Generation Names

- People born before 1946 were called The Silent generation. - People born between 1946 and 1964 are called The Baby Boomers. - People born between 1965 and 1979 are Generation X.  - And people born between 1980 and 2010 are called Generation Y.  Why do we call the last group Generation Y?  Y should I get a job? Y should I leave home and find my own place? Y should I get a car when I can borrow yours? Y should I grow up?  Y should I clean my room? Y should I wash and iron my own clothes? Y should I buy any food? Y should I care what old folks think? But a cartoonist explains it very eloquently in this  picture.