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The numbers behind the chart above are taken from two different reports from the bean-counters at the U.S. National Center for Health Care Statistics: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Table 1, Live Births, Birth Rates, and Fertility Rates, by Race; United States, 1909-2000 and Births: Final Data for 2004, tables E, 1, 18, 32.

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Highlights of US Registered Birth Data, 1909-2004
Generation (Years) Registered Births Peak Births (Year) Low Births (Year) Average Births
G.I. Generation (1909-1924) 46,316,000 3,055,000 (1921) 2,718,000 (1909) 2,894,750
Silent Generation (1925-1945) 55,332,000 3,104,000 (1943) 2,307,000 (1933) 2,634,857
Baby Boomer (1946-1964) 75,863,047 4,300,000 (1957) 3,411,000 (1946) 3,992,792
Generation X (1965-1981) 58,539,872 3,760,358 (1965) 3,136,965 (1973) 3,443,522
Generation Y (1982-1999) 70,125,668 4,158,212 (1990) 3,638,933 (1983) 3,895,870
Generation ??? (2000-2004+) 20,308,472 4,112,052 (2004) 4,021,726 (2002) 4,061,695

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