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A 'baby boom' is any period of greatly increased birth rate during a certain period, and usually within certain geographical bounds. 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, but this is a controversial position that ignores much of the well-documented historical record from the 1500s to present.
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). 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 (1940s–1960s)

★ Echo baby boom (Generation Y) (1970s–1990s), the children of the post-WWII baby boomers.

★ Year 2000 baby boom (2000)

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

See also

★ Baby Boomers

★ Generation

★ Generations (book)

★ Youth bulge

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★ Birth and other medical data from CDC

★ Births per year from the CDC

★ Number of births per year