Generations

Epochal

Silent Gen

Ranges

  • 1928 to 1945 (Pew Research Center)
  • 1925 to 1945 (Jean M. Twenge)

Vibes

  • Traditionalist
  • “Seen but not heard”
  • Children of the Great Depression

Boomers

Ranges

  • 1946 to 1964 (Pew Research Center)
  • 1946 to 1964 (Jean M. Twenge)

Vibes

  • Economic prosperity
  • “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps”

CUSP: Generation Jones

  • Economic struggles following prosperity
  • “Keeping up the with Joneses” or “Jonesing”
    • a yearning/craving for unfulfilled expectations of an economic boom

Gen X

Ranges

  • 1965 to 1980 (Pew Research Center)
  • 1965 to 1979 (Jean M. Twenge)

Gen Y aka Millennials

Ranges

  • 1980 to 1994 (Jean M. Twenge)
  • 1981 to 1996 (Pew Research Center)
  • 1982 to 2004 (Howe & Stauss)
  • 1982 to 2002-2006 (Shaun Scott)

Vibes

  • “Peter Pan” syndrome
  • “Millennial pause”

Gen Z

Ranges

  • 1997 to 2012 (Pew Research Center)
  • 1995 to 2012 (Jean M. Twenge)

Vibes

  • “Gen Z stare”

Gen Alpha

Ranges

  • 2013 to 2020s (Pew Research Center)
  • 2013 to 2029 (Jean M. Twenge)

Vibes

  • Honeybadgers

Gen Beta

Ranges

  • 2020s (Pew Research Center)