What year were Boomers the same age that Millennials are now?

[darklordoftech]

I mean the oldest Boomers and the oldest Millennials.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Depends on the cutoff.

Assuming it is 1946 and 1982, then the oldest millennials would be 38.

1946+38=1984.

[darklordoftech]

Depends on the cutoff.

Assuming it is 1946 and 1982, then the oldest millennials would be 38.

1946+38=1984.

What if 1945 and 1980 are the cutoffs?

[diptheriadan]

Depends on the cutoff.

Assuming it is 1946 and 1982, then the oldest millennials would be 38.

1946+38=1984.

What if 1945 and 1980 are the cutoffs?

2020-1980=40
40+1945= 1985

Pretty simple math.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

During the Clinton yrs, and ironically, Clinton came in just like Bernie and Obama did on the heels of tax cuts for the wealthy at expense of entitlements

[Del Tachi]

Is anyone in the media today using "Millennials" to talk about people born during the 1980s?  I think not.



There's a noticeable increase in search interest for Millennials beginning in 2016 which may or may not have peaked yet.   Search interest in "Hipsters" (which is a generational archetype most associated with people born in the late 70s/early to mid 80s; the cuspy "Generation Y" as I like to call them, although this term hasn't really caught-on yet in this context) peaked in 2011 and has steadily declined, being unequivocally surpassed by Millennials in 2018 (the same year Portlandia was cancelled, hmm).   

If Gen Y "Hipsters" are best represented by birth years 1977-85, then at their 2011 "peak" they were 30 years old.  30 years seems like a good age where you would expect a cohort of people to reach their most dominant position in mainstream popular culture (they have more money/influence than youth/college kids, while still not being too tied down by familial/career commitments).  If the Millennials' "peak" is happening as we speak, then this cultural cohort should similary be dominated by individuals around 30 years old (born 1990). 

1945-52 can been as the birth years for "peak Boomers" for a lot of reasons, so 30 years after that mid-point gets you to 1979/80.  Millennials may very well be at a similar point in their generational development right now.  Maybe they are poised for a Reaganite moment in 2020? 

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Depends on the cutoff.

Assuming it is 1946 and 1982, then the oldest millennials would be 38.

1946+38=1984.

What if 1945 and 1980 are the cutoffs?

Literally do like an excel sheet.