Zillenial

"Zillenial" is a term discribing an in-between generation of people born from 1992 to 2000*, who are neither fully millenials nor Gen Z.

- Born before 9/11
- Remembering the times before Smartphones but also grew up with them
- If you ask them, they'll tell you what they are

*Others might say from 1990-2000, 1992-1998, 1992-2002, 1993-1998/9 or even 1995-2000.

“They Zillenials were babies and children when 9/11 struck and don’t know life before airport security screenings, rampant domestic terrorism and other frightening threats,(...)."

- Deborah Carr Quoted in: CNN "Zillennials: The newest micro-generation has a name"**

“We’ve been growing up with technology our whole lives, but we’re not TikTok dancers like Gen Z but also weren’t on MySpace like millennials,”.

- Sabrina Grimaldi Quoted in: CNN "Zillennials: The newest micro-generation has a name"

*Date ranges used by authors:
1990-2000: Avery Hartmans
1992-1998: Hannah Ubl, Lisa Walden, Debra Arbit, Mary Everett
1992-2002: Deborah Carr (Professor of sociology and director of the Center for Innovation in Social Science at Boston University)**
1993-1998: Maisy Farren, Lindsay Dogson
1993-1999: Fons Trompenaars, Peter Woolliams
1995-2000: Mary Donahue

by cakesnake June 04, 2024