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

I was born in 1962, at the tail end of the baby boom era.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

China probably can’t subsidize its way back to a baby boom.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The aging of the baby boom generation is the main force driving this caregiving crisis: About 10,000 baby boomers are turning 65 every day.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

It was the tail end of the baby boom in a heavily Catholic community, back when Catholics still listened to Rome on matters of birth control.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove