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

Millennial homeowners were more likely to have purchased a home with one or more friends (14%) than Gen X homeowners (4%) or baby boomer homeowners (1%), according to a 2024 survey from the consumer finance company Bankrate. —Rhaina Cohen, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025

That’s less money than baby boomers had at the same age, after inflation. —Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025

These numbers have since decreased—only 16% live in poverty and 35% of Gen Z are considered low-income as of 2023—but these numbers are still notably higher than those of millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers. —Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025

That share is expected to rise as baby boomers retire in larger numbers and live longer. —Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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