Birth Rate in the United States Trended , Only Slightly Upwards in 2021.br CNN reports the speculative baby boom br many foresaw from the COVID-19 pandemic has not come to fruition.br After rates plummeted in the first br year of the pandemic, 2021 saw only br a slight increase in births.br Data from the Centers for Disease Control br and Prevention (CDC), shows that 2021 br was the first time the U.S. birth rate br increased in the last seven years.br On average, births in the United States br have dropped by 2 since 2014.br On average, births in the United States br have dropped by 2 since 2014.br Between 2019 and 2020, br births declined by 4.br Almost 3.7 million births occurred br in the United States in 2021, nearly br 46,000 more than in 2020.br Almost 3.7 million births occurred br in the United States in 2021, nearly br 46,000 more than in 2020.br Experts say the slight rise in births br in 2021 “doesn’t necessarily mean br that declining trend is over.”.br I’m always a little br bit skeptical of just br one year [of data]. , Beth Jarosz, demographer and director br Population Reference Bureau, via CNN.br But in this case, I really would need to see what happens in 2022 to try to suggest that that’s any kind of a rebound or trend.