Census Bureau Releases First Ever Report on Men’s Fertility
About 61.6% of men (74.7 million men) age 15 and over are fathers, and of those, 72.2 million men have a biological child.www.census.gov
- About 1% of white, Asian and Hispanic men ages 15 to 19 are fathers, compared with about 3% of black men of the same age.
- Among men ages 20 to 29, 21.2% of white men, 24.9% of black men, 12.4% of Asian men, and 29.4% of Hispanic men are fathers.
About 61.6% of men (74.7 million men) age 15 and over are...
@Day_Carver — John Cena is married and “has openly discussed not wanting kids.” Aaron Rodgers had had some high-profile relationships and I didn’t realize he doesn’t have kids.
From ChatGPT:
Below is a carefully-verified list (not a subjective “fame ranking” but ordered roughly by global profile) of prominent male athletes who were over age 35 and had no publicly known children by their 35th birthday. For each I show (a) birth year, (b) whether they had no known kids at 35, and (c) whether they later had children (if applicable), with sources.
Verified list (careful checks & citations)
- Lewis Hamilton — F1 (born 1985)
• Status at 35: No publicly known children by age 35; he’s repeatedly said he does not have a wife/children and has delayed family plans to focus on racing. TIME+1
• Later: Still publicly childless as of the latest coverage I checked. Silver Arrows Net- Kevin Durant — NBA (born 1988)
• Status at 35: No publicly reported children by age 35; Durant has spoken publicly about not having kids yet. AOL+1
• Later: No reliable public reports of children (still listed with no children in profiles through 2024–25). Wikipedia- John Cena — WWE / entertainer (born 1977)
• Status at 35: No publicly known children by age 35; he has openly discussed not wanting kids (and later conversations with his wife about the topic). People.com+1
• Later: Still no public reports that he has children. People.com- Aaron Rodgers — NFL (born 1983)
• Status at 35: No publicly reported children by age 35; coverage and profiles repeatedly note he does not have kids. People.com+1
• Later: As of the latest reporting I checked (2024–25 coverage), he remained childless publicly. Hollywood Life- Sidney Crosby — NHL (born 1987)
• Status at 35: No publicly reported children by age 35; widely reported as private and without kids. Wikipedia+1
• Later: No reliable reports of children (still listed as having none in mainstream bios). Wikipedia- Fernando Alonso — F1 (born 1981)
• Status at 35: No publicly reported children by age 35; recent bios/reporting through 2024–25 list him as without children. Wikipedia+1
• Later: No public reporting of children as of the dates I checked. Wikipedia- Valtteri Bottas — F1 (born 1989)
• Status at 35 (turned 35 in 2024): No publicly reported children by age 35; profiles list partners but not children and media have discussed “plans to start a family.” Wikipedia+1
• Later: No reliable public reports of children through mid-2025. Wikipedia- Daniel Ricciardo — F1 (born 1989)
• Status at 35: No publicly reported children by 35; mainstream bios/profile pages do not list children. Wikipedia
• Later: No reliable public reports of children in the coverage I checked. Wikipedia- Rafael Nadal — Tennis (born 1986)
• Status at 35: Childless at 35. (Nadal’s first child was born Oct 8, 2022, when Nadal was 36.) That means he did not have publicly known children at his 35th birthday. People.com
• Later: Became a father (first child announced Oct 2022 — so later had kids).
F1 drivers are the smartest out of the bunch
