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

After seeing the same issue in clients and her own life, a millennial therapist took to TikTok to ask baby boomers one question. —Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025

The problem is that in a low-immigration future, the youth and working-age population would be shrinking as the final baby boomers and first members of Gen X age into retirement. —Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025

Online restaurant reservation platform Resy found that 90% of Gen Z diners enjoy sitting at communal tables, compared with 60% of baby boomers. —Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025

Nearly half of Gen Z workers (aged 24-28) are projected to maintain their current standard of living in retirement, slightly ahead of the 40% projected for baby boomers (aged 61-65) approaching retirement, according to a new study from investment management firm Vanguard. —Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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