Title: Summertime Mystery: More Born, Fewer Die in August - ABC News
Headings: Summertime Mystery: More Born, Fewer Die in August
Summertime Mystery: More Born, Fewer Die in August
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The 2000s: A Decade of Doom or Diversions? In most recent years, August and September are the top months for births in the United States, according to federal statistics. August had the most total births every year from 1990 to 2002 except for four -- 1992, 1993, 1997 and 1998 -- when it was edged out by July. September, a day shorter than July and August, averaged the most births per day over the period from 1990 to 2002. ( Click HERE for a table of month-by-month births.) Demographers and sociologists long have puzzled over the mysteries of America's birth seasons: