baby boom
Population explosion era
A baby boom is a period marked by a significant increase in birth rates, typically following major social disruptions like wars or economic recoveries.
The term most often refers to the surge in births in Western countries, especially the United States, from roughly 1946 to 1964, after World War II ended.
People born during this period are called baby boomers or simply boomers.
The baby boom created unprecedented demand for schools and housing.
Residential areas outside cities
- LevittownPlanned suburban community, postwar
- G.I. BillVeterans' education subsidy legislation
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- TrumanCold War-era president
Eisenhower · demobilization · atomic age · McCarthyism · Marshall Plan · Iron Curtain · V-J Day · Rosie the Riveter
Newborns per capita measure
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- censusOfficial population count
- newbornsRecently delivered infants
- maternityState of being pregnant
family planning · generation gap · cohort · mortality rate · life expectancy · workforce · social security · pension crisis
Postwar demographic cohort
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- rock-n-rollAmplified popular music genre
- hippiesCountercultural youth of the sixties
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
counterculture · flower power · moon landing · draft · feminism · space race · sexual revolution · disco
Abundance of money
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- economic expansionSustained output increase
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- middle classIntermediate socioeconomic group
homeownership · television age · appliances · credit cards · shopping malls · abundance · upward mobility · disposable income
suburbia
Residential areas outside cities
- LevittownPlanned suburban community, postwar
- G.I. BillVeterans' education subsidy legislation
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
Eisenhower · Truman · demobilization · atomic age · McCarthyism · Marshall Plan · Iron Curtain · V-J Day · Rosie the Riveter · homecoming
birthrate
Newborns per capita measure
maternity · family planning · generation gap · cohort · mortality rate · life expectancy · workforce · social security · pension crisis · median age
boomers
Postwar demographic cohort
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- rock-n-rollAmplified popular music genre
- hippiesCountercultural youth of the sixties
civil rights · counterculture · flower power · moon landing · draft · feminism · space race · sexual revolution · disco · yuppies
affluence
Abundance of money
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- economic expansionSustained output increase
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
middle class · homeownership · television age · appliances · credit cards · shopping malls · abundance · upward mobility · disposable income · mass production
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- 20th century cultureRoaring Twenties, Jazz Age, Great Depression, counterculture, civil rights movement
- 1950s AmericaEisenhower, McCarthy, McCarthyism, suburbs, Korean War
- Australian HistoryCaptain Cook, Commonwealth, federation, explorers, Liberal Party
- Postwar FranceCharles de Gaulle, de Gaulle, Marshall Plan, modernization, Pompidou
- 1950sEisenhower, poodle skirt, Elvis Presley, Rosa Parks, bobby socks
baby boombaby bust
Declining birthrate period
population decline · population crash · fertility decline · depopulation · childlessness
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