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

While the baby boomer generation rode waves of economic growth, particularly in the United States, everyone else must now grapple with decline as the economy and environment continue their downward spiral. —Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 June 2026

The number of older people still on the job spiked after 2008, when many baby boomers lost their homes during the Great Recession. —Ann Larson, Time, 11 June 2026

The cut-off of immigration, however correct in other aspects, reduced the number of working-age people that will be available to produce and contribute for baby boomers who retire. —Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026

New research from Fidelity shows more Gen Z and millennials are keeping separate bank accounts compared with Gen X and baby boomers. —Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 3 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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