Someone born in 1991 is a Millennial, also known as Generation Y, typically falling within the commonly accepted birth range of 1981-1996, though they might also be considered an "elder" or "core" millennial on the cusp of late millennials, experiencing both 90s nostalgia and the dawn of the digital age.
Generation Y or the Millenials: digital natives
Also known as digital natives, millennials are those born between 1982 and 1994 and technology is part of their everyday lives: all their activities are mediated by a screen.
Generation X – born 1965-1979. Millennials – born 1980-1994. Generation Z – born 1995-2012. Gen Alpha – born 2013 – 2025.
Gen Y: Gen Y, or Millennials, were born between 1981 and 1994/6. They are currently between 29 and 44 years old (around 74 million in the U.S.)
Baby Boomers—born 1946 to 1964. Generation X—born 1965 to 1980. Millennials—born 1981 to 2000. Generation Z—born 2001 to 2020.
Generation Z refers to people born between 1996 and 2010. They're the second-youngest generation, between millennials and Generation Alpha. Gen Z identity has been shaped by the digital age, climate anxiety, a shifting financial landscape, and COVID-19.
As children in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, a time of shifting societal values, Gen Xers were sometimes called the "Latchkey Generation", a reference to their returning as children from school to an empty home and using a key to let themselves in.
Why Gen Z Hits the Wall So Much Earlier. The age 25 burnout phenomenon didn't appear from nowhere. Multiple structural failures in the economy and job market created perfect conditions for early-career collapse. The financial reality for Gen Z is fundamentally different than it was for previous generations.
Generation Alpha, often called Gen Alpha, includes children born from 2010 to around 2024 or 2025. If you or your younger cousins were born in this period, you are part of Gen Alpha!
The Silent generation describes adults born from 1928 through 1945. Children of the Great Depression and World War II, their “Silent” label refers to their conformist and civic instincts. It also makes for a nice contrast with the noisy ways of the anti-establishment Boomers.
Economic instability and the introduction of AI have had implications for professional career choices and job opportunities. Moreover, mental health issues such as anxiety and depression have become more prevalent, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Merriam-Webster includes an entry for “Gen Z” as a noun. Under “Other Words from Gen Z,” the entry lists “Gen Zer or Gen-Zer” and “Gen Zers or Gen-Zers” (“or” means the hyphenated variants are equally common, but in such cases Chicago normally advises choosing the first-listed form).
Characteristics of Gen Xers
Gen Xers are typically described as being resourceful and independent—traits partly stemming from their latchkey childhoods—as well as keen on maintaining work-life balance, perhaps due to witnessing the demands of their parents' work and subsequent absence from family life.
Across much of the world, it is no longer middle-aged adults who are the most miserable. Instead, young people, especially Gen Z, are reporting the highest levels of unhappiness of any age group.
Whilst boomers and millennials may use the 😂 emoji, this has long since been deemed 'uncool' (or 'cheugy') by Gen Z. Instead, this has been replaced by the skull (💀) or the crying emoji (😭), dramatising the idea of 'dying with laughter'.
Bae – Boyfriend or girlfriend.
In 2021, 22% of Gen Xers admitted to daily struggles with stress followed by Millennials (17%), Gen Z (14%), and Baby Boomers (8%). Gen X may have aged its way into the most stressful part of its life, but things could be a lot worse.
Bush), and four presidents have been Baby Boomers (Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump); two presidents were members of the Lost Generation (Harry S. Truman; and Dwight D. Eisenhower), only one President, Joe Biden, has been a member of the Silent Generation.
The women of Generation X are staying younger longer thanks to advances in beauty products, more knowledge about healthy lifestyles and freer attitudes, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Social Issues
A zoomer is, in the newest use of the word, a member of Generation Z, the generation of people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The zoomers follow the millennials (also known as Generation Y), who follow the Gen Xers, who follow the baby boomers.