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Next up is the baby boom generation, born from 1946 to 1964, whose name can be attributed to the spike in births — or “baby boom” — in the U.S. and Europe following World War II.
The Greatest Generation, also known in American usage as the "G.I. Generation", [39] includes the veterans who fought in World War II. They were born from 1901 to 1927; [40] older G.I.s (or the Interbellum Generation) came of age during the Roaring Twenties, while younger G.I.s came of age during the Great Depression and World War II.
The name Generation Z is a reference to the fact that follows Generation Y (Millennials), which was preceded by Generation X. [50] Other proposed names for the generation include iGeneration, [51] Homeland Generation, [52] Net Gen, [51] Digital Natives, [51] Neo-Digital Natives, [53] [54] Pluralist Generation, [51] Centennials, [55] and Post-Millennials. [56]
Generation Z (often shortened to Gen Z), also known as Zoomers, [1] [2] [3] is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha.Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years, with the generation most frequently being defined as people born from 1997 to 2012.
With the start of a new year on Jan. 1, 2025, comes the emergence of a new generation. 2025 marks the end of Generation Alpha and the start of Generation Beta, a cohort that will include all ...
How Old Are Millennials? Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996, currently making them 28 to 43 years old. They got their name from the 1991 book, “Generations,” by historians Neil Howe ...
This category is for generations such as the Lost Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, Generation Z, and immigrant generations. ... American-born ...
The start and end of a new generation is sometimes vague, but these generation group names are often used for individuals born between the following years: Greatest Generation: 1901-1927 Silent ...