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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCould someone identify the different decades by years (e.g., millenials). TIA!!!!
kurtcagle
(1,609 posts)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
(3,803 posts)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
(33,475 posts)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
(7,555 posts)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
(13,797 posts)unblock
(52,561 posts)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
(20,595 posts)(The worlds only 6000 or so years old)
dameatball
(7,411 posts)I probably would answer to both.
Midnight Writer
(21,922 posts)dameatball
(7,411 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,210 posts)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.
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