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

Not just retirees The drop in participation is sometimes attributed to a shrinking immigrant population and retiring baby boomers and Gen Xers. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 July 2026

Even among baby boomers, the generation most likely to favor in-person work, only 10% prefer being in the office full time. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2026

How important this year was, and maybe what us first generation of baby boomers accomplished because of what we were motivated by during our high school days. — Lynne Sullivan, The Providence Journal, 2 July 2026

About 21% of Gen Z respondents said America still represents the founding principles, while only 19%, 14% and 13% of millennial, Gen X and baby boomer generations, respectively, thought so. — Saige Miller, NPR, 1 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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