More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than in any other year in the country’s history: 4,317,119. The previous record was set in 1957 at the height of the post-World War II baby boom.
Researchers don’t expect this mini baby boom to last, noting that the birth rate has already started to decline as a result of the economic recession that started at the end of 2007. (The lowest recorded birth rates in the U.S. occurred during the Great Depression.)
(Source: Associated Press)
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