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Generation X (often shortened to Gen X) is the demographic cohort following the Baby Boomers and preceding Millennials.Researchers and popular media often use the mid-1960s as its starting birth years and the late 1970s as its ending birth years, with the generation generally defined as people born from 1965 to 1980.
Other terms, such as the Star Wars Generation, the Oregon Trail Generation [20] and Generation Catalano [21] have been proposed. Doree Shafrir, writing for Slate magazine, chose "Generation Catalano" for its reference to the character Jordan Catalano, played by Jared Leto (born 1971), from the 1994–95 teen drama My So-Called Life.
In August 1993, an Advertising Age editorial coined the phrase Generation Y to describe teenagers of the day, then aged 13–19 (born 1974–1980), who were at the time defined as different from Generation X. [26] However, the 1974–1980 cohort was later re-identified by most media sources as the last wave of Generation X, [27] and by 2003 Ad ...
Millennials get the period from 1981 to 1996, another 15 year interval, then Generation Z is the term for those born 1997 to 2012, another 15-year “generation.”
In August 1993, an Advertising Age editorial coined the phrase Generation Y to describe teenagers of the day, then aged 13–19 (born 1974–1980), who were at the time defined as different from Generation X. [19] However, the 1974–1980 cohort was later re-identified by most media sources as the last wave of Generation X, [20] and by 2003 Ad ...
The Woodstock pop festival (1969) was a defining moment for older Boomers; Generation Jones tends to remember the Watergate scandal (1972–1974) and the cultural cynicism it begat. While in high school, members of Generation Jones had a distinct feeling of having just missed the real hippie era.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Gen Xers were often called the "Latchkey Generation" because many came home from school to empty houses, needing a key to let themselves in. This was due to rising divorce ...
In the U.S., some called Xers the "baby bust" generation because of a drop in birth rates following the baby boom. [48] Millennials, also known as Generation Y [49] (or Gen Y for short), are the generation following Generation X, who grew up around the turn of the 3rd millennium. [50] This cohort is generally defined as the people born from ...