that peak (late 1960s) is where the youngest boomers started to have children while some of the silent generation still were. This [1] animated chart makes it e

that peak (late 1960s) is where the youngest boomers started to have children while some of the silent generation still were. This [1] animated chart makes it even more clear. Just for comparison, Canada [2] is even more exaggerated As to the generations - those are still just useful generalizations. As soon as you start digging into it, you start seeing all the edge cases. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_demographic_composition_population_pyramid.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_demographic_compositio... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_2023_Population_Pyramid.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_2023_Population_Py...