baby boom

American  

noun

1. a period of sharp increase in the birthrate, as that in the U.S. following World War II.

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baby boom British  

noun

1. Also called (esp Brit): the bulge.  a sharp increase in the birth rate of a population, esp the one that occurred after World War II

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Etymology

Origin of baby boom

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

For the baby boom generation, those included the JFK assassination and the Vietnam War.

From Salon

Zoo “baby boom” of great apes over the last four months.

From Los Angeles Times

The baby boom generation is poised to pass on trillions of dollars in wealth, and there are far worse causes than giving children a stake in capitalism.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Los Angeles Zoo welcomed the birth of a baby gorilla, the fifth and latest addition in a recent baby boom of adorable great apes that includes three chimpanzees and an orangutan.

From Los Angeles Times

Yes, married women are having fewer children than during the baby boom or even the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal