( washington , d . c . ) - more babies were births in the united states last year than year before , according to preliminary data , but it ' s not another maternity boom just yet . about 4 , 315 , 000 babies were born in 2007 , about 15 , 000 more births than the peak date of the baby start in 1957 , thought stephanie ventura , a demographer at the national center for hospital statistics , which compiled the reports from provisional birth permit registrations at state emergency ministries . " according to our provisional data , we had the maximum total of births they reported in 2007 , " she said .
In 2007 about 4,315,000 children were born in the United States.