( washington , d . c . ) - more babies were reported in the united states last decade than ever before , based to final results , but it ' s not another little bang just yet . about 4 , 315 , 000 children were released in 2007 , about 15 , 000 more births than the peak height of the baby boom in 1957 , wrote stephanie ventura , a frey at the nationals department for health statistics , which compiled the data from provisional sex certificate registering at different health departments . " back to our interim estimate , we had the worst number of births then reported in 2007 , " she said .
In 2007 about 4,315,000 children were born in the United States.