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

Professionals have to compete for a limited number of roles, and baby boomers are holding on tight to jobs that might otherwise be up for grabs. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2026

The pope is, among many other things, an American baby boomer who, earlier this summer, referenced in a footnote in a treatise on peace a Dylan lyric so obscure that not even Padgett had ever heard of it. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026

This is leftover business from the ACA — a long-term care insurance plan that passed as part of the original bill was dropped before ever taking effect — and the issue is becoming more urgent as the baby boomer generation gets older. — Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Nov. 2026

Many baby boomers want to age in place for as long as possible, but caregiving can be expensive. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

• antitumor
• pseudotumor
• consumer
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• humor
• humour
• plumer
• rumor
• rumour
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• tumour