You’re a
Baby Boomer
1946 to 1964born 1962
Position: late Baby Boomer Cusp:
Born into the postwar boom, raised on television.
Born in 1962: Baby Boomer
A Baby Boomer (1946 to 1964), late Baby Boomer, turning 64 in 2026. No asterisks: 1962 sits well inside Boomers, 1946 to 1964.
Your year, or any other
Born 1962: you’re a Baby Boomer (1946 to 1964), late Baby Boomer. No asterisks: 1962 sits well inside Boomers, 1946 to 1964.
Where 1962 sits
1962 is late Baby Boomer: the late third of Boomers runs 1959 to 1964. Pew Research Center range, and the one generation with an official definition: the US Census Bureau uses the same 1946 to 1964 birth-rate boom.
Baby Boomers are the cohort born from 1946 to 1964, the years of the postwar surge in births. It is the only generation with an official definition: the US Census Bureau uses the same range, because it is measurable. Births jumped from about 2.9 million in 1945 to 3.4 million in 1946, passed 4 million in 1954, peaked at about 4.3 million in 1957, and stayed above 4 million until 1964. Roughly 76 million Americans were born in those nineteen years, and their size has shaped every institution they passed through, from overcrowded elementary schools in the 1950s to the strain on Social Security today. Read the full Baby Boomers page.
How old you were when…
Shared reference points, dated, so the generation label has something concrete behind it.
- age 1 John F. Kennedy is assassinated (1963)
- age 19 MTV launches and the IBM PC ships (1981)
- age 27 the Berlin Wall falls (1989)
- age 36 Google is founded (1998)
- age 42 Facebook launches (2004)
- age 48 the iPad and Instagram arrive (2010)
- age 54 the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s election (2016)
- age 62 the hottest year on record (2024)
Milestone birthdays
Someone born in 1962 turned 18 in 1980, 21 in 1983, 30 in 1992, 40 in 2002 and 50 in 2012. Next up: 65 in 2027.
Near 1962
Born in 1962: quick answers
What generation is someone born in 1962?
Baby Boomers (1946 to 1964) by the Pew Research Center definition. 1962 is late Baby Boomer.
Is 1962 a cusp year?
No. 1962 sits well inside Boomers (1946 to 1964); no source puts it in a different generation.
How old is someone born in 1962?
63 or 64 in 2026, depending on whether the birthday has passed. Type the full date into the calculator for the exact age in years, months and days.