Woo-hoo! Go '68!
It’s a public poll.
That was my first thought which is embarrassing.
Born in 1986 
You all are making me feel so young 
I can legitimately have “69” in my usernames.
But I don’t, because it’s lame.
I’m a Baby Boomer - I was born in 1974, as part of the post-1973 war baby boom.
Alessan, you are NOT a baby boomer. Oh wait… I just read your second sentence.
One more for 1965-1970.
Oh yeah! So, Pixel_Dent is our resident seven year old, eh? Good to know.
I also thought it was a very nice bell curve.
It was a mistake to make this a public poll; lots of us don’t want to announce this type information.
- I’m just a kiddo.
You have a point, but at least 200 people don’t agree.
Here’s how things look after 200 votes, with cumulative percentages added:
View Poll Results: In which 5-year period were you born?
1936-1940 1 0.50% 0.50%
1941-1945 6 3.00% 3.50%
1946-1950 7 3.50% 7.00%
1951-1955 11 5.50% 12.50%
1956-1960 24 12.00% 24.50%
1961-1965 31 15.50% 40.00%
1966-1970 43 21.50% 61.50%
1971-1975 23 11.50% 73.00%
1976-1980 22 11.00% 84.00%
1981-1985 19 9.50% 93.50%
1986-1990 10 5.00% 98.50%
1991-1995 1 0.50% 99.00%
1996-2000 1 0.50% 99.50%
2001-2005 0 0%
2006-2010 1 0.50% 100.00%
Voters: 200
For comparison’s sake, here are some summaries of two earlier anonymous polls dealing with the age issue.
This one is still open:
How old are you?
06-02-2011, 03:33 PM
Anaamika
View Poll Results: What age range do you fall into?
13-20 19 2.47% 2.47%
21-30 164 21.35% 23.82%
31-40 212 27.60% 51.42%
41-50 221 28.78% 80.20%
51-60 108 14.06% 94.26%
61-70 35 4.56% 98.82%
71-80 4 0.52% 99.34%
81-90 3 0.39% 99.73%
91-100 2 0.26% 99.99%
Voters: 768
This one has been closed for some time:
THIS IS THE DOPER YEAR/MONTH/DECADE OF BIRTH POLL (ignore all others)
03-13-2010, 11:24 AM
Sampiro
View Poll Results: Please choose 3: The Year (range), Decade, and Month of your birth
Year: On or before December 31, 1929 2 0.66% 0.66%
Year: 1930-1931 0 0%
Year: 1932-1933 0 0%
Year: 1934-1935 0 0%
Year: 1936-1937 1 0.33% 0.99%
Year: 1938-1939 0 0%
Year: 1940-1941 1 0.33% 1.32%
Year: 1942-1943 0 0%
Year: 1944-1945 4 1.32% 2.64%
Year: 1946-1947 1 0.33% 2.97%
Year: 1948-1949 6 1.98% 4.95%
Year: 1950-1951 4 1.32% 6.27%
Year: 1952-1953 3 0.99% 7.26%
Year: 1954-1955 10 3.30% 10.56%
Year: 1956-1957 12 3.96% 14.52%
Year: 1958-1959 12 3.96% 18.48%
Year: 1960-1961 15 4.95% 23.43%
Year: 1962-1963 8 2.64% 26.07%
Year: 1964-1965 14 4.62% 30.69%
Year: 1966-1967 16 5.28% 35.97%
Year: 1968-1969 20 6.60% 42.57%
Year: 1970-1971 24 7.92% 50.49%
Year: 1972-1973 15 4.95% 55.44%
Year: 1974-1975 11 3.63% 59.07%
Year: 1976-1977 14 4.62% 63.69%
Year: 1978-1979 19 6.27% 69.96%
Year: 1980-1981 23 7.59% 77.55%
Year: 1982-1983 31 10.23% 87.78%
Year: 1984-1985 11 3.63% 91.41%
Year: 1986-1987 16 5.28% 96.69%
Year: 1988-1989 5 1.65% 98.34%
Year: 1990-1991 2 0.66% 99.00%
Year: 1992-1993 2 0.66% 99.66%
Year: 1994-1995 0 0%
Year: 1996-1997 1 0.33% 99.99%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 303
I was born in Feb 1975, just four weeks after my mom turned 20!
