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

In the same way that you guys captured the magic of what was going on in the real rock scene, this really captures the aging rocker, the baby boomer generation that is still out there trying to fill arenas and stuff. —Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025

The housing shortage has pushed first-time Millennial and Gen Z buyers to compete for the same pool of homes as wealthier baby boomers, Ruzicka said. —Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025

Earlier generations like baby boomers more frequently frame wealth in terms of security, London said, with a focus on property, pension, and assets that get passed down. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025

After seeing the same issue in clients and her own life, a millennial therapist took to TikTok to ask baby boomers one question. —Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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