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 baby boomer generation is aging, and so is everyone else. — Barb Clapp, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

Only 14% of baby boomers and 18% of the silent generation, alongside 15% of millennials and 19% of Generation Z, trust the government almost always or most of the time. — Alex Rosado, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026

The baby boomer generation of advisors is retiring en masse, and there aren’t enough younger advisors to replace them, even as the great wealth transfer creates more demand for advice than ever before. — Nicole Casperson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

By contrast, just 43% of Gen X and 27% of baby boomers said the same. — Deanna Taylor, USA Today, 24 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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