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baby boomlet

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baby boomlet
n.
An increase in the birthrate that is smaller than a baby boom, especially that in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s.


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Anyone with eyes or a subscription to People magazine has noticed there's a baby boomlet on.
LITTLE RUMBLINGS In 1990, demographers talked of a baby boomlet as the tail end of the baby boomers (those born in the 1960s) started to have children.
But as public funding dries up and the baby boomlet of 18-24-year-olds continues to grow through 2015, community colleges may face powerful incentives to shift their enrollments away from low-income and nontraditional students, toward more traditional and affluent 18-24 year olds.
 
 
 
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