Mother’s Day 2016: By the numbers

With Sunday being Mother’s Day, here’s a look at moms by the numbers.

43.5 million: Number of women in America 18-50 who have children.

95.8 million: The number of children those women bore.

3.9 million: American women have given birth within the last year.

1 and 1: Placement of Noah and Emma on the list of most popular names for newborns in 2014.

$172.22: The amount an American consumer will spend, on average, for Mother’s Day.

$214 billion: The total amount Americans will spend.

$4.2 billion: Will be spent on jewelry.

$4.1 billion: Will be spent on outings and meals.

$2.4 billion: Will be spent on flowers.

$2.2 billion: Will be spent on gift cards.

90.7 percent: Of people buying greeting cards will buy them for a mother or stepmother.

23.1 percent: Will buy a gift for a wife.

17.8 percent: Will buy a gift for a grandmother.

19 percent: Of those people surveyed said they will spend more this year than last.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the National Retail Federation

This story was originally published May 6, 2016 at 1:57 PM with the headline "Mother’s Day 2016: By the numbers."