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

That's because surveys also reveal that nearly 65% of millennial and Gen Z investors believe that a financial advisor is important to achieve financial success, compared to just 56% of baby boomers who said the same. —Rory O'Hara, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025

More than two-thirds of peak baby boomers — those turning 65 in the next five years — will struggle to meet their financial needs in retirement, according to a report from the non-profit group Alliance for Lifetime Income. —Mallika Mitra, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025

This lack of formality, or interest in occasion wear, has prompted some complaining, especially among those in the baby boomer generation who see it as an erosion of public standards. —Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025

While around 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 daily, the median household retirement savings for those between the ages 65 and 75 stands around $200,000—a fraction of what’s needed to fund a 20- or 30-year retirement. —Mike Vietri, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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