Generation Beta Born 2025–present
How old is Gen Beta?
Gen Beta includes everyone born from 2025 onward, which means its oldest members turn 1 in 2026.
Ages current as of August 8, 2026 · McCrindle, who coined the name, projects the generation will run 2025–2039.
Generation Beta began on January 1, 2025 — which means its oldest members are still working on walking. They are the first generation born after conversational AI became ordinary, the children of younger Millennials and older Gen Z, and a cohort whose defining events have almost entirely not happened yet. This page will grow up with them.
Quick facts
- Birth years
- 2025–present
- Ages in 2026
- 0 to 1
- Generation before
- Generation Alpha (2013–2024)
- Where the name comes from
- The second letter of the Greek alphabet, following Generation Alpha — Mark McCrindle's naming system for the generations born entirely in the 21st century. He projects Betas will make up 16% of the world's population by 2035, and most will live to see the 22nd century.
- Also known as
- Betas
The culture that raised them
You probably didn't know
The non-obvious markers — the stuff only Gen Beta remembers.
Their whole generation postdates ChatGPT
Every Beta was born after the November 2022 launch of conversational AI — the first generation for whom talking computers are simply how the world has always worked.
Most will see the 22nd century
McCrindle projects that most Generation Beta members will live into the 2100s — the first generation for whom the year 2100 is an actuarial expectation, not science fiction.
Their parents are Millennials and Gen Z
Beta is the first generation raised mostly by digital natives — parents who themselves never knew adulthood without smartphones.
The eggs situation improved immediately
Betas were born into the great egg-price spike of 2025 ($4.25 a dozen on average, thanks to avian flu). By mid-2026, prices had halved. Their first macroeconomic win.
The events that shaped Gen Beta
Generation Beta begins
January 1, 2025: demographers open a new chapter as the last Alphas are counted and the first Betas arrive.
What things cost the year Gen Beta began
No Beta will turn 25 until 2050 — so this is a snapshot of what things cost in 2025, the year the generation began, versus today. Check back in a couple of decades.
Median home price
▼5% in real terms since 2025
- 2025 annual average
- $415,400
- In today's dollars
- $430,895
- Q2 2026
- $410,700
Median sales price of houses sold in the US (Census/HUD via FRED).
Median household income
▼4% in real terms since 2025
- 2024 (latest available)
- $83,730
- In today's dollars
- $86,853
- 2024 (latest available)
- $83,730
US median household income (Census Bureau); 2025 data arrives September 2026.
A dozen eggs
▼51% in real terms since 2025
- 2025 annual average
- $4.25
- In today's dollars
- $4.41
- June 2026
- $2.14
Grade A large eggs, US city average (BLS average price data). 2025 was the avian-flu spike year.
A gallon of gas
▲24% in real terms since 2025
- 2025 annual average
- $3.26
- In today's dollars
- $3.38
- June 2026
- $4.20
Unleaded regular, US city average (BLS average price data).
A year of college tuition
▼4% in real terms since 2025
- 2025–26 school year
- $11,950
- In today's dollars
- $12,396
- 2025–26 school year
- $11,950
Average published in-state tuition and fees, public four-year colleges (College Board).
Inflation adjustment uses BLS CPI-U annual averages (latest published month: 2026-06). Sources for every figure are listed in the sources section below.
Frequently asked questions
What years are Generation Beta?
Generation Beta starts with babies born on January 1, 2025. McCrindle Research, which coined the name, projects it will run through 2039.
How old is Gen Beta in 2026?
The oldest members of Generation Beta turn 1 in 2026 — and most of the generation hasn't been born yet.
Why is it called Generation Beta?
It follows Generation Alpha through the Greek alphabet — McCrindle's system for generations born wholly in the 21st century. It is not a comment on software quality.
Is a baby born in 2025 Gen Alpha or Gen Beta?
Gen Beta. McCrindle's Generation Alpha ends with 2024 births, so 2025 babies open the new generation — though as with every boundary, expect some researchers to draw it differently in the years ahead.
What will define Generation Beta?
It's genuinely too early to say — which is the honest answer this page will keep giving until the evidence arrives. McCrindle's projection: a childhood fully integrated with AI, and lifespans reaching the 22nd century.
What comes after Generation Beta?
Presumably Generation Gamma, starting around 2040, if the Greek-alphabet convention holds — but nobody has been born into it yet, and naming rights belong to the future.
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Sources
Every fact on this page is verified against the sources below; each entry in the underlying data file carries per-fact source references.
- Welcome Gen Beta — McCrindle Research
- Generation Beta — Wikipedia
- Generation Beta starts in 2025: 5 things to know — ABC News
- ChatGPT — Wikipedia
- Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States (MSPUS) — Census/HUD via FRED, St. Louis Fed
- Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2024 — US Census Bureau
- Average Price: Eggs, Grade A, Large (APU0000708111) — BLS via FRED, St. Louis Fed
- Egg Prices Adjusted for Inflation — US Inflation Calculator
- Average Price: Gasoline, Unleaded Regular (APU000074714) — BLS via FRED, St. Louis Fed
- Trends in College Pricing — Highlights — College Board