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Born in 1952? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 1952, you turn 74 in 2026, and you're a Baby Boomer. You're older than 285 things on our timeline, including Disneyland, the modern LEGO brick and Barbie.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 1952 ended.

• Disneyland 71 years old '55 7 17
• The LEGO brick 68 years old '58 1 28
• Barbie 67 years old '59 3 9
• Pickleball about 61 years old '65
• The first Super Bowl 59 years ago '67 1 15
• The Big Mac about 58 years old '68
• The Moon landing 57 years ago '69 7 20
• Woodstock 57 years ago '69 8 15
• Sesame Street 56 years old '69 11 10
• UNO about 55 years old '71
• Starbucks 55 years old '71 3 30
• Walt Disney World 54 years old '71 10 1
• Pong 53 years old '72 11 29
• The Rubik's Cube about 52 years old '74
• Microsoft 51 years old '75 4 4
• Apple 50 years old '76 4 1
• Star Wars 49 years old '77 5 25
• The Happy Meal 47 years old '79 6
• The Sony Walkman 47 years old '79 7 1
• Pac-Man 46 years old '80 5 22
• MTV 45 years old '81 8 1
• The CD 43 years old '82 10 1
• Tetris 42 years old '84 6 6
• Back to the Future 41 years old '85 7 3

See all 285 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• The first Coca-Cola (1886) details
• The Statue of Liberty's dedication (1886) details
• Nintendo's founding (1889) details

Same age as you

These also arrived in 1952.

• KFC 74 years old '52 9 24

1952 by the numbers

• The world had about 2.6 billion people in 1952. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 1952 are older than about 96% of everyone alive.
• 1952 is roughly halfway between 1878 and today.
• If you were born in 1952, you've been alive for roughly 26,932 to 27,297 days.