Generations

The media is always writing about generations, but many people do not know exactly what ages they represent. Now you do. Some reporting sources vary slightly, causing overlaps.

	start	end
The Interbellum Generation	1901	1913
The Greatest Generation	1914	1924
The Silent Generation	1925	1945
Baby Boomer Generation	1946	1964
Generation X (Baby Bust)	1965	1979
Xennials	1977	1983
Millennials Generation Y, Gen Next	1980	1994
iGen / Gen Z	1995	2012
Gen Alpha	2013	2025

Millennials overtake Baby Boomers

It finally happened, Millennials are now America’s largest generation according to population estimates from the US Census Bureau. Millennials, those ages 18-34 in 2015, now number 75.4 million, surpassing the 74.9 million Baby Boomers, ages 51-69. Generation X, ages 35-50 in 2015 is projected to pass the Boomers in population by 2028.

The Millennial generation continues to grow as young immigrants expand its ranks. Boomers, whose generation was defined by the boom in US births following World War II are older and their numbers shrinking as their number of deaths exceeds the number of older immigrants arriving in the country. With immigration adding more numbers to its group than any other, the Millennial population is projected to peak in 2036 at 81.1 million.

Pew Research Center established that the oldest Millennial was born in 1981 and the youngest Millennial was born in 1997.