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

Among baby boomers earning $22,000 a year or less, fewer than one in six are on track for retirement, even though Social Security will replace most of their income. —Fiona Greig, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025

Some 10,000 baby boomers retire every day. —NPR, 7 Nov. 2025

The silent generation and baby boomers own about $25 trillion in real estate, according to Federal Reserve data. —Medora Lee, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025

That was compared to just 20 percent who said baby boomers were the worst. —Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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