Eli5: why are there different generation band lengths?

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From my understanding each generation should be 18 years

Boomer: 1945-1963
Gen x : 1963-1981
Gen y: 1981-1999
Gen a: 1999-2017

However I see on a lot of sites people have the Gen x range to be 20 years and Gen y to be 15

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>From my understanding each generation should be 18 years

Why?

>1945-1963

I see many put it ending at 1965

>1963-1981

I’ve seen people end it at 1980

>1981-1999

I’ve seen people end it at 1994, 95, or 96. 1999 fits with the name best though. It’s just that people see Gen Z as being very different from millennials in that they were the first generation that would have their first phones be smart phones.

>However I see on a lot of sites people have the Gen x range to be 20 years and Gen y to be 15

So you should already understand already that it’s completely arbitrary.

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