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

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Anthony Devlin | Getty Images Gen Z may not be shopping at department stores, but baby boomers are. Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025 The generational wealth transition and the wave of retirements have long been expected as the baby boomers pass on their $80 trillion of net worth. Amachie Ackah, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025 Millennials were the most likely to report significant changes at 62 percent, followed by Gen X (59 percent) and baby boomers (54 percent). Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 Also, health care spending often centers on old and very old people, a group growing dramatically as baby boomers age. Phillip Reese, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for baby boomer

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First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of baby boomer was in 1963

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“Baby boomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20boomer. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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