Nope, you’re thinking of the Lost Generation, nope Silents were called that because like Gen X, they were fewer in number than the post-war Boomers, and becuase they were generally known for being cautious and thrifty, having grown up in the shadow of WWII but too young to fight in it.
Edit: in case you were wondering, the generation before the Losts is now sometimes called the Missionary Generation. Theres a list of tentative names for generations going back to the 1400s in this wikipedia article if you’re curious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss–Howe_generational_theory
Nope, you’re thinking of the Lost Generation, nope Silents were called that because like Gen X, they were fewer in number than the post-war Boomers, and becuase they were generally known for being cautious and thrifty, having grown up in the shadow of WWII but too young to fight in it.
Edit: in case you were wondering, the generation before the Losts is now sometimes called the Missionary Generation. Theres a list of tentative names for generations going back to the 1400s in this wikipedia article if you’re curious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss–Howe_generational_theory