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How did Generation X get its name?

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The term Generation X was popularized by Douglas Coupland in an article for Vancouver Magazine in 1987. He later said that he had adopted the term from Paul Fussell’s book Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, published in 1983. Fussell used “X” to describe people who did not wish to concern themselves with societal pressures, money, or status.