951 | 3.75 million |
| 1952 | 3.85 million |
| 1953 | 3.9 million |
| 1954 | 4 million |
| 1955 | 4.1 million |
| 1956 | 4.16 million |
| 1957 | 4.3 million |
| 1958 | 4.2 million |
| 1959 | 4.25 million |
| 1960 | 4.26 million |
| 1961 | 4.3 million |
| 1962 | 4.17 million |
| 1963 | 4.1 million |
| 1964 | 4 million |
| 1965 | 3.76 million |
| 1966 | 3.6 million |
| 1967 | 3.5 million |
| 1973 | 3.14 million |
| 1980 | 3.6 million |
| 1985 | 3.76 million |
| 1990 | 4.16 million |
| 1995 | 3.9 million |
| 2000 | 4 million |
| 2004 | 4.1 million |
| 2007 | 4.317 million |
