# Generation Z

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. The generation of people born between the mid-late 1990s and early 2010s, following Generation Y, typically defined as beginning with births in 1997 and ending with births in 2012.

## Etymology
Using Z as the letter that follows Y, as in Generation Y.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/generation-z