New Generational Divide Suggestion

[Kingpoleon]

We need areas of grey. Something like this:
1948-1964: Baby Boomers
1965-1968: Boomer-X Grey
1969-1979: Generation X
1980-1983: X-Millenial Grey
1984-1994: Generation Y(Millenials)
1995-2000: Y-Z Grey
2001-2009: Generation Z

Generations will become shorter in time as technology develops.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

A 5 year generation is quite useless

[Crumpets]

More or less how I see the generations since WWII:

1946-1957ish (last year one could be born and serve in Vietnam) - Boomers
1957-1970 - Apparently this is sometimes called "Generation Jones," basically the generation of my parents and all of their friends - not really Boomers or Gen X.
1970 - 1983 - Generation X
1983 - 1999 - Millennials/Gen Y
1999 - ? - iGen/Gen Z

Defining characteristics/events:
Boomers - Counter-culture movement, Vietnam War, Rock and Roll, Kennedy assassination
Jones? - Disco, Hard Rock, Energy Crisis, Watergate
Gen X - Reagan, early video games, rise of the computer, cell phones, MTV
Millenials - Rise of the internet, 9/11, Iraq War, Social Media, hacktivism, Great Recession
iGen - Don't really know yet, having electronics really young?

[Frodo]

More or less how I see the generations since WWII:

1946-1957ish (last year one could be born and serve in Vietnam) - Boomers
1957-1970 - Apparently this is sometimes called "Generation Jones," basically the generation of my parents and all of their friends - not really Boomers or Gen X.
1970 - 1983 - Generation X
1983 - 1999 - Millennials/Gen Y
1999 - ? - iGen/Gen Z

Defining characteristics/events:
Boomers - Counter-culture movement, Vietnam War, Rock and Roll, Kennedy assassination
Jones? - Disco, Hard Rock, Energy Crisis, Watergate
Gen X - Reagan, early video games, rise of the computer, cell phones, MTV
Millenials - Rise of the internet, 9/11, Iraq War, Social Media, hacktivism, Great Recession
iGen - Don't really know yet, having electronics really young?

Hmmm, I guess I'm more a Generation Xer than a Millennial according to these markers then.  While I don't remember Reagan (the first president I do remember was George H. W. Bush), everything else that marks someone as a Generation Xer fits as defining events, though I do share some overlap with Millennials like familiarity with the internet, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the Iraq War. 

[Mr. Smith]

If we're doing this, and this is still rather silly.

1946-1960: Boomers
1961-1966: Boomers- X GREY
1966-1979: Gen. X
1979-1981: X-Millennial GREY
1981-1995: Millennials
1995-2000: Millennial-Z GREY
2000: Gen. Z

[Kingpoleon]

If we're doing this, and this is still rather silly.

1946-1960: Boomers
1961-1966: Boomers- X GREY
1966-1979: Gen. X
1979-1981: X-Millennial GREY
1981-1995: Millennials
1995-2000: Millennial-Z GREY
2000: Gen. Z

"This is rather silly."

*proceeds to do "silly" thing*

This almost seems like peer pressure, excepting the fact that I lack any such ability to use on people.

[Ban my account ffs!]

I just did this yesterday.  We should define these things by their midpoints...

Silent:  1935
Boomers:  1953
Gen X:  1971
Millennials:  1990
Post Millennials:  2008-2010

There is a fluid transition at the halfway point between these dates that depend on lots of variables.

[DPKdebator]

I would agree with that gray zone as well. The starting year for "real" Gen Z kids is either 2000 or 2001. I think the most exclusive definition is probably post-9/11 2001 through 2010, though the more "average" definition is 2000-2012. Current high school seniors (and the majority of juniors as well) probably have more in common with college kids than they do with the younger high schoolers. As a high school student (freshman currently), I can say that the seniors are very different compared to the freshmen.

[Reaganfan]

I figured it this way, with rough birth year estimates.

The Lost Generation (1880-1900)
This generation included the last to have Civil War parents, children during the Industrial Revolution, World War I.
Memorable people: Dwight Eisenhower, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt.


The Greatest Generation (1900-1925)
This generation came of age before or during the Great Depression, and lived or fought during World War II.
Memorable people: Frank Sinatra, John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Walter Cronkite, Jackie Robinson


The Silent Generation (1925-1945)
Born during the Depression and WWII. Grew up during rough times, settled down very quickly. Many Korean War veterans and some WWII and Vietnam.
Memorable people: Clint Eastwood, William F. Buckley, Jr, Johnny Carson, Elvis Presley, The Beatles


Baby Boomers (1946-1960)
Born during the "happy days" of the post war-America. Grew up during unprecedented American exceptionalism. Some grew to be the counter-culture, some Vietnam vets, some disco-dancers and some yuppies.
Memorable people: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Bill Gates, Michael Jackson, Stephen King)


Generation X (1961-1981)
The "lost" generation between the Boomers and the children of the Boomers. Came of age during the 70s and the 80s. This is the "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" or "Ferris Bueller" Generation. Their defining moment was the 9/11 attacks. (Many killed were Generation X-ers)
Memorable people: Barack Obama, Kurt Cobain, Quentin Tarantino, Tiger Woods


Millennials (1981-1998)
The children of the Boomers and some older Generation X-ers. Last generation to remember life before  computers, cell phones, and 9/11 attacks.

After that, it's still too soon to say.

 

[100% pro-life no matter what]

What are newborns today?  Generation AA (that sure bodes well for their future)?

An interesting potential future note that relates to politics- if abortion becomes illegal again and it causes a baby boom, that would be a natural generational divide.