People love naming things, even themselves! Every wave of kids, teens, adults, and even the eternally mysterious category known as “the olds” has been labeled over the years. From baby boomers to modern zoomers, we’ve turned generational names into a kind of educational experience: part history lesson, part social comment, and part Internet roast.

However, with so many widely used and unofficially added generation names floating around, it’s hard to know which one you fit into, let alone which to use for others. Nobody can fully agree on the exact years or what these names truly mean, but that’s never stopped us from debating them.

This generation guide is the ultimate cheat sheet for generation labels, their broadly accepted years, and the stories behind their specific names. It’s time

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