U.S. births slightly decreased in 2025. That's according to new provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

From the cost of childcare to the housing crisis, there’s no shortage of explanations for the dramatic global fall in the number of babies being born. These analyses, though, are all missing something ...

There’s been a lot of talk about birth rates this year. President Donald Trump dubbed himself the “fertilization president” shortly after reentering the White House and declared, “We want more babies.

U.S. births fell a little in 2025, according to newly posted provisional data.Slightly over 3.6 million births have been reported through birth certificates, or about 24,000 fewer than in 2024. The ...