Generation Jones

Generation Jones is the generation or social cohort sandwiched between the Baby Boomers and Generation X. The term was coined in 1999 by American cultural commentator Jonathan Pontell, who has argued that the term refers to a distinct generation born from 1954 to 1965.

Media coverage of Generation Jones has typically described it as a distinct generation, using Pontell's dates of 1954 to 1965. Others see this as a subset of the Baby Boom Generation, namely its second half. A third view is that Generation Jones is a cusp or micro-generation between the Boomers and Xers, using only the 1960s as birth years. Dictionary.com defines Generation Jones as "members of the generation of people born in the Western world between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s".

A 2024 YouGov survey of 13,083 U.S. adults found that 53% of Boomers relate to their own generation the most, while 13% relate to Gen X. On the other hand, 43% of Gen Xers relate to their own generation the most, while 12% relate to Boomers.

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