Boomlet

March 19, 2009 — Wall Street Journal | Associated Press

U.S. Hits New Baby-Boom Peak

More babies were born in the U.S. in 2007 than any year in the nation's history, topping the peak during the baby boom 50 years earlier, federal researchers said.

Among the more than 4.3 million births, the birth rate rose slightly for women of all ages, and births to unwed mothers reached an all-time high of about 40%. More than three-quarters of these women were 20 or older.

It isn't clear the boomlet will last long. Some experts think birth rates are already declining because of the economic recession.

Guess we're part of that boomlet!