baby boomer

noun

: a person born during a period of time in which there is a marked rise in a population's birth rate : a person born during a baby boom

especially : a person born in the U.S. following the end of World War II (usually considered to be in the years from 1946 to 1964)

The viewer is older, an aging baby boomer whose '60s activism has been lost among the years.

—Gary D. Christenson

Industry experts predict that reverse mortgages will play an increasingly important role in the coming years as some 70 million baby boomers hit their 60s—often with a lot less saved than they'd hoped.

—Cybele Weisser

Examples of baby boomer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The group of those surveyed included 502 baby boomers who are age 61 and older. —Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025

Then, the concept of exfoliation — so many women in Gen X and baby boomers have dry skin. —Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025

Millennials consumers plan to spend the most, an average of $2,190, followed by Gen X at $1,483, Gen Z at $1,357, and baby boomers at $1,180. —Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

For Bengen’s baby boomer clients at the time, there was little expert guidance on the subject. —Lorie Konish, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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