Meaning of baby boomlet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An increase in birth rate that occurred when the baby boomers reached childbearing age.
   singular, singular-only
2. A child of a baby boomer, born during the baby boomlet.
3. Any spike in birth rate that is smaller than the baby boom.

Examples

“The baby boomlet was a period marked by increases in the number of women of childbearing age and increases in fertility rates of those women.”

“Cashing in on the baby boomers' baby boomlet of the '80s and '90s, the children's apparel market saw a significant increase and was among the fastest-growing segments of the overall retail market.”

“We can estimate three separate US generations based on census data as follows: baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964), Generations X'ers (born between 1965 and 1976), and the baby boomlet (born between 1977 and 1994) (Edmondson, 1995).”

“Over a long-term period, population growth would be affected by changing birth rates due to shifts in social values and movement of age cohorts such as baby-boomers and baby-boomlets through the child-bearing years.”

“Baby boomlets (consumers born between 1977 and 1997 and also known as "Gen Y") have emerged as the next cohort since the baby boomers to receive the close attention of retailers (Bounds, 2000).”

“My fellow baby boomlets also engaged in strong civic engagement.”

“Baby boomers, baby busters, and baby boomlets view God in action differently than the generations of slavery, convict leasing, the civil rights movement, and the War on Drugs.”

“Following the Second World War there were "baby boomlets" in Europe, but these lasted for only a year or two, unlike the prolonged birth rise in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States.”

“"There've been two baby boomlets, one now going into middle school or junior high, and a new one that has just come, ages one, two, or three," says Donovan.”

“Popular wisdom has it that baby boomlets spring from tragedy — earthquakes, hurricanes, and the like.”

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