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A baby boom is any period of greatly increased birth rate during a certain period, and usually within certain geographical
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 bounds and when the birth rate exceeds 2% of the population. Persons born during such a period are sometimes called baby boomer
Baby boomer

Baby boomer is a term used to describe a person who was born during the demographic Post-World War II baby boom. Many analysts now believe that two distinct cultural generations were born during this baby boom; the older generation is often called the Baby Boom Generation and the younger generation is often called Generation Jones....
s, but note the difference between a demographic boom in births and the cultural generations born during such a birth boom. Some contest the general conventional wisdom that baby booms signify good times and periods of general economic growth, and stability.

The term baby boom most often refers to the dramatic post-World War II baby boom
Post-World War II baby boom

As is often the case after a major war, the end of World War II brought a baby boom to many countries, notably those in Europe, Asia, North America, and Australasia....
 (notice the rate of change on the chart below).






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A baby boom is any period of greatly increased birth rate during a certain period, and usually within certain geographical
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 bounds and when the birth rate exceeds 2% of the population. Persons born during such a period are sometimes called baby boomer
Baby boomer

Baby boomer is a term used to describe a person who was born during the demographic Post-World War II baby boom. Many analysts now believe that two distinct cultural generations were born during this baby boom; the older generation is often called the Baby Boom Generation and the younger generation is often called Generation Jones....
s, but note the difference between a demographic boom in births and the cultural generations born during such a birth boom. Some contest the general conventional wisdom that baby booms signify good times and periods of general economic growth, and stability.

The term baby boom most often refers to the dramatic post-World War II baby boom
Post-World War II baby boom

As is often the case after a major war, the end of World War II brought a baby boom to many countries, notably those in Europe, Asia, North America, and Australasia....
 (notice the rate of change on the chart below). There are an estimated 78.2 million Americans who were born during this demographic boom in births. Some now believe that two distinct generations were born during this baby boom; the older generation is usually called the Baby Boom Generation and the younger generation is usually called Generation Jones
Generation Jones

Generation Jones is a term used to describe the generation of people born between 1954 and 1965. The term is used primarily in Anglosphere and Western Europe, although it is used to some degree globally....
 while Jonathan Pontell
Jonathan Pontell

Jonathan Pontell is a television director, Television producer and Film editing....
 (who coined the term "Generation Jones") thought the baby boom extended from 1942-1953 and Generation Jones from 1954-1965. However, the term remains a general demographic
Demography

Demography is the statistical study of all populations. It can be a very general science that can be applied to any kind of dynamic population, that is, one that changes over time or space ....
 one and is also applicable to other similar population expansions.

Recent baby boom periods include:
  • Post-World War II baby boom
    Post-World War II baby boom

    As is often the case after a major war, the end of World War II brought a baby boom to many countries, notably those in Europe, Asia, North America, and Australasia....
     (1946 to 1964)
  • In the famous 1991 book Generations
    Generations (book)

    Mackay]] describing three Australian generations.Strauss and Howe, in their books 'Generations' and ' The Fourth Turning' , divide English American history into saeculum, or seasonal cycles of history....
    ,     William Strauss and Neil Howe defined the birth years as 1943 to 1960.


  • Echo baby boom (Generation Y)
    Generation Y

    Generation Y is a generational cohort which consists of those people born after the Generation X cohort. Its name is controversial and is synonymous with several alternative names including The Net Generation, Millennials, Echo Boomers, and iGeneration....
     (1980 to 1999), the children of the post-WWII baby boomers.

Other uses

Babyboom is the name of the acoustic reggae
Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s.While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Music of Jamaica, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady....
/folk
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
 side project of Manchester
Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
 ska punk
Ska punk

Ska punk is a Fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. Ska punk achieved its greatest popularity in the United States in the late 1990s, although there has also been a following worldwide....
 band Sonic Boom Six
Sonic Boom Six

Sonic Boom Six are a five-piece punk/rap/reggae/hip-hop band from Manchester, United Kingdom....
.

See also

  • Baby Boomers
  • Generation
    Generation

    Generation , also known as reproduction, is the act of producing offspring. In a more generic sense, it can also refer to the act of creating something inanimate such as electricity generation or cryptography code generation....
  • Generations (book)
    Generations (book)

    Mackay]] describing three Australian generations.Strauss and Howe, in their books 'Generations' and ' The Fourth Turning' , divide English American history into saeculum, or seasonal cycles of history....
  • Generation Jones
    Generation Jones

    Generation Jones is a term used to describe the generation of people born between 1954 and 1965. The term is used primarily in Anglosphere and Western Europe, although it is used to some degree globally....


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