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

Economists say that immigrants are especially important to supplement the U.S. labor market as more Americans are retiring than entering the workforce, birth rates are lower than during the baby boom, and unemployment is low. —Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 7 July 2025

Growth without gender equity—particularly in the domestic sphere—unexpectedly leads not to baby booms, but to birth dearths. —Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

Indeed, one of the feminist movement’s most radical and idealistic intellectual branches, a 1970s campaign called Wages for Housework, advocated for policies that, if ever implemented, genuinely might set off a baby boom. —Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025

The baby boom generation is driving demand for long-term care as the nation grapples with health workforce shortages. —Victoria Knight, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baby boom

• anteroom
• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume

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