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

Many are baby boomers and older Americans, who are often retired and have deep pockets.

From The Wall Street Journal

With 73 million baby boomers moving into their later years, a lot has written about the “silver tsunami” or “Peak 65.”

From MarketWatch

These account holders were mostly Generation X members and baby boomers who had been saving for roughly 25 years, according to Fidelity vice president of thought leadership Mike Shamrell.

From MarketWatch

Buffer ETFs—exchange-traded funds that protect investor returns from market downturns while capping the upside—have drawn in tens of billions of dollars in recent years from baby boomers and near-retirees.

From The Wall Street Journal

The utter subservience of American pop culture to baby boomers over the past 50-odd years has engendered justifiable resentment among members of the subsequent alphabet generations.

From The Wall Street Journal