The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines Generation Z as “the generation of people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s.”

Is 2000 a millennial or Gen Z?

Psychologist Jean Twenge defines millennials as those born 1980–1994. CNN reports that studies often use 1981–1996 to define millennials, but sometimes list 1980–2000. The cohorts born during the cusp years before and after millennials have been identified as “microgenerations” with characteristics of both generations.

What birth years are Generation Z?

Generation Z is broadly defined as the 72 million people born between 1997 and 2012, but Pew Research has recently defined Gen Z as anyone born after 1997.

Generation Alpha (or Gen Alpha for short) is the demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media use the early 2010s as starting birth years and the mid-2020s as ending birth years.