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

Additional Findings Include: Millennials report seeing favoritism the most (31%), followed by Gen X (29%), baby boomers (27%), and Gen Z (22%). —Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025

In contrast, only 40 percent of baby boomers (aged 55 and older) reported feeling any guilt for doing the same. —Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025

That's far higher than the millennial or baby boomer generation, with their confidence at 54% and 56%, respectively. —Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025

Forty-one percent of baby boomers bank most often with their computers. —David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 12 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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