# In which 5-year period were you born? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 10, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333 "2013-04-10T16:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/61 "2014-09-05T18:27:03Z")
Can’t we get this thing over 500? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/62 "2014-09-05T18:51:16Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Can’t we get this thing over 500? 😉 Well done, y’all! > [@](#): > > Voters: 500 ```auto View Poll Results: In which 5-year period were you born? 1936-1940 6 1.20% 1941-1945 9 1.80% 1946-1950 15 3.00% 1951-1955 35 7.00% 1956-1960 55 11.00% 1961-1965 67 13.40% 1966-1970 93 18.60% 1971-1975 57 11.40% 1976-1980 55 11.00% 1981-1985 66 13.20% 1986-1990 31 6.20% 1991-1995 4 0.80% 1996-2000 5 1.00% 2006-2010 2 0.40% Voters: 500 ``` ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/63 "2014-09-05T18:55:18Z")
It would seem that not everyone is being entirely truthful in their answers. We have one poster who would have been no older than three when she joined. And judging by her profile, she is one precocious lass. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/64 "2014-09-05T19:19:28Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > It would seem that not everyone is being entirely truthful in their answers. We have one poster who would have been no older than three when she joined. And judging by her profile, she is one precocious lass. Yep. There’s always at least one joker in every thread! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/65 "2014-09-06T14:49:26Z")
**Pleonast** shows to be born in the 1911-1915 period. If true, that is quite remarkable. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/66 "2014-09-06T15:05:08Z")
> [@razncain](#): > > **Pleonast** shows to be born in the 1911-1915 period. If true, that is quite remarkable. I spotted that. I made the silly assumption that that vote was to offset the nurslings at the other end of the range. But I am indeed curious if that’s for real! I know we have some old timers and some have revealed themselves elsewhere. I just hadn’t noticed **Pleonast** before now. It looks like **DChord568** saw this as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/67 "2014-09-09T14:02:35Z")
ALERT: I just checked in on [How old are you?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610944) to find that the next Voter will put the total over 800! Will it be you, or did you vote already? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/68 "2014-10-10T17:08:44Z")
Been a while since the numbers changed… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/69 "2015-07-12T20:24:18Z")
After nine months there’s a chance that some newer Dopers have yet to vote in this poll. So here’s a bump. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/70 "2015-07-12T20:42:29Z")
Here’s a snapshot of where things were before my previous post: ```auto View Poll Results: In which 5-year period were you born? 1911-1915 1 0.19% 1916-1920 0 0% 1921-1925 0 0% 1926-1930 0 0% 1931-1935 0 0% 1936-1940 6 1.11% 1941-1945 9 1.67% 1946-1950 17 3.15% 1951-1955 39 7.24% 1956-1960 60 11.13% 1961-1965 73 13.54% 1966-1970 98 18.18% 1971-1975 61 11.32% 1976-1980 61 11.32% 1981-1985 70 12.99% 1986-1990 32 5.94% 1991-1995 4 0.74% 1996-2000 6 1.11% 2001-2005 0 0% 2006-2010 2 0.37% Voters: 539 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/71 "2015-09-30T13:13:10Z")
UPDATE: After a new poll went up yesterday: > **[Average Age of User](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770417)** > > Well I used the search box and I couldn’t find any thread like this on the first page so here it goes. What is the average age of a SD forum user? My guess is somewhere between 20s and 40s. Average Age of User 09-29-2015, 06:21 PM McDoogins View Poll Results: What Is Your Age Range ```auto Teens 1 1.15% 20s 1 1.15% 30s 13 14.94% 40s 20 22.99% 50s 24 27.59% 60s 20 22.99% 70s 7 8.05% 80s 1 1.15% 90s 0 0% 100s 0 0% ``` Voters: 87 =================== This is an update of the responses to this thread: ===================================== View Poll Results: In which 5-year period were you born? ```auto 1911-1915 1 0.18% 1916-1920 0 0% 1921-1925 0 0% 1926-1930 0 0% 1931-1935 0 0% 1936-1940 6 1.07% 1941-1945 9 1.60% 1946-1950 20 3.55% 1951-1955 40 7.10% 1956-1960 61 10.83% 1961-1965 74 13.14% 1966-1970 102 18.12% 1971-1975 66 11.72% 1976-1980 63 11.19% 1981-1985 75 13.32% 1986-1990 34 6.04% 1991-1995 4 0.71% 1996-2000 6 1.07% 2001-2005 0 0% 2006-2010 2 0.36% ``` Voters: 563 =================== ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/72 "2015-09-30T19:04:42Z")
12/12/1985 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/73 "2016-03-23T21:27:45Z")
As a bump to this thread that some may not have seen (or voted in yet) here are the latest counts: View Poll Results: In which 5-year period were you born? ```auto 1911-1915 1 0.17% 1916-1920 0 0% 1921-1925 0 0% 1926-1930 0 0% 1931-1935 0 0% 1936-1940 6 1.01% 1941-1945 9 1.52% 1946-1950 23 3.87% 1951-1955 44 7.41% 1956-1960 65 10.94% 1961-1965 79 13.30% 1966-1970 105 17.68% 1971-1975 68 11.45% 1976-1980 67 11.28% 1981-1985 77 12.96% 1986-1990 37 6.23% 1991-1995 5 0.84% 1996-2000 6 1.01% 2001-2005 0 0% 2006-2010 2 0.34% ``` Voters: 594 ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/74 "2016-03-23T22:52:16Z")
\*Late \*1955, so really more like 1960. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/75 "2016-03-23T23:35:52Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > \*Late \*1955, so really more like 1960. Long labor - I feel for your poor Mom. ---
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/76 "2016-03-24T00:45:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > October 1953. All you kids get offa my lawn! Same year as my wife youngster. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333/77 "2016-03-24T02:04:22Z")
The results look pretty much like they would approximate a Gaussian “bell shaped curve”, with the left end trailing off a bit. If I were more ambitious right now I’d plot it out and see. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333.md?page=3)