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baby boomlet

American  

noun

  1. a period of increase in the birthrate, smaller than a baby boom, as in the U.S. during the 1980s and 1990s.


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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A baby boomlet, if any, likely would take a while to occur, as provincial governments would need to revise their laws, and permits still would have to be granted by family-planning agents.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2013

Firms that sell car seats, nappies, baby food, toys and cradles will all profit from a post-recession baby boomlet, if it occurs.

From Economist Oct. 14, 2010

There's a demographic bulge called the baby boomlet: the baby boomers and their children, ranging from three to 12 years old.

From Time Magazine Archive

And now the vanguard of this baby boomlet has hit first grade, where enrollments rose from a 33-year low of 2,894,000 in 1980 to 3,079,000 for 1983-84, with more coming.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the same time, we are in the middle of a baby boomlet; the 4.3 million babies born in 2006 were the most since 1961.

From Time Magazine Archive

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