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• baby boomer
  baby boomer

  noun

  a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.
• baby-boomer
  baby-boomer

  noun

  a person born during a baby boom, esp (in Britain and the US) one born during the years 1945–55

baby boomer

American  

noun

1. a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.

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baby-boomer British  

noun

1. a person born during a baby boom, esp (in Britain and the US) one born during the years 1945–55

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Etymology

Origin of baby boomer

First recorded in 1970–75; baby boom + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Baby boomer nostalgia has stoked some of the interest in the lives and deaths of the famous, said Hillel Italie, an Associated Press reporter who has written obituaries of leading cultural figures.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

Baby boomer parents can ease the burden for their children before caregiving needs arise.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2019

Baby boomer audiences had previously seen the 1962 version of the battle in Darryl F. Zanuck’s “The Longest Day.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2018

Baby boomer farmers are getting older, and their children aren’t as eager to take over the farms, economists said.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2014

Baby boomer issues have had a stranglehold on the media for the past 60 years or so.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2014