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

Over the coming two decades, baby boomers and older generations are projected to transfer around $84 trillion to younger heirs and charitable causes by 2045. —Ed Smith-Lewis, Fortune, 2 May 2026

How did a handful of young baby boomers transform the way millions of Westerners view the world? —CBS News, 1 May 2026

The survey included men and women from Gen Z to baby boomers and older. —Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026

If a birth cohort hits what normally would be their high-earning years just as an economy booms, as the baby boomers did, their lifetime earnings will be far higher than a cohort reaching those ages just as the economy falters or goes into severe recession. —Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boomer

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