Gen Z Name: iGen

[Eric the Green]

In the past, names were usually given after they reached young adulthood and their behavior prompted the name. Except for Boomers who were named after their demographic traits; I don't know when that name was coined.

I found this site which explains how the three generations prominent today got their names, and when. By Strauss and Howe dating, the oldest baby boomer was already 20 years old when his/her generation got its name.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/542159/ho...illennials

I know the Silent Generation got its name because of how quiet and conforming young adults were in the 1950s, and the Lost Generation got its name because of their dissolute behavior in the 20s. The GIs are just the World War II generation of soldier-fighting age. Tom Hanks called them the Greatest Generation much later in Saving Private Ryan, I believe, because of their heroism in fighting the war.