Millennials Don’t Exist! Adam Conover at Deep Shift

These are Western Cultural Generations. Japan and Asia and portions of Europe will have their own generational definitions based on major cultural, political, and economic influences.

Generation Name	Births Start	Births End	Youngest Age Today*	Oldest Age Today*
The Lost Generation – The Generation of 1914	1890	1915	101	126
The Interbellum Generation	1901	1913	103	115
The Greatest Generation	1910	1924	92	106
The Silent Generation	1925	1945	71	91
Baby Boomer Generation	1946	1964	52	70
Generation X (Baby Bust)	1965	1979	37	51
Generation Y – The Millennial – Gen Next	1980	1995	21	36
Generation Z	1996	2010	6	20
Gen Alpha	2011	2025	1	5

(*if still alive today)

Note: Dates are approximate and there is some overlap because there are no standard definitions for when a generation begins and ends. See the section below about why this overlap.