General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Any Millennials on DU? [View all]Celerity
(54,366 posts)Here are the widely accepted (including in much of academia) dates:
The Greatest (or GI) Generation born 1901-1927
Silent Generation born 1928-1945
Baby Boomers born 1946-1964
Generation X born 1965-1980
Millennials born 1981-1996
Generation Z born 1997-2012
Gen Alpha born 2013 2028
Micro and/or Cusper Gens post WWII:
Generation Jones - born 1956 or 1957 (or even 1958)-1964 (the original cohort of 1954 to 1965 was simply too large, it has been narrowed down by many, including many in academia)
Blank Generation/Skip Years - born 1965 and 1966 (not so common in the US, more commonly used in the UK, France, Spain etc, and especially Sweden). I started to write an undergrad paper on it, but broadened it out to post WWII micro gens in general.
Xennials/Carter Babies - born 1977-1980, (some extend it to 81 or even 82) This micro Gen is closer to Millennials than they are to late Gen Jones and early Gen Xers.
Zillennials - born 1992 or 1993-1998 (I am late 1996 born and self identity as a Zillennial, I have distinct differences with early Millenials, and can now start to see clear differences with 2001/02 and later born Gen Zers) Basic delineated boundaries are you are old enough to have some (even very vague) memories of 9/11 but were not yet double digits in age.
I think in a few years there will a COVID (the actual pademic truly impacted years of 2020 and 2021 when there were massive shutdowns, etc) inflection point-caused new micro gen made.