Births in California by Year

Births in California by Year (1905-1995)

This table shows the number of births in the state of California for each year from 1905 to 1995. It is tabulated from the California Birth Index as compiled by the California Office of Health Information and Research.

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Year Births
1905 9,520
1906 18,059
1907 21,678
1908 24,783
1909 26,755
1910 29,227
1911 32,720
1912 37,137
1913 41,810
1914 43,597
1915 45,578
1916 48,720
1917 51,125
1918 55,328
1919 55,640
1920 66,199
1921 71,306
1922 72,435
1923 79,610
1924 86,718
1925 84,634
1926 83,111
1927 84,115
1928 83,473
1929 81,476
1930 84,314
1931 81,351
1932 76,918
1933 73,929
1934 77,087
1935 78,981
1936 83,243
1937 92,872
1938 102,367
1939 102,246
1940 110,975
1941 124,183
1942 152,765
1943 171,490
1944 176,085
1945 182,278
1946 216,519
1947 243,743
1948 239,161
1949 242,798
1950 242,231
1951 257,754
1952 278,487
1953 294,916
1954 303,600
1955 310,285
1956 332,192
1957 348,878
1958 348,105
1959 357,057
1960 371,723
1961 388,517
1962 388,359
1963 391,502
1964 385,571
1965 369,361
1966 340,935
1967 342,581
1968 346,529
1969 362,500
1970 372,130
1971 338,421
1972 315,663
1973 307,207
1974 323,272
1975 331,474
1976 345,082
1977 362,755
1978 381,442
1979 408,783
1980 439,777
1981 461,373
1982 474,059
1983 480,897
1984 499,187
1985 533,834
1986 553,588
1987 586,571
1988 628,308
1989 685,930
1990 748,388
1991 764,123
1992 764,159
1993 751,563
1994 740,289
1995 727,542
Total 24,134,959
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