Likewise, baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. They are called boomers because they were born in the baby boom that occurred after WWII. So a 51 year

Likewise, baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. They are called boomers because they were born in the baby boom that occurred after WWII. So a 51 year old is most definitely Gen X and not a Boomer. No matter what. Kids born in the mid-70's (50+) are quite outside by more than a decade of the baby boom period. Source: My parents are definitely boomers, and I am definitely GenX. I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to learn what the X meant. It was significant in the same way "boomer" was. Anyone trying to change or extend the meanings needs a history lesson. Baby Boomers, GenX and Millenials all have meanings of significance to their titles, whereas Y, Z and the super weird "alpha" are just keeping up a pattern that loses the meanings of the other generations that got meaningful names.