This generation was given its moniker due to the surge in birth rates after World War II, which saw the U.S. population increase by more than 50 percent from 1945. Highlights for Baby Boomers ...

There are 76 million baby boomers, and 72% of them are white ... Next → See how diverse your generation is by rolling over the chart below. 1. The most common age in America last year was ...

Next up is the baby boom generation, born from 1946 to 1964, whose name can be attributed to the spike in births — or “baby boom” — in the U.S. and Europe following World War II.