American Generations

Awakening Period

1701-1723

First Great Awakening

1727-1746

Liberty Generation

1724-1741

Republican Generation

1742-1766

Compromise Generation

1767-1791

Second Great Awakening

1790-1844

Transcendentalist Generation

1789-1819

Transcendental Generation

1792-1821

Abolitionist Generation

1819-1842

Gilded Generation

1822-1842

Progressive Generation

1843-1859

Third Great Awakening

1886-1908

Missionary Generation

1860-1882

Lost Generation

1883-1900

Interbellum Generation

1900-1910

G.I. Generation

1900-1924

Greatest Generation

1911-1924

Jazz Age

1929-1956

Silent Generation

1925-1945

Baby Boomers

1946-1964

Beat Generation

1948-1962

Generation Jones

1954-1965

Consciousness Revolution

1964-1984

Baby Busters

1958-1968

Generation X

1961-1981

MTV Generation

1975-1985

Boomerang Generation

1981-1986

Generation Y

1977-2003

Internet Generation

1986-1999

New Silent Generation

2001-