Births of Twins and Multiples from 1995-2004

1995

Twins: 96,736

Triplets: 4,551

Quadruplets: 365

Quints or More: 57

Total Multiple Births: 3,899,589

1996

Twins: 100,750

Triplets: 5,298

Quadruplets: 560

Quints or More: 81

Total Multiple Births: 3,891,494

1997

Twins: 104,137

Triplets: 6,148

Quadruplets: 510

Quints or More: 79

Total Multiple Births: 3,880,894

1998

Twins: 110,670

Triplets: 6,919

Quadruplets: 627

Quints or More: 79

Total Multiple Births: 3,941,553

1999

Twins: 114,307

Triplets: 6,742

Quadriplets: 512

Quints or More: 67

Total Multiple Births: 3,959,417

2000

Twins: 118,916

Triplets: 6,742

Quadruplets: 506

Quints or More: 77

Total Multiple Births: 4,058,814

2001

Twins: 121,246

Triplets: 6,885

Quadruplets: 501

Quints or More: 85

Total Multiple Births: 4,025,933

2002

Twins: 125,134

Triplets: 6,898

Quadruplets: 434

Quints or More: 69

Total Multiple Births: 4,021,726

2003

Twins: 128,665

Triplets: 7,110

Quadruplets: 473

Quints or More: 80

Total Multiple Births: 4,089,950

2004

Twins: 132,219

Triplets: 6,750

Quadruplets: 439

Quints or More: 86

Total Multiple Births: 4,112,052

All counts represent the number of live birth infants, not the number of sets of multiples.

All data from United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, Natality public-use data.