The term millennial was coined in 1991 and won over Gen Y

Evidence

Neil Howe and William Strauss coined millennial in their 1991 book, Generations, based on the idea that the cohort’s oldest members would graduate high school in 2000. Despite early competition from rival Gen Y, the term became common parlance by Time’s 2013 cover story “The Me Me Me Generation.” — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 305

Categorization

• DEFINE: Pinpoints the coinage and etymology of ‘millennial’ as a generation label.