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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 ...
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.
Generation Alpha (often shortened to Gen Alpha) is the demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z and preceding Generation Beta. [1] While researchers and popular media generally identify early 2010s as the starting birth years and the mid-2020s as the ending birth years, these ranges are not precisely defined and may vary depending on the source (see § Date and age range definitions).
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 ...
The word generate comes from the Latin generāre, meaning "to beget". [4] The word generation as a group or cohort in social science signifies the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time, most of whom are approximately the same age and have similar ideas, problems, and attitudes (e.g., Beat Generation and Lost Generation).
This category is for generations such as the Lost Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, Generation Z, and immigrant generations. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z.Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years, with the generation typically being defined as people born from 1981 to 1996.
Timeline of generations in the Western world as in its Wikipedia article with notable events by CMG Lee. Life expectancy and retirement ages are approximate due to variations in place and time. In the SVG file, click or hover over a generation to highlight it.