What Generation Am I?

Type the year you were born to find your generation, its birth-year range and how old its members are today.

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Example · born in 1995

Millennials

Born 1981–1996 · also called Gen Y

  • 30–31 years old in 2026
  • Cusp year: close to Generation Z

Pew ends the range in 1996: most people born later have little or no memory of the 9/11 attacks.

  1. Greatest Generation1901–1927
  2. Silent Generation1928–1945
  3. Baby Boomers1946–1964
  4. Generation X1965–1980
  5. Millennials1981–1996
  6. Generation Z1997–2012
  7. Generation Alpha2013–2024
  8. Generation Beta2025–2039

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In short

Your generation depends on your birth year. Using Pew Research Center's ranges, Baby Boomers were born 1946–1964, Generation X 1965–1980, Millennials 1981–1996 and Generation Z 1997–2012. Generation Alpha follows from 2013, and Generation Beta starts in 2025.

Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Generation X
1965–1980
Millennials
1981–1996
Generation Z
1997–2012
Generation Alpha
2013–2024
Generation Beta
2025–2039

Generation names and birth years

Generations by birth year, with ages in 2026
GenerationBornAge in 2026
Greatest Generation1901–192799 and over
Silent Generation1928–194581–98
Baby Boomers1946–196462–80
Generation X1965–198046–61
Millennials (Gen Y)1981–199630–45
Generation Z1997–201214–29
Generation Alpha2013–20242–13
Generation Beta2025–20390–1

Ages are the range people reach during 2026, so someone born in 1996 is 29 or 30 depending on whether their birthday has passed.

Who decides where a generation starts and ends?

No official body sets generation boundaries. Researchers choose them by looking at shared formative events. Pew Research Center, whose ranges this tool uses up to Gen Z, ended the Millennials in 1996 because the oldest Gen Zers were children during 9/11 and around 10 when the iPhone arrived in 2007, while Millennials came of age before smartphones.

Generation Alpha and Generation Beta were named by Australian researcher Mark McCrindle, who dates them 2010–2024 and 2025–2039. Because Pew ends Gen Z in 2012, this tool starts Gen Alpha in 2013 so the two ranges never overlap.

What if you were born on the cusp?

If you were born within a year or two of a boundary you may feel you belong to both. People born roughly 1977–1983 are sometimes called Xennials, and 1993–1998 births are often called Zillennials. These are informal labels, so the tool tells you when you are close to a line rather than forcing one answer.

Don't know the exact year?

If you only know someone's age, the Date of Birth Calculator turns it into a birth year first. For your exact age today, use the Age Calculator.

Common questions

What generation is 2000?

People born in 2000 belong to Generation Z (1997–2012). They turn 26 in 2026.

What generation is 1995?

1995 falls in the Millennial range (1981–1996), close to the Gen Z boundary, so people born that year are often called Zillennials.

What generation is 2010?

By Pew's ranges, 2010 is Generation Z. McCrindle, who named Generation Alpha, starts Gen Alpha in 2010, so you will see both answers.

What generation comes after Gen Alpha?

Generation Beta, for people born from 2025 to 2039 according to McCrindle.

Is Gen Y the same as Millennials?

Yes. Gen Y is another name for Millennials, born 1981–1996.

Sources

  1. Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins · Pew Research Center
  2. Generation Alpha and Generation Beta · McCrindle Research