What Generation Am I?
Choose the year you were born to see your generation by Pew Research Center's definitions. Generation boundaries are not official and vary by source, so boundary years are flagged.
Find your generation
Choose the year you were born and your generation appears here.
Generations by birth year
These are Pew Research Center's ranges. The age column shows how old each generation is during 2026: the youngest member before their birthday to the oldest after it.
| Generation | Born | Ages in 2026 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greatest Generation | before 1928 | 98 and over | Pew, September 3, 2015 |
| Silent Generation | 1928–1945 | 80–98 | Pew, September 3, 2015 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946–1964 | 61–80 | Pew, January 9, 2026 |
| Generation X | 1965–1980 | 45–61 | Pew, January 17, 2019 |
| Millennials | 1981–1996 | 29–45 | Pew, January 17, 2019 |
| Generation Z | 1997 onward (no end year set) | Open-ended | Pew, January 17, 2019 |
Pew starts Generation Z in 1997 and sets no end year: its January 17, 2019 piece says only that “anyone born from 1997 onward is part of a new generation.” Pew has not defined a generation after Generation Z, and none of the other sources below does either, so we give no generation for births after 2012 rather than invent one.
Generation boundaries vary by source
Generation years are definitions chosen by researchers, not official dates, and different sources draw the lines in different places. Three examples from the sources on this page:
- Baby Boomers, 1946 and 1964. Pew uses whole calendar years, 1946 to 1964. The U.S. Census Bureau (May 2014) says “between mid-1946 and mid-1964” (we read the report in the UNT Libraries web archive copy), so someone born in early 1946 or late 1964 is a Boomer to Pew but not to the Census Bureau.
- Millennials and 1997. Pew's September 3, 2015 explainer gave Millennial birth years as 1981 to 1997. In 2018 Pew adopted 1996 as the end year, which its January 17, 2019 update explains, so 1997 moved from Millennial to Generation Z.
- Pew itself is using the labels less. On May 22, 2023, Pew said it “won't always default to using the standard generational definitions and labels.”
Other publishers, marketers and news outlets may use their own ranges. If your birth year sits on a boundary, more than one answer can be defended.
Your age and your generation
Each “how old is someone born in” page shows the Pew generation for that year beside the age. For your exact age from a full date of birth, use the age calculator; to see the weekday you were born on, try what day was I born.
Sources
- Pew Research Center, “Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins”, Michael Dimock, published January 17, 2019. Checked November 10, 2026.
- Pew Research Center, “The Whys and Hows of Generations Research”, published September 3, 2015. Checked November 10, 2026.
- Pew Research Center, “The oldest Baby Boomers turn 80 in 2026”, Richard Fry, published January 9, 2026. Checked November 10, 2026.
- Pew Research Center, “How Pew Research Center will report on generations moving forward”, Kim Parker, published May 22, 2023. Checked November 10, 2026.
- U.S. Census Bureau, “The Baby Boom Cohort in the United States: 2012 to 2060 (P25-1141)”, Sandra L. Colby and Jennifer M. Ortman, published May 2014. Publication page checked November 10, 2026; the report text was read in the UNT Libraries web archive copy of the report PDF (captured February 14, 2017) on November 10, 2026.
Generation data version 2026-11-10.