The Generations Defined Generation age
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| | | | Born 2010-... |Generation Alpha
| | | | | | |ages 0-15
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| | | Born 1997-2012 | |Generation Z
| | | | | | |ages 13-28
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| | | Born 1981-96 | | |Millennials
| | | | | | |ages 29-44
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| | Born 1965-80| | | |Generation X
| | | | | | |ages 45-60
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| Born 1946-64 | | | |Boomers
| | | | | | |ages 61-79
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|Born 1928-45 | | | | |Silent Generation
| | | | | | |ages 80-97
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1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 2025
An SVG image file of the table above is available here
There is considerable variation in how various organizations represent the boundaries of these categories. I have favored the U.S. Library of Congress numbers when finding conflicts.
Sources:
- Market Segments -- Doing Consumer Research: A Resource Guide (U.S. Library of Congress Research Guide) https://guides.loc.gov/consumer-research/market-segments/generations
- "The Generations Defined" Pew Research https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/17/where-millennials-end-and-generation-z-begins/ft_19-01-17_generations_2019/
- Generational Birth Years, The Center for Generational Kinetics https://genhq.com/generational-birth-years/
- "Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins." By Michael Dimock, 17 January 2019 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/17/where-millennials-end-and-generation-z-begins/