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[Tinkrbl44]

Boomer ...  Millennial  ...  Gen Z ...  

The generational time frame terms are used all the time, but it can be hard to keep them straight, especially when they're being compared.

So .... if you could use a little clarification, here you go ...

GenerationTime FrameAge Now

The Silent Generation	1928-1945	79-96 years old
Baby Boomers	1946-1964	60-78 years old
Gen X	1965-1980	44-59 years old
Millennials	1981-1996	28-43 years old
Gen Z	1997-2012	12-27 years old
Gen Alpha	Early 2010s-2025	0-approx. 11 years old

[Karie2022]

Thank you for this, although I always found it odd I'm in a different generation than my brother who is only 18 months younger than me. I have way more in common with gen x then I do baby boomers.  Interesting cut offs and time lines for sure.

[Laura14]

I made the list! 🎉

Gen X has gone missing in so many of these (not that we mind), but it's nice to know the person that put this together can still do the old math. With the new math, we tend to disappear into oblivion. 

BTW, is Silent different from Greatest? 

[Icegoddess]

I can never keep up with them.

[qbetzforreal]

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@Laura14 wrote:

I made the list! 🎉

Gen X has gone missing in so many of these (not that we mind), but it's nice to know the person that put this together can still do the old math. With the new math, we tend to disappear into oblivion. 

BTW, is Silent different from Greatest? 

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@Laura14- Yes. Greatest generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927.

[SilleeMee]

Gen alpha...the first generation of all "digital natives".

[DrakesMomma]

My husband and I are GenXers.  Our son will say "ok, boomer" to my husband when he wants to get at him.  It sure does work!! 

[cheriere]

Gen X

but I have seen many different time frames for all the generations.  I was taught in school a generation was 20 years.  Then, it changed.  I guess because people stopped having children so spread out...or some folks who make the lists wanted to be in a different generation lol.

either way, I'm still Gen X

[bikerbabe]

Definitely Gen X.

[Puggywuggy]

Boomer here and thank you @Tinkrbl44 for the chart!