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

But my longtime pals, baby boomers all, are thinning out. —David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026

However, 31% of millennials and 41% of Gen Xers and baby boomers also siphoned money from their retirement savings. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026

Catsimatidis even hired one of WABC’s legendary disc jockeys, Bruce Morrow — known to millions of baby boomers as Cousin Brucie. —Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

Alex Wong / Getty Images file Support for the president among Gen Z is eroding faster than with any other generation, including millennials, members of Generation X and baby boomers, according to a new NBC News poll. —Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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