( baltimore , d . c . ) - more babies were born in the confederate states last year than happened before , up to preliminary data , but it ' s not another infant boom just yet . about 4 , 315 , 000 children were released in 2007 , about 15 , 000 more births than the peak moment of the baby boom in 1957 , asked stephanie wilson , a toxicologist at the national bureau for life information , which compiled the result from standard pregnancy certificate filings at various health departments . " according to our earlier data , we had the highest number of people ever reporting in 2007 , " she said .
In 2007 about 4,315,000 children were born in the United States.