Multiple Births
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of twin births: 120,291
- Number of triplet births: 3,136
- Number of quadruplet and other higher order births: 150
- Twin birth rate: 32.1 per 1,000 live births
- Triplet or higher order birth rate: 87.7 per 100,000 live births
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: March 2, 2021
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics