Multiple Births
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of twin births: 123,536
- Number of triplet births: 3,400
- Number of quadruplet births: 115
- Number of quintuplets and other higher order births: 10
- Twin birth rate: 32.6 per 1,000 live births
- Triplet or higher order birth rate: 93.0 per 100,000 live births
Source: Births: Final Data for 2018, table 25 pdf icon[PDF – 985 KB]
More data
- Birth data
- Is Twin Childbearing on the Decline? Twin Births in the United States, 2014–2018
- Urban and Rural Variation in Fertility-Related Behavior Among U.S. Women, 2011–2015
- Describing the Increase in Preterm Births in the United States, 2014–2016
- Births in the United States, 2016
- Declines in Triplet and Higher Order Multiple Births in the United States, 1998-2014
Page last reviewed: January 18, 2014
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics