baby boomlets

Noun

baby boomlet (plural baby boomlets)

1. (singular, singular-only) An increase in birth rate that occurred when the baby boomers reached childbearing age.
   • 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.2002, Laura E. Hill, Hans P. Johnson, Understanding the Future of Californians' Fertility, page 87
2. A child of a baby boomer, born during the baby boomlet.
   • 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.2000, Washington State Labor Area Summaries - Volume 15, page 12

   Synonyms:

   echo boomer

3. Any spike in birth rate that is smaller than the baby boom.
   • 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.1992, Gary R. Collins, Baby Boomer Blues, page 6