Does being born in 1996 make me a millennial or gen z?

I was born in 1996, and some sources consider me a millennial while others consider me gen z. I personally identify as a millennial and not gen z since I was born in the 90’s. I am curious what you guys would consider me.

Does it matter? They are artificial constructs anyway. Any grouping that tries to stereotype such a broad group of people as if they all respond the same is too limiting.

I agree with @doschicos, but for some reason this seems to be a big deal with young adults this age. I just had this exact conversation with someone born the same year. I told him I thought it was more Gen Z than a millenial and he was not happy!

I’m on the borderline of baby boomer vs not. Sometimes I find it advantageous to claim membership, something not. :). But it doesn’t really matter.

As someone in the same group, I think the arbitrary borders highlight the flaw. I also think generations are far too big - 40-year-old millennials are nothing like 22-year-old millennials (if they exist according to the powers that be). I think generations are better thought of as a spectrum of many 10 year ranges that can sometimes have harsher boundaries but no one really knows. You can imagine how useful those are…

Millennial – but I agree with others it is very arbitrary, and honestly not a very good way of describing people (I mean just look at the names)

I’m in the same boat. I’m giving it time since a lot of Gen Z’ers are still in elementary school. I’ll see how they shape up then decide :wink:

Millennial honestly, but on that border. I think anyone born in the 2000-2010’s are Gen Z (or iGen as I’m hearing it more and more commonly said). My theory is the divide will, in the future, be determined by the turn of the century. We remember when DVD’s and Smartphones came out, we’re Millennials; iGen was born into this super-techy world.