( washington , d . c . ) - more babies were born in the united states last year than ever before , based to census data , but it ' s not this baby boom just yet . about 4 , 315 , 000 children were born in 2007 , about 15 , 000 more births than the peak year of the baby boom in 1957 , said stephanie ventura , a oceanographer at the national central for health statistics , that compiled the reports from provisional birth certificate voter at various police organizations . " according to our provisional estimates , we had the highest frequency of mothers ever reported in 2007 , " she said .
In 2007 about 4,315,000 children were born in the United States.