( washington , d . c . ) - more babies were produced in the papal states this year than ever before , according to preliminary reports , but it ' s not this baby start just yet . about 4 , 315 , 000 children were recorded in 2007 , about 15 , 000 more births than the peak day of the teen boom in 1957 , saying stephanie ventura , a demographer at the national center for population statistics , which compiled the data from provisional infant certification registrations at different health departments . " according to our provisional data , we had the highest number of children yet reported in 2007 , " she said .
In 2007 about 4,315,000 children were born in the United States.