👶🏻 Make no mistake, this is one of the most important and consequential trends in the world right now:
About 3.6 million babies were born in the US in 2025, according to provisional data published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 53 births for every 1,000 women of reproductive age. That rate is down about 1% from 2024 and nearly 20% lower than it was two decades ago.