Baby boom

Baby boom

__NOTOC__A baby boom is any period of greatly increased birth rate during a certain period, and usually within certain geographical bounds and when the birth rate exceeds 2% of the population. Persons born during such a period are often called baby boomers. Some contest the general conventional wisdom that baby booms signify good times and periods of general economic growth and stability.fact|date=December 2007

The term baby boom most often refers to the dramatic post-World War II baby boom (notice the rate of change on the chart below). There are an estimated 78.2 million Americans in that generation. [U.S. Census Bureau [http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006105.html "Oldest Baby Boomers Turn 60!"] (3 January 2006)] However, the term remains a general demographic one and is also applicable to other similar population expansions.

Recent baby boom periods include:
* Post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)
* Echo baby boom (Generation Y) (1980 to 1999), the children of the post-WWII baby boomers.

Other uses

Babyboom is the name of the acoustic reggae/folk side project of Manchester ska punk band Sonic Boom Six.

Notes

See also

* Baby Boomers
* Generation
* Generations (book)

External links

* [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm Birth and other medical data from CDC]
* [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/t941x01.pdf Births per year from the CDC]
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/wrjohnston/policy/abortion/ab-unitedstates.html Number of births per year]

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