who names the generations? Why did we start using the phonetic alphabet? Why is it gonna be gen beta and not bravo?
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Googling generation names provides following names with some of their characteristics. Other answers already talk about how the names came about.
Lost – 1883-1900 – young adults during ww1
Greatest – 1900-25 – adults during ww2
Silent – 28-45 – Children of great depression and ww2
Baby boomers – 46-64 – Saw prosperity post ww2
X – 65-80 – Grew up when tech was advancing
Millennials/Y – 81-96 – old enough to see turn of the century
Z – 1997-2012
Alpha – 2010-24
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