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

Also, health care spending often centers on old and very old people, a group growing dramatically as baby boomers age. —Phillip Reese, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025

Indeed, a study earlier this summer from the American Staffing Association found one in three Americans would advise high school graduates to go to trade school over college—a push which was highest among baby boomer respondents. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025

The number went down to 38 percent among Gen Xers and just 22 percent among baby boomers. —Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025

Another initiative, for the trust fund to build up a substantial balance while baby boomers were still paying in, has largely failed. —Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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