Generation Y Facts for Kids

Three people who appear to be Millennials using smartphones.

Generation Y is made up of people born after Generation X. There are no exact dates for when Generation Y started and ended. But the time is roughly for births between the early 1980s to the mid-1990s or early 2000s. People in this generation are sometimes called Millennials. They are also called Echo Boomers because of the high birth rate during this period. The high birth rate almost matches that of the Baby Boom period after World War II.

Many information sources mention the Generation Y as people born between 1983 and early 2000s.

Some of the famous celebrities who are from Generation Y are Kylie Jenner, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jaden Smith, Shawn Mendes, Joey King, Ariel Winter, Harry Styles, Kendall Jenner, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Nikki Reed, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Kate Bosworth, Lorde, Justin Bieber, Mandy Moore, Miley Cyrus, Mara Wilson, Colbie Caillat, and Avril Lavigne.

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A young woman reading outdoors in New York (2009).
Population pyramid of the European Union in 2016
Population pyramid of the United States in 2016
A U.S. Navy sailor taking the SAT aboard the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk (2004).
Young Germans protesting youth unemployment at a 2014 event
The anti-austerity movement in Spain
Top five high-skilled professions with insufficient workers in the European Union in the late 2010s.
Ottawa became a magnet for millennials in the late 2010s.
The Kondratiev cycle
Millennials' debts are not mainly due to student loans but rather credit-card debts.
U.S. states by the percentage of the over 25-year-old population with bachelor's degrees according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates. States with above average shares of degree holders are in full orange.
A rural county's chances of having a performing arts organization is 60% higher if it is located near a national park or forest. Pictured: The Redwood National and State Parks, California.
Young Americans are leaving the cities for the suburbs in large numbers. Pictured: Munster, Indiana (near Chicago, Illinois).
Victors of the 2006 MIT Integration Bee, with the champion, dubbed the "Grand Integrator" in the middle.
Manhattan, 2018. Modern kick scooters are popular among the young. 7 million Razor scooters were sold in America alone during 2000-2001
Young people walking with their digital devices (2015)
Images of American musical stars from the 2000s from attached to Hoa Học Trò, a Vietnamese student magazine.
Young people at a music festival in Sydney during 2011

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