Could someone identify the different decades by years (e.g., millenials). TIA!!!!

[LAS14]

[kurtcagle]

1. Generations

Midpoint to midpoint (+/- a year):

Baby Boomers (Gen W): 1946-1964
GenX : 1965-1983
Millennials (GenY) : 1984-2002
GenZ : 2003-2021

I find it useful to use the inflection point of the birth rates curve, which offsets the generations by roughly 9 years:

GenW Prime (W') : 1936-1954
GenX Prime (X') : 1955-1973
GenY Prime (Y') : 1974-1991
GenZ Prime (Z') : 1992-2008
GenAA Prime (AA') : 2009-2027

W' (when the birth rate was climbing, rapidly) encompasses those who grew up in the era of rock and roll (Buddy Holly was born in 1936, Elvis and Roy Orbison in 1937, the Beatles in the early 1940s). I've always found the prime designations made more sense to me, X' was the space age, Y' was the computer age, Z' was the rise of the Internet. AA' is the age of data.

[Blecht]

4. The prime designations are much more accurate

I'm classified as a late baby boomer (mid-X'), and I have nothing in common with baby boomers born 1946-1954. "Space age" is exactly right for me.

[maxsolomon]

7. Same here.

I'm the "Last Boomers", born just before the JFK assassination in '63.

All my siblings are GenX. "Classic" early Boomers mainly just piss me off (as my DU post history demonstrates).

[pecosbob]

12. Born in 59...never felt part of the boomers

My father served in Korea and worked at NASA. The Boomers were all out smoking dope and protesting while I was still watching Gilligan's Island. My first couple of decades of life were dominated by TV, the following decades by Bill Gates and his accursed minions.

[LAS14]

11. Thanks! What is an "inflection point?" And what does the word "prime" indicate? nt

[unblock]

2. here ya go:

https://genhq.com/faq-info-about-generations/

Gen Z, iGen, or Centennials: Born 1996 – TBD
Millennials or Gen Y: Born 1977 – 1995
Generation X: Born 1965 – 1976
Baby Boomers: Born 1946 – 1964
Traditionalists or Silent Generation: Born 1945 and before

[ret5hd]

3. Assholes: 4000 B.C. thru 2019 C.E.

(The worlds only 6000 or so years old)

[dameatball]

5. So if I was born in 4,000 B. C. could I refer to myself as Gen. A or just asshole??.....:)

I probably would answer to both.

[Midnight Writer]

8. Call yourself St. Germain.

[dameatball]

10. I wonder if that will fit on my vanity tag.

[angel823]

6. THIS

[NutmegYankee]

9. It's all bullshit.

I mean look at the posts above, someone born in 1980 is called Gen X in some definitions and Millennial in others. I identify myself as more millennial because I grew up with personal PCs, using a Tandy 1000 at kindergarten age and advancing from there including using the internet in the mid-90s. But most lists call me a Gen X, hence my opinion on the validity of those lists.