Clear, sourced guides to ages, birthdays, dates, generations and pet years.
Generations
Zillennials sit on the line between Millennials and Gen Z. The usual birth years (1993 to 1998), what the name means, how old zillennials are now, the events and technology they grew up with, and how they compare with the generations on each side.
Generations
Generation Jones is the name for younger Baby Boomers, born from 1954 to 1965. Who coined it, what the "Jones" means, the events that shaped them, how old Jonesers are now and how they differ from the Boomers before them.
Age facts
People born on February 29 get a real birthday only every four years. How leaplings count their age, which day the law uses in common years, the odds of a leap day birth, famous leaplings and the next leap years.
Generations
The Greatest Generation, born from 1901 to 1927, grew up in the Great Depression and fought World War II. The years, where the name came from, how old they were during the war, its presidents, and how many of its veterans are still alive.
Age facts
In Korean age, a baby is 1 at birth and everyone gets a year older on New Year's Day. Here is the formula, a birth-year table, worked examples, year age, and what changed when South Korea moved to international age in June 2023.
Generations
Xennials had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood. The birth years (usually 1977 to 1983), where the word came from, how old Xennials are now, a technology timeline and how they fit between Gen X and Millennials.
Age facts
Put 23 people in a room and the odds that two of them share a birthday are slightly better than a coin flip. The maths behind the birthday paradox, the formula, a table for groups up to 100, three-way matches and a check against real birth data.
Generations
The Silent Generation covers people born from 1928 to 1945. Here is how old they are now, why Time magazine called them silent in 1951, what they lived through and why the group is smaller than the ones around it.
Age facts
We ranked every birthday using 21 years of US birth records. September 9 comes first, Christmas Day comes last (after leap day), and the reasons are mostly about holidays and hospital schedules.
Generations
Every baby born from 1 January 2025 belongs to Generation Beta. Here are the birth years, the origin of the name, the projected size of the group, a milestone timeline and a year-by-year age table.
Celebrations
Turning 18 on the 18th is a golden birthday. How to work out the year of yours, where the idea came from, and the newer platinum or diamond birthday that only falls in even years.
Celebrations
Carnation for January, rose for June, chrysanthemum for November: the birth flower for every month, the meaning behind each one, and the second flower many lists add.
