Gen X Names: The Names Most Likely to Be a Gen Xer

Gen X were born 1965 to 1980, so in 2026 they're 46 to 61 years old. These are the names whose living owners are most likely to be a Gen Xer: the share of everyone alive with the name who was born in those years.

71% of living Tonyas and 62% of living Darrins are Gen Xers. Names this concentrated make it easy to guess someone's generation from a name tag.

Gen X girl names

Gen X girl names
#	Name	Gen X	Average age
1	Tonya	71%	53
2	Tonia	70%	54
3	Tricia	67%	51
4	Tracie	67%	53
5	Traci	66%	52
6	Latonya	66%	49
7	Tracey	63%	55
8	Tracy	63%	55
9	Jodi	62%	53
10	Stacey	61%	50
11	Stacy	61%	50
12	Tammy	61%	58
13	Misty	61%	46
14	Stacie	60%	49
15	Trina	60%	53
16	Dawn	60%	57
17	Tamika	59%	46
18	Kristie	59%	50
19	Christy	58%	50
20	Tanya	57%	50
21	Tina	57%	56
22	Staci	56%	48
23	Shelly	55%	55
24	Kristi	55%	50
25	Sonya	55%	51
26	Tammie	55%	58
27	Kerri	54%	49
28	Amy	54%	47
29	Lisa	54%	56
30	Kimberley	54%	54
31	Christie	53%	50
32	Angela	53%	49
33	Angelia	52%	51
34	Shannon	52%	46
35	Michele	52%	58
36	Kristy	52%	47
37	Wendy	52%	55
38	Deana	52%	52
39	Carrie	51%	52
40	Jennifer	51%	46
41	Jodie	51%	51
42	Michelle	50%	48
43	Sheri	50%	59
44	Mandy	50%	44
45	Jill	50%	57
46	Tami	49%	58
47	Dena	49%	54
48	Melissa	49%	46
49	Ronda	49%	60
50	Keri	49%	46

Gen X boy names

Gen X boy names
#	Name	Gen X	Average age
1	Darrin	62%	49
2	Darin	60%	49
3	Todd	57%	54
4	Chad	56%	45
5	Jason	51%	42
6	Shawn	48%	45
7	Scott	46%	53
8	Darren	45%	45
9	Heath	45%	39
10	Brad	44%	53
11	Troy	44%	46
12	Brian	43%	48
13	Clint	41%	45
14	Rodney	40%	56
15	Lamont	40%	45
16	Jeffrey	39%	53
17	Brent	39%	48
18	Jeffery	39%	54
19	Marc	38%	49
20	Cary	38%	57
21	Damon	38%	37
22	Craig	38%	56
23	Dwayne	38%	50
24	Marty	38%	57
25	Shaun	38%	41
26	Timmy	37%	56
27	Tyrone	37%	49
28	Eric	36%	44
29	Chris	36%	55
30	Kirk	36%	55
31	Kurt	36%	54
32	Keith	36%	54
33	Toby	36%	41
34	Jon	36%	54
35	Jermaine	36%	38
36	Jeremy	35%	39
37	Geoffrey	35%	49
38	Dewayne	35%	49
39	Roderick	35%	48
40	Gregg	34%	61
41	Jarrod	34%	40
42	Greg	34%	60
43	Clinton	34%	49
44	Bret	34%	48
45	Bradford	34%	52
46	Derrick	34%	41
47	Tony	33%	53
48	Daryl	33%	55
49	Lance	33%	45
50	Timothy	33%	50

How these lists work

Names with at least 20,000 people estimated alive, split into girl and boy names (at least 70% of living people with the name are one sex), and ranked by the share of living people with the name born 1965–1980. Generation years follow the Pew Research Center. How we estimate ages