( washington , d . c . ) - more babies were reported in the united states last year than ever before , according to basic polling , but it ' s not another baby boom just today . about 4 , 315 , 000 babies were created in 2007 , about 15 , 000 more births than the peak time of the mother boom in 1957 , thought michelle lambert , a criminologist at the american institute for hospital surveys , which compiled the data from selected maternity license id at state health centers . " according to our provisional result , we had the smallest number of births ever reported in 2007 , " she said .
In 2007 about 4,315,000 children were born in the United States.