Baby boomers are people born between 1946 and 1964. In 2023, baby boomers are between 59 and 77 years old. The baby boomer generation is marked by a period of increased births larger and longer than generations before it, and they were born during an 18-year period of elevated births. They grew up in the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the moon landing, and LGBTQ liberation movements.