baby boom

noun

: a marked rise in birth rate (as in the U.S. following the end of World War II)

Examples of baby boom in a Sentence

There was a baby boom in the U.S. after World War II.
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When the asylum system was set up, in 1951, many of the most advanced countries in the world were experiencing a baby boom. Amy Pope, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 However, when the war ended and soldiers returned home, starting families and creating the baby boom of the late 1940s and ’50s, a subsequent snow globe boom took hold. Erik Trinidad, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024 The baby boom refers to those born within an eighteen-year span, yet there was a twenty-eight-year run of boomer Presidents, broken only by Joe Biden, a pre-boomer. Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 His music came at a time when the nation's baby boom was coming of age. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for baby boom

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of baby boom was in 1879

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“Baby boom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20boom. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

baby boom

noun
: a marked rise in a birthrate (as in the U.S. after World War II)
baby boomer
ˈbü-mər
noun

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