2025 Australian surrogacy babies born

Surrogacy babies born in Australia – 2025

There are less than 150 surrogacy babies born in Australia each year. There are many more children born via international surrogacy. In fact, 75% of children born via surrogacy for Australian intended parents are born outside of Australia. The low number of Australian surrogacy babies born may be due to a number of factors, including that there are prohibitions on advertising; surrogates are not compensated in Australia, and we have a patchwork of laws that make it difficult to navigate surrogacy in Australia.

80% of surrogacy arrangements are between existing friends and family. The remaining 20% find each other on social media. There are no legal matching services in Australia, so many intended parents find it easier to head overseas to find a surrogate.

If you are new to surrogacy, you may like to find out if you are eligible to pursue surrogacy in Australia. You can also read the free Surrogacy Handbook which helps get you started.

2025 was a bumper year for surrogacy babies born in Australia. Here’s a few highlights from the families I helped along the way:

🥳 90 surrogacy babies were born!

💜 More girls were born (53%) than boys (47%).

💉87% of babies were born via gestational surrogacy, and 🐳 13% via traditional surrogacy.

👬 We had one set of identical twins!

💕64% of births were for single mum and mum+dad families, and 36% were for single men and gay couples.

🩷 90 births – nearly 90 different names! A few themes with Theodore, Teddy and Ted, Evie and Evelyn. Harper and Remi were popular too, and three babies named Tilly, Tally and Tully!

You can read a broad overview for surrogacy in Australia and how it works.

You can find more information in the free Surrogacy Handbook, reading articles in the Blog, by listening to more episodes of the Surrogacy Podcast. You can also book in for a consult with me below, and check out the legal services I provide.