According to CDC data, roughly 19 in every 10,000 live births in the US in 1998 was a triplet or more. Twenty-five years later, that number stood at seven in 10,000, or just 0.07 percent of all live births.

As the below chart by USAFacts shows, the rate of triplets and higher-order multiple births dropped by almost 62 percent between 1998 and 2023.

Births of triplets might be more common than those involving four or more babies, but the rates of both have fallen in the quarter of a century analyzed. Triplet births declined 64 percent from 1998 to 2023, while higher-order multiple births dropped by nearly 80 percent over the same period.

While triplets and higher-order multiple births in the US have declined overall, the numbers vary by race. The rates fell by 71 percent for white, non-Hispanic mothers and by 25 percent for Hispanic mothers between 1998 and 2023, but increased by 25 percent among Black, non-Hispanic mothers.

Via USAFacts.