baby boom

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The U.S. total fertility rate has been at or below the so-called replacement rate of 2.1 for around half a century, ever since the baby boom peaked around 1960.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

But you mustn't confuse the luckiness of some within the late baby boom, with the luckiness of the whole cohort.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

None of this will engineer a baby boom.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

As Pew notes in other research, there were 76 million births during the baby boom generation, and the oldest among that group are now hitting 80.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

This spring in particular has seen quite the baby boom.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate