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 compared to 75% of Gen Zers, 73% of millennials and 71% of baby boomers. —Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024

Still, Lombard said, with a declining birth rate constraining the supply of young workers even as millions of baby boomers retire, heading into the 2020s large cities were poised to attract the bulk of young employees with higher wages and lots of amenities. —Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024

But shifting demographics – namely, baby boomers living longer, more active lives – are driving an evolution of senior centers that now effectively serve two generations between the ages of 60 and 100. —Ashley Milne-Tyte, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2024

Yet baby boomers are still largely in their own houses, contributing to the supply crunch. —Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above