Generation X is a group of people that were born between 1965 and 1980. It's the group of people between the baby boomers (people born between 1946-1964) and the millennials (people born between 1981-1996). Generation X is sometimes called the "latchkey generation," because many of them had to take care of themselves during the day because both parents were working. They grew up using things like VCRs, cassette tapes, and the internet before it was really popular.