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

Fourteen percent of homeowners in the silent generation aren’t locked in, and 17% of baby boomers who own their homes (the largest homeowner generation by Zillow’s estimate) are free of the lock-in effect. —Alena Botros, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024

Medora Lee: So, because all of these baby boomers are retiring and supposedly also have the greatest amount of wealth. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024

However, in the two oldest generations — baby boomers and the Silent Generation — it is reversed. —Brooke Sopelsa, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024

Piet Levy The Wisconsin State Fair has revealed the first two main stage shows for 2024 catering to both baby boomers and young children. —Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024

Businesses and millennials are at it too Although Gen Z are the biggest culprits, baby boomers, Gen X, and millennials aren’t off the hook: Indeed’s data found that everyone is guilty of ghosting occasionally. —Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 19 Feb. 2024

In most workforces, there’s usually a wide range of generational labels like millennials, baby boomers and all the others. —Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2024

Collectively, their explosive growth across the U.S. and sustained success over the decades symbolized the busy American life, the rise of the baby boomer generation and California’s love affair with cars. —Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024

Despite being the most vocal generation yet, new research from LinkedIn suggests that Gen Z’s confidence doesn’t extend to talking with the baby boomer and Gen X coworkers on their team. —Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 21 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above