Generation z is the common name for the first world or western generation of people born between the early 2010s. As the most recent generation the earliest birth year commonly noted is 1991. more generally some of the oldest members of this generation were born at the end of the echo boom while the youngest of the generation were born during a baby boomlet around the time of the global financial crisis of the 2000s decade ending around the year 2010 with the next unnamed generation succeeding. Members of generation z are typically the children of generation x their parents may also include the youngest baby boomers as well as older members. the people in the 1990s are generation z the youngest people of all of the generation