How Old Am I by Birth Year?

By Snehal PatelPublished 2026-10-12

Find your birth year in the table below. Your age in 2026 is the first number if your birthday has already passed this year, and the second if it's still coming. For your exact age in years, months and days, use the age calculator.

Key takeaways

Age = 2026 − birth year, minus 1 if your birthday hasn't happened yet this year.
Born in 1990? You're 36 after your birthday, 35 before it.
Born in 2000? You're 26 after your birthday, 25 before it.

Age by birth year (2026)

Born in	Birthday passed	Birthday to come	Generation	That year
2015	11	10	Gen Alpha
2014	12	11	Gen Alpha
2013	13	12	Gen Alpha
2012	14	13	Gen Z
2011	15	14	Gen Z
2010	16	15	Gen Z
2009	17	16	Gen Z
2008	18	17	Gen Z
2007	19	18	Gen Z
2006	20	19	Gen Z
2005	21	20	Gen Z
2004	22	21	Gen Z
2003	23	22	Gen Z
2002	24	23	Gen Z	Euro notes and coins went into circulation; Sam Raimi's Spider-Man.
2001	25	24	Gen Z	Wikipedia launched; the September 11 attacks.
2000	26	25	Gen Z	The millennium year itself.
1999	27	26	Gen Z	The Y2K countdown; The Matrix; Napster.
1998	28	27	Gen Z	Google was founded on 4 September 1998, so you and Google are the same age.
1997	29	28	Gen Z	Pew Research's first Gen Z birth year; Deep Blue beat Kasparov; the first Harry Potter book.
1996	30	29	Millennial	Pew Research's last Millennial birth year.
1995	31	30	Millennial	Amazon opened to the public; Windows 95 launched.
1994	32	31	Millennial	Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption and The Lion King; South Africa's first democratic election.
1993	33	32	Millennial	Jurassic Park showed what CGI could do; the World Trade Center was bombed for the first time.
1992	34	33	Millennial	The Barcelona Olympics; the first text message was sent.
1991	35	34	Millennial	The Soviet Union dissolved; the Web went public; Nirvana released Nevermind.
1990	36	35	Millennial	Nelson Mandela walked free; the Hubble Space Telescope launched; Germany reunified.
1989	37	36	Millennial	The Berlin Wall fell; the World Wide Web was proposed at CERN.
1988	38	37	Millennial	The Seoul Olympics; Stephen Hawking published A Brief History of Time.
1987	39	38	Millennial	Black Monday wiped 22.6% off the Dow in one day; Reagan said “tear down this wall”.
1986	40	39	Millennial	The Space Shuttle Challenger was lost 73 seconds after launch; Chernobyl's reactor exploded.
1985	41	40	Millennial	Live Aid played London and Philadelphia on the same day; the NES launched in the US.
1984	42	41	Millennial
1983	43	42	Millennial
1982	44	43	Millennial
1981	45	44	Millennial
1980	46	45	Gen X
1979	47	46	Gen X
1978	48	47	Gen X
1977	49	48	Gen X
1976	50	49	Gen X
1975	51	50	Gen X
1974	52	51	Gen X
1973	53	52	Gen X
1972	54	53	Gen X
1971	55	54	Gen X
1970	56	55	Gen X
1969	57	56	Gen X
1968	58	57	Gen X
1967	59	58	Gen X
1966	60	59	Gen X
1965	61	60	Gen X
1964	62	61	Boomer
1963	63	62	Boomer
1962	64	63	Boomer
1961	65	64	Boomer
1960	66	65	Boomer

Why your age can be one of two numbers

A birth year alone can't pin your age down to one number. Between 1 January and your birthday you're one year younger than 2026 minus your birth year; from your birthday to 31 December you're exactly that. That's why every row has two ages.

What happened the year you were born

For birth years 1985 to 2002, the last column of the table notes what else was happening that year. (On a phone, turn sideways to see it.) A few that people ask about most:

1989: The Berlin Wall fell; the World Wide Web was proposed at CERN.
1991: The Soviet Union dissolved; the Web went public; Nirvana released Nevermind.
1998: Google was founded on 4 September 1998, so you and Google are the same age.
2000: The millennium year itself.

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