| Generation / Event | ~#US | Range | Age | Length | Age Now | Yrs Ago | My Age | Age 13 | Age 21 | Retire 60 | Expect 70 | Birth/Start | Died/End | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. T. Wiandt | 1882-1969 | 87 | 143 | 143-56 | -69 - 18 | 1895 | 2903 | 1942 | 1952 | 4/12/1882 | 5/19/1969 | |||
| Lost Generation | 25M | 1883-1900 | 17 | 143-125 | -68 - -50 | 1896-1913 | 1904-1921 | 1943-1960 | 1953-1970 | 1/1/1883 | 12/31/1900 | WW1, Spanish Flu, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression | ||
| Maude Wiandt | 1885-1979 | 93 | 140 | 140-46 | -65 - 28 | 1898 | 1906 | 1945 | 1955 | 10/6/1885 | 9/18/1979 | |||
| Progressive Era | 1896-1916 | 20 | 130-109 | -55 - -34 | 1896 | 1916 | ||||||||
| Greatest Generation | 1.33M | 1911-1927 | 16 | 114-98 | -39 - -23 | 1924-1940 | 1932-1948 | 1971-1987 | 1981-1997 | 10/28/1911 | 1927 | Maturists: Great Depression, WWII, aspire: Home Ownership, jobs are for life, letter, home, hard work, grit, jazz, swing | ||
| Donald Daller | 1911-2001 | 89 | 114 | 114-25 | -39 - 49 | 1924 | 1932 | 1971 | 1981 | 10/28/1911 | 3/29/2001 | |||
| WW1 | 1914-1918 | 4 | 111-107 | -36 - -32 | 7/28/1914 | 11/11/1918 | ||||||||
| Helen Daller | 1916 | 97 | 109 | 109-12 | -34 - 62 | 1929 | 1937 | 1976 | 1986 | 11/17/1916 | 3/2/2014 | |||
| Spanish Flu | 1918-1920 | 2 | 108-106 | -33 - -31 | 2/1/1918 | 4/1/1920 | ||||||||
| Roaring Twenties | 1920-1930 | 10 | 106-95 | -31 - -20 | 1920 | 1930 | ||||||||
| Silent Generation | 22M | 1928-1945 | 17 | 98-80 | -23 - -5 | 1941-1958 | 1949-1966 | 1988-2005 | 1998-2015 | 1928 | 1945 | Civil rights, “silent majority”, aspire: job security, early rock & roll, automobile, conformity, McCarthyism | ||
| Great Depression | 1929-1939 | 10 | 96-86 | -21 - -11 | 10/24/1929 | 1939 | ||||||||
| WWII | 1939-1945 | 6 | 86-80 | -11 - -5 | 9/1/1939 | 9/2/1945 | ||||||||
| Bill | 1945 | 81 | 81 | 81 | -6 | 1958 | 1966 | 2005 | 2015 | 2/7/1945 | ||||
| Early Rock & Roll | 1946-1956 | 10 | 80-69 | -5 - 5 | 1/1/1946 | 12/31/1956 | ||||||||
| Boomers | 71M | 1946-1964 | 18 | 80-61 | -5 - 13 | 1959-1977 | 1967-1985 | 2006-2024 | 2016-2034 | 1946 | 1964 | |||
| Boomers I | 1946-1954 | 8 | 80-71 | -5 - 3 | 1959-1967 | 1967-1975 | 2006-2014 | 2016-2024 | 1946 | 1954 | Cold war, counterculture, high expectations, idealistic, revolutionary, collectivist, telephone, television, wild, hippies, Vietnam War protests, Summer of Love | |||
| Cold War | 1947-1991 | 44 | 79-34 | -4 - 40 | 3/12/1947 | 12/26/1991 | ||||||||
| Gerald Daller (Jerry) | 1947 | 78 | 78 | 78 | -3 | 1960 | 68 | 2007 | 2017 | 4/26/1947 | ||||
| Korean War | 1950-1953 | 3 | 75-72 | -0 - 2 | 6/25/1950 | 7/27/1953 | ||||||||
| Doug Daller | 1951 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 1964 | 1972 | 2011 | 2021 | 4/23/1951 | ||||
| Civil Rights Movement | 1954-1968 | 14 | 72-58 | 2 - 16 | 1954 | 1968 | ||||||||
| Boomers II | 1955-1964 | 9 | 71-61 | 3 - 13 | 1968-1977 | 1976-1985 | 2015-2024 | 2025-2034 | 1955 | 1964 | ||||
| Berlin Wall | 1961-1989 | 28 | 64-36 | 10 - 38 | 8/13/1961 | 11/9/1989 | ||||||||
