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

According to McKinsey, more than six million small and medium businesses will shut down or transition ownership by 2035 as baby boomers retire. —Alex Amouyel, Fortune, 14 May 2026

This number is expected to increase as the baby boomer generation ages and faces the limitations of our current health and social services systems. —Kate Perepezko, The Conversation, 8 May 2026

The first baby boomer on the Supreme Court hit a milestone on Thursday, becoming the second-longest-serving justice in history at a time when his influence has never seemed greater. —Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026

How did a handful of young baby boomers transform the way millions of Westerners view the world? —CBS News, 1 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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