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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Companies that once minted money selling baby formula to feed a baby boom are now making shakes with calcium and selenium for older adults with brittle bones. —Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025

This messaging is now aimed straight at the baby boom, a generation identified strongly with youth. —Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024

These began spiking when the baby boom generation started drawing heavily from these programs around 2010. —Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Mar. 2024

While a majority of the Senate is still from the baby boom generation, Gen X membership in the House now exceeds that of boomers for the first time: More than 180 representatives are from Gen X, and 170 are boomers. —Joe Murphy, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

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