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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Example Sentences

“Are we going to see a little baby boomlet because women were unable to get family planning services? These are services where you’d want to see a rebound above the baseline, to get a sense the backlog was clearing. We don’t see that, and it’s a concern.”

From New York Times

New Zealand is a major dairy exporter and its milk powder and formula industry will probably benefit from a baby boomlet in China.

From New York Times

New Zealand is a major dairy exporter and its milk powder and formula industry is likely to benefit from a baby boomlet in China.

From US News

The official Xinhua News Agency didn’t provide a time frame or any further details about the doing away of the 35-year old policy, although stocks are already moving on anticipation of a baby boomlet.

From The Wall Street Journal

The baby boomlet here was just one of several bizarre and often ethically charged iterations of Thailand’s freewheeling venture into what detractors call the womb rental business, an unguided experiment that the country’s military government now says it is planning to end.

From New York Times