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Generational labels are conventions, not scientific categories, but the Pew Research boundaries have become the de facto standard: Millennials 1981-1996, Generation Z 1997-2012 and Generation Alpha from 2013. A 1994 birth year is Millennial, turning 32 in 2026, in a cohort spanning sixteen years.
Cohort assignment
match the birth year against the published generation ranges
Age
age = current year - birth year
Because no authority defines them. Pew, Strauss-Howe and various market researchers use ranges differing by several years.
Cohort effects from shared historical events are measurable, but individual variation within a generation dwarfs the differences between them.