Mom was a big fan of Olivia Newton-John and she listened to “Let Me Be There” and “If You Love Me (Let Me Know)” constantly while she was pregnant with me…
I was the ONLY kid in the 1st grade (or in the state of Georgia, probably) who had a Xanadu lunchbox! And those old ONJ songs always put me in a good mood even now…
It may still be too early to make any definitive statements about the “average age” of SDMB participants, but here are a couple ways to look at it:
View Poll Results: In which 5-year period were you born?
1936-1940 1 0.40%
1941-1945 7 2.80%
1946-1950 9 3.60%
1951-1955 16 6.40%
1956-1960 30 12.00%
1961-1965 38 15.20%
1966-1970 51 20.40%
1971-1975 29 11.60%
1976-1980 26 10.40%
1981-1985 27 10.80%
1986-1990 13 5.20%
1991-1995 1 0.40%
1996-2000 1 0.40%
2001-2005 0 0%
2006-2010 1 0.40%
Voters: 250
Count Mvng 15 Yr Mvng 25 Yr
Average Average
1936-1940 1
1941-1945 7 6
1946-1950 9 11 13
1951-1955 16 18 20
1956-1960 30 28 29
1961-1965 38 40 33
1966-1970 51 39 35
1971-1975 29 35 34
1976-1980 26 27 29
1981-1985 27 22 19
1986-1990 13 14 14
1991-1995 1 5 8
1996-2000 1 1 3
2001-2005 0 1
2006-2010 1
Voters: 250
1961 here. From the statistical distribution of this limited sample, if this is representative of The Dope then I’m older than most here and will continue to be so.
- I’m surprised that about 85% of the people here are older than me.
snailboy, you were born 2 years after I graduated high school. Enjoy these next 20 years. They’ll go by fast enough, God willing, and before you know it you’ll be 50
I’m always amused when I go to view a videogame trailer, and the company wants to know my date of birth (usually because the game contains “mature content”), and the popup list of years starts with 2012 (or whatever last year happened to be. Yup, I’m sure there are a lot of 1-year-olds wanting to watch these videos…
Anyway, I was born in the 1966-1970 group. Interesting to see that’s the largest group so far.
- I’m such a small child.
Here’s how things have changed over the course of the latest 50 votes:
1936-1940 1 0.40% 1936-1940 1 0.33% -0.07% 1936-1940 -0.07%
1941-1945 7 2.80% 1941-1945 7 2.33% -0.47% 1941-1945 -0.47%
1946-1950 9 3.60% 1946-1950 10 3.33% -0.27% 1946-1950 -0.27%
1951-1955 16 6.40% 1951-1955 19 6.33% -0.07% 1951-1955 -0.07%
1956-1960 30 12.00% 1956-1960 40 13.33% 1.33% 1956-1960 1.33%
1961-1965 38 15.20% 1961-1965 43 14.33% -0.87% 1961-1965 -0.87%
1966-1970 51 20.40% 1966-1970 60 20.00% -0.40% 1966-1970 -0.40%
1971-1975 29 11.60% 1971-1975 30 10.00% -1.60% 1971-1975 -1.60%
1976-1980 26 10.40% 1976-1980 30 10.00% -0.40% 1976-1980 -0.40%
1981-1985 27 10.80% 1981-1985 37 12.33% 1.53% 1981-1985 1.53%
1986-1990 13 5.20% 1986-1990 18 6.00% 0.80% 1986-1990 0.80%
1991-1995 1 0.40% 1991-1995 3 1.00% 0.60% 1991-1995 0.60%
1996-2000 1 0.40% 1996-2000 1 0.33% -0.07% 1996-2000 -0.07%
2001-2005 0 0.00% 2001-2005 0 0.00% 0.00% 2001-2005 0.00%
2006-2010 1 0.40% 2006-2010 1 0.33% -0.07% 2006-2010 -0.07%
Voters: 250 Voters: 300
Scroll right to see the percentage changes by themselves.