It’s almost Mother’s Day, Boston. And if you’re like me you this means that as much as you love and respect mom, you won’t be hitting the gift shop until the night before. But that’s okay, because, in the end, the mutual affection is still there.

If your busy schedule prohibits you from picking up a bunch of flowers, scented candles, wine, chocolate or from folding a piece of construction paper and scribbling ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ on the front, then maybe you can impress with your knowledge of Mother’s Day facts. But try to pick up at least something. As my mom would tell me all too often, “I brought you into this world, I can take you out.”

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released statistics pertaining to moms across the country. Ranging from the most popular baby names to the percentage of mother’s with one, two or three children, the data is meant to pay homage to mama on her special day.

Jacob & Sophia

As you might’ve guessed, Jacob and Sophia were the most popular names for baby boys and girls, respectively, in 2012. The data comes from the Social Security Administration.

20%

Interestingly there are more women who give birth to two children than one, three or four. When accounting for all women between the ages of 15 and 44 in 2010, 47 percent had no children. But 17 percent had one child, 20 percent had two, 10 percent had three and just five percent had four or more.

25.8%

In 2011, the average age an American woman gave birth was 25.6. That number has jumped slightly to 25.8 one-year later. “The increase in the mean age in 2012 reflects, in part,” writes the Census Bureau, “the relatively large decline in births to women in their teen years and their 20s.”

62.1%

Some people condemn the nation’s current policies in regards to maternity leave and related measures. And while they may be right, there’s no denying fortitude of working moms. In 2012 62.1 percent of mothers who gave birth in 2012 were in the labor force.

12,403

Greeting card companies lick their chops on holidays like Mother’s day. The industry has almost as many employees as the floral industry does shops. In 2011 there were 12,403 employees working for greeting card publishers.

15,307

There’s no question that mom loves flowers. It’s a widespread truth, a law of the universe. Lucky for you, there are plenty of florist options to choose from, no matter where you live. As 0f 201, there were 15,307 florists nationwide with 66,165 employees preparing blossoms just for you.

23,394

Shirley Bassey said it best: Diamonds are forever. If mom isn’t to keen on flowers, step up your game people. In 2011, the Census Bureau accounted for 23,394 jewelry stores in the United States.

3.95 million

In 2012 alone, the U.S. saw 3.95 million births. Of this number, 305,388 were to teens between the ages of 15 and 19, while women between the ages of 45 and 49 had 7,157.

4.1 Million

According to the Census Bureau’s 2012 American Community Survey, 4.1 million women in the U.S. between the ages of 15 and 50 gave birth in the last 12 months.

5 million

Five million married moms stayed at home to raise their kids in 2013, a number that’s been virtually unchanged over the past three years. In 2013, 24 percent of family groups with a married couple and children under 15 had a stay-at-home mother, up from 21 percent in 2000. In 2007, prior to the recession, stay-at-home mothers were found in 24 percent of family groups with a married couple and children under 15, about the same in 2012.