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      • While the dates are still a bit up in the air (some argue that the oldest Zoomers were born in 1995), the Pew Research Center defines members of Gen Z as anyone born between 1997 and 2012. That means the group spans ages 12 to 27 as of 2024.
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    • The Lost Generation: Born 1883-1910. The idea of naming each generation didn't take hold until the 20th century when author Gertrude Stein began referring to people who came of age during the First World War as "The Lost Generation."
    • The Greatest Generation (GI Generation): Born 1901–1927. The next generation would not receive their designation until 1991 when Howe and Strauss hit the scene.
    • The Silent Generation: Born 1928 to 1945. Time first introduced the term "Silent Generation" in a 1951 article that read, "By comparison with the Flaming Youth of their fathers and mothers, today's younger generation is a still, small flame.
    • The Baby Boomer Generation: Born 1946 to 1964. The Baby Boomer Generation are the individuals born during the U.S. baby boom that followed World War II.
  4. Oct 8, 2024 · Gen Z, millennial, zillennial? Find your generation — and what it means — by year

    • Silent Generation. The Silent Generation was born from 1928 to 1945, according to the Pew Research Center. Its name, first coined in a 1951 Time magazine essay, refers to the widespread parenting of this generation as kids to be “seen and not heard.”
    • Baby Boomers. 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.
    • Gen X. Gen X, or those born from 1965 to 1980, grew up with punk rock, hip-hop and grunge. Some key historical moments that shaped Gen X include the end of the Cold War and the rise of laissez-faire economics under Ronald Reagan's presidency.
    • Millennials. Gen Y, better known as millennials, were born from 1981 to 1996. The generation’s name originates from the fact that the oldest members were reaching adulthood around the turn of the millennium.
  5. Apr 27, 2024 · It can be hard to find the lines between Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, and Gen Z, but here's what the generation names are, and when they begin and end.

  6. This Generation Calculator uses the year you were born in to answer to what generation am I question and reveal the population generation you belong to.

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