| Cuban Missile Crisis | 1962-1962 | 0 | 63-63 | 11 - 11 | 10/16/1962 | 10/28/1962 | ||||||||
| Vietnam War | 1963-1975 | 11 | 62-50 | 12 - 24 | 11/1/1963 | 4/30/1975 | ||||||||
| Cultural Revolution | 1966-1976 | 10 | 60-50 | 14 - 24 | 1966 | 1976 | ||||||||
| Counterculture | 1967-1972 | 5 | 59-53 | 15 - 21 | 1/1/1967 | 12/31/1972 | ||||||||
| Generation X | 65M | 1965-1980 | 15 | 61-45 | 13 - 29 | 1978-1993 | 1986-2001 | 2025-2040 | 2035-2050 | 1965 | 1980 | latchkey gen, divorce, MTV, slackers, cynical, disaffected, punk, heavy-metal, grunge, video games, aspire: work/life balance, entrepreneurial, materialistic, competitive, individualistic, email, text, PCs, slackers, AIDs epidemic, MTV, LGBTQ+, helicopter paretning | ||
| Dain | 1979 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 27 | 1992 | 2000 | 2039 | 2049 | 1/30/1979 | ||||
| One-child Policy | 1980-2015 | 35 | 46-11 | 28 - 63 | 1980 | 2015 | ||||||||
| Millennials or Generation Y | 72M | 1981-1996 | 15 | 45-29 | 29 - 45 | 1994-2009 | 2002-2017 | 2041-2056 | 2051-2066 | 1981 | 1996 | delayed marriage, less religious, spiritual, 1st of the internet age, aspire: freedom & flexibility, digital entrepreneurs, economic disruption, Great Recession, globalist, questioning, self-oriented, text, social media, smart phones, 9/11, environmentally conscious, gender conforming parenting | ||
| Pando (Amanda) | 1983 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 32 | 1996 | 2004 | 2043 | 2053 | 12/23/1983 | ||||
| Adrien | 1982 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 31 | 1995 | 2003 | 2042 | 2052 | 5/13/1982 | ||||
| Web 1.0 | 1991-2004 | 13 | 35-22 | 39 - 52 | 1991 | 2004 | ||||||||
| Generation Z or Zoomers | 68M | 1997-2010 | 13 | 29-15 | 45 - 59 | 2010-2023 | 2018-2031 | 2057-2070 | 2067-2080 | 1997 | 2010 | digital natives, risk-averse, delay gratification, academic performance and job prospects, sexting, aspire: security & stability, diagnoses of mental health, screen time, undefined ID, dialoguer, realistic, multitask/gigs | ||
| Web 2.0 | 1999-2006 | 7 | 27-20 | 47 - 54 | 1999 | 2006 | ||||||||
| War on Terror | 2001-2026 | 24 | 24-0 | 50 - 74 | 9/11/2001 | 2026 | ||||||||
| Social Media | 2003-2026 | 23 | 23-0 | 51 - 74 | 2003 | 2026 | ||||||||
| Great Recession | 2007-2009 | 2 | 19-17 | 55 - 57 | 2007 | 2009 | ||||||||
| Generation Alpha | 38M | 2010-2024 | 14 | 16-1 | 58 - 73 | 2023-2037 | 2031-2045 | 2070-2084 | 2080-2094 | 2010 | 2024 | social networks, streaming, screen time, COVID-19, robotics, AI, climate change | ||
| Leo | 2015 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 2028 | 2036 | 2075 | 2085 | 5/11/2015 | ||||
| Dolly | 2016 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 2029 | 2037 | 2076 | 2086 | 10/21/2016 | ||||
| COVID-19 | 2020-2021 | 1 | 6-4 | 68 - 70 | 1/13/2020 | 2021 | ||||||||
| 2020 Recession | 2020-2022 | 2 | 6-3 | 68 - 71 | 1/1/2020 | 12/31/2022 | ||||||||
| Generation Beta | 2025-2039 | 14 | 1- +13 | 73 - 88 | 2038-2052 | 2046-2060 | 2085-2099 | 2095-2109 | 2025 | 2039 | ||||
| Enshittification | 2024-? | 2-? | 2-? | 72 | 2024 | ? | ||||||||
| AI slop | 2025-? | 1-? | 1-? | 73 | 2025 | ? |
