This Sunday is Mother’s Day and Social Explorer wants to send out a special Mother’s Day greeting to the 4,333,485 moms across the US with new babies.

Using data from the American Community Survey, you can track the number and percent of women age 15-50 who had babies in the past year.

Number of Moms with New Babies (American Community Survey)

2006: 4,182,942 (5.5%)
2007: 4,183,633 (5.5%)
2008: 4,436,577 (5.8%)
2009: 4,333,485 (5.7%)

There has been a slight increase in new babies over the past few years, particularly in 2008.  That year, moms in Nampa City, Idaho, led baby making with 14.5% of childbearing age women having recently had a baby, adding 3,114 new babies to the city.

However, moms in Gulfport City, Mississippi, experienced a big bump in baby bumps from 2008 to 2009.   The percentage of childbearing age women with newborns jumped from 8%  to 16.4%, adding 2,701 new babies to the city.

You can use Social Explorer as your baby data monitor by using the mapping and reporting tools.