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

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Younger baby boomers came of age in the credit card era. —

Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025 Millennials recently surpassed baby boomers, now the second-largest generation in the US. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025 Meanwhile, baby boomers’ drinking has jumped by double digits. —

Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2025 She was born in 1948, putting her in the vanguard of the baby boomers who fondly remember the folk music revival of the ‘60s that was spearheaded by Dylan and Baez. —

Paul Liberatore, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for baby boomer