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1997birth year
Pew Research Center says anyone born from 1997 onward is part of the new generation that became known as Generation Z.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“anyone born from 1997 onward is part of a new generation”
Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins, Michael Dimock, Pew Research Center, 2019, Short read, opening section.
Open the original- What it measures
- Pew wrote this in January 2019, when the generation was still being named. Its article gives the start year, not an end year.
- What it does not show
- Birth years are a convention. Ages in this article are the age in 2026 of someone born in that year, which depends on the birthday.