: a marked rise in birth rate (as in the U.S. following the end of World War II)
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There was a baby boom in the U.S. after World War II.
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Two other patients also go into labor and Alice and Brian are in the midst of a baby boom.—Staff Author, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2025 Suburbanization and polarization Immediately after World War II, federal mortgage guarantees and massive investment in highways fueled suburban housing construction, for which the returning GIs and the baby boom created huge demand.—Richardson Dilworth, The Conversation, 21 Nov. 2025 Since the baby boom ended in the early 1960s, Americans have had fewer and fewer babies.—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025 Advertisement Far from igniting a baby boom, the White House plan will only slightly decrease costs and fail people who most need IVF to grow their families.—Madison Chapman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for baby boom
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