I swear, I know so many women who have given birth to a baby girl within the past year or who are currently preggers with a baby girl now. I spent some time trying to find some statistical data on baby birth trends in the U.S. and they all contradict what I see! Did you know that …
The CDC’s (Center for Disease Control) latest records show that every year from 1940 to 2002, an average of 91,685 more boys were born in the U.S. than girls. There are plenty of folk tales about what determines a baby’s sex. The CDC’s report does not get into that but it does list some factors related to the boy/girl ratio. Looking at all the years combined:
- Mother’s age: ratio was lowest for women in their 40′s and highest for late teen moms.
- Child’s birth order: The more babies a woman has, the more likely she will have an equal amount of boys and girls, says the CDC.
- Mother’s racial/ethnic background: Chinese women had the highest ratio of boys to girls, for all years combined. Filipino moms were a close second. The lowest ratio of boys to girls were seen in black mothers and American Indian moms.
So, umm.. Why do I see this??? Scroll down

My Girl Crystal with her baby GIRL Jada Symone. That's my goddaughter btw, isn't she lovely?

My girl Bianca and her baby GIRL Isabella Marie - How precious!

My sister's BFF Hanh and her baby GIRL Ariel - so adorable!

My Boyfriend's niece aka Quanika's baby GIRL Kayla.

My older sis Kammi who is about 6 months preggers with a baby GIRL (Alexa) of COURSE!

Su, another one of my sister's good friends, is preggers too! and with what you ask??? a GIRRLLLL!

So this is the one EXCEPTION! She's pregnant with a baby BOY!!! Due in October I believe. What a fly ass mama!
All of the above babies were born within one year ago, and the other mommies to be are currently pregnant! 6 out of 7 babies are girls – Wow! So what do you think? Am I going crazy? Do you think this 60 year old trend of more boys versus girls will continue once we reach the end of 2009? What are your thoughts? Are you seeing the same thing as me?