America Needs More Famous Families
July 7, 2026
What do Pope Leo XIV and Billie Eilish have in common?
Neither have kids, and both were spontaneously named by numerous people in a recent survey as the person they most admired in the world. Among that set of popular celebrities, their admirers had some of the lowest desired family sizes: 2.04 kids for Pope Leo’s fans, 2.1 for Eilish’s. At the opposite end of the spectrum, superfans of Cardi B (4 kids), Tom Brady (3 kids), Michael Jordan (5 kids), and Chris Brown (3 kids) topped the list for desired family size, with all their fans wanting 3.2 or more children.
