Baby Boomer birth years
Baby Boomers take their name from the sharp rise in births after World War II. The boom itself is a demographic event; the nickname stuck as that large cohort moved through school and work.
1946 to 1964 is the range many U.S. references share, including tables popularized alongside Pew’s later cohort work. Other countries mark related postwar booms with their own dates.
Birth years on this site
For calculator results we treat Baby Boomer as birth years 1946 to 1964. Boundaries are tools for comparison, not fences around personality.
How this differs from calendar math
Your weekday of birth and age in days are fixed once the date is known. A generation label is a shared nickname for a band of years. Prefer the methodology page when you want the full factual-versus-label map.
Check your own cohort in the birthday calculator or browse every label on the generations hub.
Common questions
Which birth years count as Baby Boomer here?
This site maps Baby Boomer to 1946 to 1964. Researchers sometimes shift the edges by a few years.
Who decides generation names?
There is no single worldwide authority. Pollsters, historians, and marketers popularize ranges; Pew Research Center is a widely cited U.S. reference for several modern cohorts.
Is a generation the same as my Chinese zodiac year?
No. Generation labels group many birth years for social commentary. Chinese zodiac animals change each lunar New Year.